Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology
2015 Cross Country: Redshirted his senior season
2014 Cross Country: Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Huskie Invitational ... Finished second at the Adidas Invitational, just four seconds behind the leader ... Won the Big Sky Cross Country Championship, leading the ‘Jacks to their eighth-straight title ... Finished second at the NCAA Mountain Regional, good for All-Mountain Region honors ... Battled down the stretch for a runner-up finish at the NCAA National Championships before ultimately finishing third, leading the ‘Jacks to a fourth-place finish ... All-American
2013 Cross Country: NAU’s No. 1 runner, finished in the top-10 in all four meets he competed ... Opened up the season with a fourth place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree with a time of 24:30.67 ... Finished sixth at the Adidas Invitational with a time of 23:29 ... Finished third at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a time of 29:54.2 ... Led NAU to a second-place finish at NCAA National Championships, finishing fourth with a time of 30:05.7 ... All-Mountain Region ... All-American
2012 Cross Country: Competed in five meets ... Finished in second at the Pac-12 Preview Elite Invite with a time of 24:30 ... Finished 31st at the Adidas Invitational with a time of 23:53 ... Finished third at Big Sky Championships with a time of 24:56.7 ... Finished fourth at NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a time of 30:06.8 ... Finished 31st at NCAA National Championships with a time of 29:54.1 ... Accolades include All-Big Sky, All-Mountain Region and All-American
High School: Named the Gatorade National Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year after a decorated career at North Central High School ... Won the Nike Cross Nationals Final in a course-record time of 15:02.41 ... Runner-up at Foot Locker Nationals his junior and senior years, finishing with a time of 14:52.1 in 2011 ... Broke the tape at the NXN Midwest Regional Championship and the Foot Locker Midwest Regional Championship, along with winning three-straight Indiana state titles in cross country
Personal: Born December 16, 1992 in Dera, Eritrea, to Meleakeselam Zienasellassie ... Has three brothers, Henok, Bahlbi, and Jonas, and four sisters, Germawit, Azeb, Teklewayn, and Jerusalem ... Enjoys playing soccer in his spare time ... Brother Bahlbi also competed in cross country and track and field for NAU
