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Auburn track & field national champion and world record hurdler Ja’Kobe Tharp has been named a finalist for The Bowerman Award for the second consecutive year, as announced by the USTFCCCA.  

The Bowerman is given to the top collegiate male and female track athlete of the year. Tharp joins Alabama's Samuel Ogazi and New Mexico's Habtom Samuel as finalists for the award. The Bowerman award ceremony will be live streamed on December 17.

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Tharp's Accolades

Outdoor National Champion

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SEC Outdoor Gold Medalist

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USTFCCCA Indoor Regional Awards

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USTFCCCA Indoor National Awards

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USTFCCCA Outdoor National Awards

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Get to Know Ja'Kobe Tharp

Get to Know Ja'Kobe Tharp

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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About the Bowerman Award

About the Bowerman Award

  • The Bowerman is considered the "Heisman of track"
  • Presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female NCAA track and field student-athletes
  • Debuted in 2009 
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Tharp World Record

Bowerman Hype

Ja'Kobe Tharp NCAA Champ

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Track & Field
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An athlete in an orange Auburn tank top and blue shorts stands on a track with arms outstretched, wearing a race bib that reads "JAKOBE THARP."