2016 Track & Field

Deante Kemper

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown San Diego, Calif.
  • High School Serra

Biography

Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology

Personal Bests: 60m (7.14) 55m hurdles (7.67) 60m hurdles (8.04) 110m hurdles (14.63) High Jump (2.24m) Long Jump (6.75m)

2015: Set the indoor school record in the men's high jump at the Iowa State Classic which he won with a height of 7-04.25 ... Picked up his fifth Big Sky Championship in the men's high jump ... Earned his first All-American honor when he finished fourth in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Redshirted the outdoor season

2014: Had a tremendous junior campaign in both the high jump and the hurdles ... Cleared a best height of 7-2.25 (2.19m) at the Lumberjack Team Challenge to start the indoor season ... Took home the gold in the high jump at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Also scored in the 60m hurdles at the indoor conference meet ... Had a great outdoor season as well ... Cleared a school record height of 7-3.75 (2.23m) in the high jump at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Was a medalist in two events at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Struck gold in the men's high jump and shocked the conference with a bronze medal in the 100m hurdles after coming in ranked seventh ... Competed at the NCAA West Prelim where he finished ninth after clearing 7-1 (2.16m) in order to advance to Oregon for the NCAA Final

2013: Sophomore season was highlighted by his indoor school-record-tying jump (7-3.25/2.22m) at the New Mexico Don Kirby Elite meet in Albuquerque, N.M. and a second-consecutive appearance in the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Set a PR in the 60-meter hurdles (8.13) at the Mountain T's invite with a second-place finish ... Scored in two events with a fourth-place finish in the 55m hurdles and an All-Big Sky performance and silver medal in the high jump at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Battled injury during the outdoor season ... Found a career best in the 110m hurdles (14.73) at the first outdoor meet of the season, the Willie Williams Classic ... Achieved a season-best height of 6-11.75 (2.13m) in the high jump at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Captured silver in the high jump once again at Big Sky Outdoors with a jump of 6-10.25 (2.09m) ... Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round, where he tied for ninth with his second-best height of the season (6-10.5/2.12m) ... Ended the season at the NCAA Championships, earning honorable mention All-America honors with a 24th-place finish

2012: Spent the entire indoor season and a portion of the outdoor season as the No. 1 freshman in the country for the high jump ... Ended the indoor season ranked fourth in school history with a height of 7-2.25, which he set at the Mountain T's Invitational ... Holds the second and third-best marks in NAU history outdoors with jumps of 7-1.75 and 7-1.5, respectively ... Won Big Sky titles indoors and outdoors in helping the Lumberjack men set conference point records and win both team titles ... Finished the outdoor season as an Honorable Mention All America selection, after placing 21st in the nation at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa ... Finished the indoor season as the nation's best freshman

High School: Graduated from Serra High School in 2011 ... Holds school record in the high jump (6-10) and 110m hurdles (14.51) ... Took second place in the Division II regional meet in the high jump in 2010 ... Won the Division II regional title in the high jump and 110m hurdles in 2011 ... Placed third in the high jump at the state meet the same year

Personal: Born to Michelle Hopkins on March 27, 1993 ... Chose NAU for the family-like feeling the team brings, and looked forward to working with Coach Jacoby

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

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  • 2013Senior

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  • 2014Junior

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  • 2015Senior

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  • 2016Redshirt Senior

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