Originally founded as the Outland Club in 1949 by Dick, Skipper and Odd Williams, the Williams Education Fund (WEF) is the official fundraising department for Kansas Athletics.
Kansas breaks two school records and one KU Relays record as Jayhawks walk away with eight gold medals
2011 CROSS COUNTRY Ran in three meets for the Jayhawks, placing in the top 25 in each... Ran to a sixth-place finish at the Haskell Invitational (10/8) with an 8K time of 26:34.69... Finished the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/10) 8K in 28:45.34 to place 24th... Took 24th in the Bob Timmons Classic (9/3), crossing the 6K finish line in 20:51.90... Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2011 OUTDOOR Earned a 22nd-place finish in the 800 meters at the Arkansas Twilight (5/6), crossing the finish line in a season-best 1:55.07... Season's top individual finish came in the 1,500 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16), placing eighth with a season-best time of 4:04.86... Took 14th with a 1:55.73 800 meters at the Kansas Relays (4/21)... Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2011 INDOOR Top 1,000-meters performance came at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25) in a 10th-place finish with a personal-best time of 2:30.93... Notched two victories in the 1,000 meters, the first coming at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 2:35.20 and the second with a time of 2:38.37 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8)... Won the mile at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4), clocking in at 4:22.12, a personal best.
2010 CROSS COUNTRY Competed in two meets for the Jayhawks, finishing in the top-25 in both... Collected a 17th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/4), crossing the finish line in 20:16.60... Ran an 8K time of 28:04.51 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (9/11), finishing 21st.
2010 OUTDOOR Had his highest finish of the season in the 800 meters at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/9), placing third and recording a personal-best time of 1:56.53.
2010 INDOOR Set a personal record in the 800 meters at the ISU-NCAA Qualifier (3/5) with a time of 1:57.22, finishing in 28th... Ran the 1,000 meters in 2:34.98, a personal best, at the Husker Invitational (2/6)...Competed in the mile run at the Bill Easton Classic (1/8) and finished in sixth with a time of 4:37.53.
2009 OUTDOOR Utilized redshirt season.
2009 INDOOR Utilized redshirt season.
2008 CROSS COUNTRY Utilized redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL Lettered four years in track and cross country... Selected to all-league and All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) first teams in 2007... Placed fourth at the league finals in 2007... Finished in 10th place at the 2007 CIF finals... Was his team's No. 2 runner in 2006... Fourth man at CIF in 2005... Made the top seven at CIF as a freshman in 2004... Earned first-team all-league in track.
PERSONAL Son of Pam and Gerry Proehl... Born in Overland Park, Kan... Majoring in business... Sister, Meghan Proehl, is a member of the KU swimming and diving team.