ULM Warhawks

2009-10 (Junior): Sun Belt champion in the javelin throw … one of two ULM athletes to qualify for the NCAA Championships … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors. OUTDOOR – Finished 15th in the javelin throw at the NCAA Championships … won the javelin title at the Sun Belt Championships … had his season-best throw of 68.43 meters at the NCAA East Regional.

2008-09 (Sophomore): OUTDOOR – Threw 65.81 meters in the javelin at the NCAA Mideast Regional … won the Warhawk Classic javelin competition with a throw of 65.63 meters … took second place in the javelin at the Sun Belt Championships with a throw of 63.95 meters.

2007-08 (Freshman): Named All-Louisiana for the javelin throw ... OUTDOOR- Finished sixth at the NCAA Championships in the javelin with a throw of 68.74 meters, earning All-America honors -- the first by a Warhawk in outdoor track & field since Olympian Breaux Greer and Andras Haklits both earned All-America honors in 1999 ... earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors ... began his march to the NCAA Championships by winning the NCAA Mid-East Regional Championship with a career-best throw of 71.16 meters ... earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors ... named All-Louisiana for the javelin throw ... recorded five first-place finishes in the javelin throw, including the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a throw of 65.71 meters ... also finished first at the ULM Warhawk Classic with a throw of 63.86 ... other wins came at the UNT Invitational and the NSU Relays ... finished ninth at the NSU Relays in the discus throw with a toss of 42.13 meters.  

Prep: Back-to-back Louisiana State Champion in javelin ... personal long throw of 61.60 meters in the javelin ... also lettered in football.

Personal: Born on Dec. 12, 1988 in Shreveport, La. ... son of Jeff and Becky Kent ... has one older sister, Lindsey ... father threw shot put and discus at Northwestern ... majoring in nursing.