Senior distance runner Daniel Pederson made sure he left his mark in a Marquette uniform throughout his four years at the university.
A native of Spooner, Wisconsin, Pederson attended Spooner High School where he was a 3,200–meter state champion and 1,600-meter runner-up his senior year. He was also a 2015 WIAA Division 2 cross country state champion earlier that year.
Despite his impressive running resume at a small high school, Pederson didn’t gain as much traction from bigger universities that the typical state champion would receive, except from Marquette.
In fact, one of the only times Pederson had heard from the University of Wisconsin was directly after one of his races at the state meet, but it was too late, as he was already on his way to becoming a Golden Eagle.