2009 NCAA All-American (XC)
2009 First Team All-SEC (XC)

2009 Cross Country: Earned his first NCAA All-American honor after placing 15th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 29:51.4 on the 10K course, helping lead Auburn to a 25th-place team finish ... Was Auburn[apos]s top runner at four of seven meets, and finished in the top 10 overall at all seven meets ... Finished third overall at the NCAA South Regional with a time of 30:00.54 ... Earned first-team All-SEC honors by placing fifth at the SEC Championships with a time of 24:52.54 (8k) ... Was the individual champion at the Troy Trojan Invitational in 15:24.29 (5k) ... Was second overall at the Crimson Classic with a time of 24:29.50 ... Seventh at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (24:05.04) and 10th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (24:03.5).

2009 Outdoor: Competed at three meets, including the SEC Championships, where he placed 10th in the 5000 meters with a time of 14:19.36... Won the 3,000 meters at the Coach O Invitational with a time of 8:32.46 ... Placed second at Florida State in the 5,000m with a time of 14:44.80.

Prior to Auburn: Won the 2007 NJCAA national championship for cross country, posting a time of 23:29 on the five-mile course while leading his team to a fifth-place finish ... Finished second in the 5000 meters (14:39.19) and ran on the winning distance medley relay team at the 2008 NJCAA Indoor Championships while Rend Lake won the team title ... Named to the 2007 NJCAA Academic All-American team

Personal: Born May 10, 1987 ... Majoring in philosophy.