Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 ... Majoring in exercise science
Personal Bests: 800m (1:57.01) 1500m (3:56.06) Mile (4:19.01) 3000m (8:17.57) 5000m (13:58.03) Steeplechase (8:43.99)
2015: Competed in four meets during the indoor season ... Finished fourth with a career-best time of 13:58.03 in the 5000m at the Hoosier Open ... Competed in both the 3000m and 5000m at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Redshirted the outdoor season
2014: Competed at four meets during the indoor season ... Scored in two events at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Was a silver medalist in the men's 3000m run clocking in at 8:24.56 ... Finished fourth in the men's 5000m run ... Had a tremendous outdoor season ... Scored 20 points for the Lumberjack men at the outdoor conference meet ... Took home the gold medal in both the 3000m steeplechase and the 5000m run ... Competed at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary, where he took third in his heat of the 3000m steeplechase after running a 8:47.09 to advance to the final in Oregon ... Garnered All-American status in the steeple after finishing seventh at the NCAA Final thanks to a career-best 8:43.99 performance
2013: Ran three meets during the regular season indoors ... Ran a mile PR 4:09.60 time at the Mountain T's Invitational, placing third in the event ... Competed in two events at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Got on the podium with silver medals in both the 3000m and 5000m ... Nabbed a PR in the 3,000m (8:13.36) at the conference meet ... Had a phenomenal outdoor campaign, highlighted by a 20-second career-best improvement in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA West Preliminary Round ... Ran the steeplechase four times, improving his time in each outing ... Won the Open-A division of the men's steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays in a time of 8:48.51 ... PR-ed once again in a bronze-medal effort in the steeple at Big Sky Outdoors, then followed up with another bronze in the 5000m (14:30.15) ... Finished his season with a 13th-place finish and a two-and-a-half second PR (8:44.99) in the steeplechase at the NCAA West Prelims
2012: Competed in three events for the Lumberjacks in his first indoor season ... Had the team’s second-best mark at season’s end in the 3,000-meter run after posting a time of 8:17.11 in a fifth-place effort at Big Sky Indoors ... Also ran his career-best in the 5000m at the same meet, clocking 14:32.09 and finishing fourth overall as one of five NAU scorers ... Competed in the steeplechase and the 5000m during the outdoor season, and was NAU’s No. 2 steeplechaser and No. 3 5K runner ... Narrowly missed going sub-nine minutes in his best outing in the steeplechase, running 9:04.40 at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Surprised everyone by taking the Big Sky title in the 5000m, running a then-personal best 14:26.88 to close out a remarkable freshman season
High School: Graduated from College Heights Christian High School in 2011 ... Four-year all-state honoree in cross country and track & field for the 1600 and 3200-meter runs ... Holds school records in the 1600m (4:15.07), the 3200m (9:11.98), and 5000m (15:01.97) ... Holds the Class One Missouri State record in cross country ... Holds the record for longest streak of victories in cross country (11) ... Led his cross country team to state championships four years in a row
Personal: Born to Tim Hoover and Sarah Dougherty on July 22, 1992 ... Has four younger brothers, Derek, Johnny, Hagen and Thomas ... Also considered Oklahoma, Liberty University and Kansas University before choosing NAU ... Enjoys kayaking, hiking and backpacking in his free time
