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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – The awards keep piling in for Blue Raider freshman Jacob Choge, after being voted Conference USA Athlete of the Year, the conference office announced this afternoon.
This is the first time in program history that a Blue Raider has been named C-USA Athlete of the Year.
Choge won the C-USA Championship 8k race with a blistering 23:54.1 time on Oct. 29. The Kapsabet City, Kenya, native, was named Freshman of the Meet, while also being named First Team All-Conference.
The freshman was also the first Blue Raider runner to finish in the NCAA National Championships, placing 40th overall and leading MT to a 28 place finish in the race.