Curtis Wideman

Class:
Freshman
Weight:
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Hometown:
Evanston, Ill.
High School:
Evanston Township

2013-14
Honorable Mention All-American (Hammer Throw, 19th place)
NCAA National Qualifier (Hammer)
NCAA Regional Qualifier (Hammer, Shot and Discus)
4x All-MVC (Weight, Indoor and Outdoor Shot, Hammer)
MVC Scholar-Athlete
MVC Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 11)
Fifth All-Time at SIU in Weight Throw
Fourth All-Time in the Hammer and Eighth All-Time in the Outdoor Shot
Honorable Mention All-American outdoors in the hammer throw (19th place)...First career trip to Eugene for the NCAA Outdoor Championships...Qualified for outdoor regionals in all three of his throwing events (hammer, shot and discus)...Earned four All-MVC honors in the weight throw, hammer throw and the indoor and outdoor shot put...MVC Scholar-Athlete...Named the MVC's Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 11...Finished the season moving up to fifth all-time in the weight throw (20.72m), as well as fourth in the hammer (64.32m) and eighth in the shot (17.64m) outdoors...Competed in nine meets indoors, winning three weight throw titles along the way...Also competed in nine meets outdoors, with two event titles coming at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic.

2012-13
NCAA Regional Qualifier (Hammer, Discus)
All-MVC, Discus (Outdoor)
Ranks Seventh All-Time at SIU in Discus and Hammer Throw
NCAA Regional Qualifier in the hammer throw and discus...Finished 18th in the hammer throw and 30th in the discus at the NCAA West Regional...At the MVC Outdoor Championships he also scored in the shot put (fourth place) and hammer throw (fifth place)...Scored in the weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships (eighth place)...Notched two event wins, both at the Saluki Outdoor Open (discus and hammer throw)...Set personal bests in the shot put (17.00m), discus (53.20m), hammer throw (61.72m) and weight throw (18.84m)...Participated in eight meets indoors and nine meets outdoors...Posted six top-three finishes indoors and eight outdoors.

2011-12
Competed in four events in 15 meets combined in the indoor and outdoor seasons...Notched four event wins over both seasons, three of them in the discus in the outdoor season.

High School
All-conference performer sophomore, junior, and senior years...All-state selection senior year.

Personal
Born on April 26, 1993... Son of Curtis and Valerie Wideman...Has one brother, Kyle...Graduated from the same high school as former Saluki and NFL tight end Damon Jones...Majoring in television broadcasting.