Earned All-American honors in his final race at Illinois State, following the 10,000-meter run at the 1999 NCAA Outdoor Championships … named the 1998 and 1999 Illinois State Athletics Doug Collins Male Athlete of the Year … the 1998 NCAA Regional Cross Country Champion, first in school history, and the 1998 NCAA Regional Cross Country Athlete of the Year … a 10-time Missouri Valley Conference champion and a member of the Valley’s All-Centennial Team … the 1997 and 1998 MVC Cross Country Champion … 1996 and 1998 MVC 5,000-meter outdoor champion … 1998 Valley 10,000-meter champion ... 1997, 1998 and 1999 MVC indoor 3,000-meter champion … 1997 and 1998 Valley indoor 5,000-meter champion … named the Outstanding Track Athlete at the 1998 MVC Outdoor Track and Field Championships … an NCAA national qualifier in cross country, the 5,000-meters and the 10,000-meters … four-time cross country team captain and MVP … three-time track team captain and two-time MVP … five-time member of the AFNI Athletics Honor Roll … served as the associate head coach at Illinois State for four seasons (2002-05) and oversaw the Redbird cross country programs.