Nicolai Ceban
| Career Highlights |
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| 2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
| 2018 Outdoor Second Team All-American (Discus) |
| 2018 Academic All-Big 12 First Team |
| 2018 Dr. Robert Frederick Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year |
| 2018 Indoor Second Team All-American (Shot Put) |
| 2017 Academic All-Big 12 First Team |
| 2017 Outdoor Second Team All-American (Discus) |
| 2017 Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention (Shot Put) |
| 2017 Indoor First Team All-American (Shot Put) |
| 2017 Indoor Big 12 Champion (Shot Put) |
| 2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team |
| 2016 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team |
| 2016 Outdoor Second Team All-American (Discus) |
| 2016 Indoor Second Team All-American (Shot Put) |
| 2015 Outdoor All-America Honorable Mention (Discus) |
2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Won the men’s premiere shot put at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a throw of 18.62 meters (61-1.25 ft.) and finished third in the premiere discus with a mark of 57.63 meters (189-1 ft.) … Finished first in the open section of the discus at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a mark of 54.16 meters (177-8 ft.) … Won the discus at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28) with a mark of 55.50 meters (182-1 ft.) … Finished fourth in the shot put and third in the discus a the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) … Placed eighth in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a mark of 55.56 meters (182-3 ft.) to qualify for the NCAA Championships … Earned Second Team All-America honors with a 14th-place finish in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/6-9) with a mark of 54.26 meters (178-0 ft.).
2018 INDOOR (Sr.)
Opened his season with a win in the shot put at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a mark of 19.03 meters (62-5.25 ft.) … Finished second in the shot put at the Tyson Invitational (2/9-10) with a throw of 18.89 meters (61-11.75 ft.) … Recorded a runner-up finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) in the shot put with a season-best mark of 19.30 meters (63-4 ft.) … Earned Second Team All-America honors at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships (3/9-10) with a 10th-place finish at 18.99 meters (62-3.75 ft.).
2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Recorded a personal-best in the shot put of 20.24 meters (66-5 ft.) at the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries (5/25-27), good for a second-place finish … Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/7-10) in both the shot put and the discus … Finished 13th in the discus at NCAAs with a throw of 56.66 meters (185-11 ft.), earning him Second Team All-America honors … Earned a second-place finish at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) in the discus, with a mark of 57.96 meters (190-2 ft.).
2017 INDOOR (Jr.)
Earned First Team All-America honors and finished seventh in the shot put at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track &Field Championships (3/10-11), with a mark of 19.37 meters (63-6.75 ft.) … Finished first in the shot put at the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/24-25) with a throw measuring 18.97 meters (62-3 ft.).
2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Threw to fourth place in the discus during the NCAA West Preliminary round (5/28) after a personal-best outdoor mark of 58.77 meters (192-10 ft.) … Earned second team All-America status when he finished 13th overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/11) with his discus toss of 56.74 meters (186-2 ft.) … Runner-up in the discus at the Big 12 Championship (5/15) with a mark of 57.49 meters (188-7 ft.) … Took fifth at the Big 12 Championship in the shot put after posting a mark of 17.96 meters (58-11.25 ft.) … Placed first in the discus at the Ward Haylett Invitational (5/7) a throw of 56.26 meters (184-8 ft.) … Won the shot put event at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) with his throw of 17.97 meters … Placed in the top-five in both shot put and discus at the Kansas Relays (4/23), posting 18.23 meters (59-9.75 ft.) for second and 57.99 meters (190-3 ft.) for third, respectively.
2016 INDOOR (So.)
Earned Second Team All-America status in the shot put when he placed 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships (3/12) after a mark of 17.71 meters (58-1.25 ft.) … Posted a shot put mark of 19.14 meters (62-9.5 ft.) at the Big 12 Championship (2/27), good for a third-place finish … Best shot put toss of the indoor season came at the Tyson Invitational (2/13) when he notched a mark of 19.25 meters (63-2 ft.) to claim the victory.
2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Threw to All-America Honorable Mention accolades in the discus after he finished 21st at the NCAA Championships (6/13) with a throw of 54.86 meters (180-0 ft.) … Qualified for the national meet by way of an eighth-place finish in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/30) with a mark of 55.78 meters (183-0 ft.) … Season’s top discus outing came at the Rock Chalk Classic (5/2) when he posted a mark of 58.06 meters (190-6 ft.) and finished third … Earned a runner-up finish in the shot put at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a season-best mark of 18.51 meters (60-8.75 ft.) … Tallied scoring performances in both the shot put and discus at the Big 12 Championship (5/17), hitting 18.31 meters (60-1 ft.) for sixth and 53.82 meters (176-7 ft.) for seventh, respectively … Won the shot put at the ESU Spring Open (3/28) with a toss of 17.99 meters (59-0.25 ft.).
2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Opened his season with a shot put victory at the Jayhawk Classic (1/30) with a throw of 17.28 meters (56-8.5 ft.) … Took fifth in the shot put at the Big 12 Championship (2/28) with a season-best mark of 17.89 meters (58-8.5 ft.) … Posted a shot put mark of 17.44 meters (57-2.75 ft.) and a 10th-place finish at the Tyson Invitational (2/14).
HIGH SCHOOL
Won multiple national junior and youth championships while attending Liceul Teoretic Alexi Mateevici … Holds the Moldovan national junior record in the discus with a mark of 59.17 meters (194-1 ft.) as well as the shot put at 19.54 meters (64-1.25 ft.) … Finished 11th in the discus at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships with a mark of 58.65 meters (192-5 ft.).
PERSONAL
Son of Nicolai and Georgeta Ceban … Undecided on major.
