University of Wisconsin-Stout Athletics

• Seven-time United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-American.
• 2012 USTFCCCA Division III Men's Athlete of the Year for both outdoor track and field and cross country, winning individual national titles in the indoor and outdoor 5000-meter, outdoor 10,000-meter and cross country.
• School record holder in the indoor 3000- and 5000-meter, and outdoor 5000- and 10,000-meters.
• Won five WIAC Championships. 
• 2011 and 2012 WIAC Athlete of the Year
• Two-time Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for men's track and field and cross country.
• WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete of the Year in both cross country and outdoor track and field

Tim Nelson is a seven-time United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-American. In 2012, Nelson was the NCAA Division III men’s cross country individual champion and USTFCCCA Division III Men’s Athlete of the Year for both outdoor track and field and cross country, winning individual national titles in the indoor and outdoor 5000-meter, outdoor 10,000-meter and cross country. Nelson holds UW-Stout school records in the indoor 3000- and 5000-meter, and outdoor 5000- and 10,000-meters. He was named the WIAC athlete of the year in 2011 and 2012 and won five WIAC Championships. Nelson is a two-time Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for men’s track and field and cross country. Nelson, a business major, was the WIAC Max Sparger Scholar-Athlete of the Year in both cross country and outdoor track and field. Nelson, a member of the UW-Stout ROTC who served in the US Army after graduation, received the UW-Stout Outstanding Student Leadership Award and was a recipient of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Award, an award given to student leaders in the ROTC program. In 2014, Nelson was awarded the NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award.