BEFORE SDSU: Earned All-Conference and All-State honors (2024,2025)... Was Section Champion and State Champion (2024, 2025)... State meet record holder in the triple jump... Earned Track and Field MVP and Brainerd High School Male Athlete of the Year... Off the track, was a mamber of National Honor Society (2024, 2025), earned the Stacy Robinson Leadership Award (2025), and was Scholar All-Conference (2025) and Scholar All-State (2024, 2025)... Son of Troy and Angie Nelson.