Freshman Elijah Propst earned his first NCCAA Student-Athlete of the Week honor after a mark of 55.59 meters in the javelin for College of the Ozarks at the University of Central Missouri Invitational. The mark helped the native of Piedmont, Oklahoma earn fourth out of 35 competitors and rank second in the NCCAA so far this year. Propst also ranks in the top 10 in the NAIA for the event, just a few meters shy of an NAIA standard.
Nominees: Elijah Propst, College of the Ozarks; Scott Smith, Concordia University Ann Arbor; Me’zel Square-Ward, Malone University; Cedric Wilson, Sterling College