2016 Collegiate Male Athlete of the Year
"Texas A&M freshman Donavan Brazier broke a 50-year- old collegiate record in winning the NCAA 800m final with an amazing time of 1 minute, 43.55 seconds during Friday's action at the NCAA Championships. "Legend Jim Ryun held the collegiate and American junior record of 1:44.3 set on June 10, 1966. In addition to breaking those two records, Brazier also topped the NCAA meet record of 1:44.70 set by Florida's Mark Everett in 1990 as well as the Hayward Field record of 1:43.5h set in 1974 by Rich Wohlhuter. "Brazier improved his Texas A&M school record of 1:45.07 he set in the NCAA semifinal on Wednesday. He ranks No. 7 on the all-time world junior list and is the only American among the top 10. His time also ranks him as the No. 8 American of all time." -- from the Texas A&M website
Victor became the first Aggie to capture NCAA decathlon gold with 8,379 points. He joins his brother, Kurt Felix (2012; Boise State), atop the NCAA decathlon champion podium. Among Victor's accomplishments is an NCAA-best discus throw for decathletes: 175-05, breaking Mike Ramos' (University of Washington) mark of 167- 03.