Austin Peay State University Athletics

2012: Senior leader for the Govs; was the first Austin Peay runner across the line in each race... three top-20 finishes... sixteenth overall with a 17:04.05 at Powerade Invite... led the Govs with a 14th-place, 26:58.88 mark in the 8K at the JSU Foothills... Placed 19th a week later at the Front Runner Invitational... narrowly missed a top-40 at the OVC Championships - placed 42nd with a  26:25.21 run.

2011 Season: Continued to improve as season progressed, racing in all seven events... season-best sixth-place finish came at the Kentucky State Thorobred Stampede, finishing with a 32:41.46 mark... season-best finishing time 27:10.08 came at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic... finished in 28:51.04 at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships.

2010 Season: Opened with season's best finish of the season, earning a 51st-place finish with a 17:22.17 5k mark at the Belmont Opener...best 8k finish came at the Fast Cats Invitiational posting a 29:50.92 mark, earning 54th place...posted a personal-best mark of 28:38.83 at the Memphis Twilight.

Prep: Ran distance for B.T. Hobbs at Bolivar Central High School...State qualifier in cross country from 2006-2009...won the region championship in cross country in 2008 and 2009, the first person in Bolivar history to win the region...first person in Bolivar history to qualify for state championships all four years of high school...qualified in track and field in 2006 and 2007, another first in Bolivar history.

Personal: Born March 17, 1991 in Bolivar, Tenn...son of Eddie and Patricia Kessler...currently and undecided college major.