2012: won the NCAA Division III Championships...repeated as WIAC Champion, winning the event by 25 seconds....won the NCAA Midwest Region individual championship and was named the USTFCCCA Midwest Runner of the Year...USTFCCCA NCAA Division III Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year for cross country...competed at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational where he placed 35th, but marked a sub-24 minute time (23:54)...WIAC co-Scholar-Athlete...repeated as CoSIDA/Capital One Cross Country/Track & Field Academic All-America® of the Year for second consecutive year...was one of 10 recipients of the 2014 NCAA Today's Top 10 award, which recognizes student-athletes for their successes on the fields and courts, in the classroom and in the community. The 10 recipients were recognized at the Honors Celebration during the 2014 NCAA Convention....2011: finished fourth at NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, was third at Midwest Region...won the WIAC individual title, the first Stout runner to accomplish that feat, and was tabbed as the WIAC Cross Country athlete of the year....three times named WIAC runner of the week ...2010: received the team's Grit award...ran in five meets...placed ninth at the Blugold invite (25:56.3)...finished eighth at the WIAC championship (25:23.82)...finished 17th at regionals (24:38.3)...finished 42nd at the NCAA DIII cross country championship...2009: competed in every race, consistently running as Stout's number two runner...took second place at St. Mary's Open...placed 14th at Blugold Invite with time of 26:26...ran a season-best 25:43 at Oshkosh to take 55th place...2008: ran in one meet with a time of 30:14....received a medical redshirt for season...High School: all-conference in cross country and track...regional champion win 1600 run and 3200 run...state medalist in 3200...team MVP...Personal: enjoys hunting and fishing...UW-Stout ROTC member...Parents: Chris & Joanne Nelson