Personal Bests
Indoor
Shot Put, 62-5 (19.02)
Outdoor
Shot Put, 63-7 1/2 (19.39)
Discus, 209-10 (63.96)
NCAA Champion
2012 Discus
All-American
2014 Discus (First-Team), Outdoor Shot Put (Second-Team)
2013 Discus (First-Team)
2013 Outdoor Shot Put (First-Team)
2012 Discus (First-Team)
2011 Discus (First-Team)
All-Conference
2014 First-Team All-Big Ten (Outdoor)
2013 First-Team All-Big Ten (Outdoor)
2013 Second-Team All-Big Ten (Indoor)
2012 Second-Team All-Big Ten (Outdoor)
NCAA Championships
2014 (O): Discus, 203-2 (4th); Shot Put, 62-10 (13th)
2013 (O): Discus, 209-1 (2nd); Shot Put:Â 62-2 1/4 (5th)
2012 (O): Discus, 206-0 (1st)
2011 (O): Discus, 184-7 (6th)
Big Ten Championships
2014 (I): SP, 62-5 (4th)
2014 (O): SP, 58-4 3/4 (9th); Discus, 209-10 (1st)
2013 (I): SP, 61-10 1/2 (2nd)
2013 (O): SP, 63-7 1/2 (1st); Discus, 189-5 (2nd)
2012 (I): SP, 58-6 3/4 (7th)
2012 (O): SP, 61-1 1/2 (5th); Discus, 195-1 (2nd)
Big 12 Championships
2011 (O): SP, 57-2 (7th); Discus, 185-9 (6th)
2011 (I): SP, 57-4 1/4 (7th)
Academics
Nebraska Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award (2014)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2014)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012)
2014 (Senior)
Chad Wright finished fourth in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a personal-best mark of 62=5 (19.02)… recorded a mark of 62-0 ¼ (18.90) in the shot put to claim top honors in his first appearance of the year at the Mark Colligan Memorial… registered three, fourth place finishes in the shot put the rest of the indoor campaign.
2013 (Junior)
Wright closed his junior season with a runner-up finish in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships... recorded a personal-best throw of 209-1 (63.74) at the Championships, securing All-America honors... his throw put him at second all-time at Nebraska and made him the Big Ten’s all-time leader in the discus... finished fifth in the shot put at the NCAA finals, posting a throw of 62-2 1/4 (18.95) to earn his second outdoor All-America honors of the season... earned the first conference title of his career at the 2013 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, finishing first in the shot put with a personal best throw of 63-7 1/2 (19.39), on his final attempt of the competition... earned first-team All-Big Ten accolades at the outdoor championships...also finished second in the discus at the outdoor conference meet... made his presence known in his first outdoor meet of the season, the Arizona State Invitational, with a winning throw of 189-3 (57.68) in the men’s discus.... earned the discus title at the Kansas Relays, in addition to capturing the shot put crown... finished second in the discus at the Triton Invitational on April 25, posting a throw of 207-11 (63.37)... earned two Big Ten outdoor track and field weekly awards in 2013... finished second in the shot put at the 2013 Big Ten Indoor Championships, posting a personal-best throw of 61-10 1/2 (18.86)... earned second-team All-Big Ten honors for his finish at the conference meet... competed in five meets during the 2013 indoor season.
2012 (Sophomore)
Wright forever etched his name into the Husker record books during the 2012 season, completing his sophomore season in stunning fashion with his first NCAA Championship... made Husker history with a winning throw of 206-0 (62.78) on his fifth attempt of competition in Des Moines, Iowa... his mark was the longest throw in Division I in 2012, earning him the national title and was the longest winning distance at the NCAA Championships since 2007... became Nebraska’s 18th men’s outdoor national champion... notched the second All-America honors of his career... set an outdoor personal-best of 61-1 1/2 (18.63) in the shot put at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, finishing fifth overall... set an indoor personal-best of 59-11 1/4 (18.26) in the shot put at the adidas Classic on Jan. 21... took second in the discus at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a throw of 195-1 (59.46)... named the Big Ten Male Field Athlete of the Week twice in 2012... recorded a throw of 198-5 (60.47) in the discus at the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Ariz., which ranked first in the conference and second in the nation at the time... earned second-team All-Big Ten honors at the 2012 Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
2011 (Freshman)
Wright earned All-America honors in his first national meet at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships, finishing sixth as the top freshman in the NCAA discus competition... competed in eight meets during the indoor track and field season... recorded a personal-best 59-2 1/4 (18.04) in the shot put at the Texas A&M Challenge... capped his outdoor season with All-America accolades in discus with a throw of 184-7 (56.26) and a sixth-place finish... placed seventh in the shot put (52-7, 16.02) and sixth in discus (185-9, 56.61) at the 2011 Big 12 Outdoor Championships... recorded a season best of 58-3 3/4 (17.77) in the shot put at the Nebraska Open... notched a season-best 189-11 (57.88) at the Tom Jones Memorial in the discus.
Before Nebraska (Calabar)
Wright is the most recent addition to the Husker program from Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica, following former Husker and 2009 indoor long jump champion Nicholas Gordon... one of the top junior throwers in Jamaica,set national junior records in the shot put and discus... placed fifth at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships in the discus and finished 14th in the shot put... swept the shot and discus at the 2010 Jamaican Junior Championships with throws of 200-4 (61.06) and 61-11 (18.87) using junior implements... mark in the shot put set the Jamaican junior record... competed at the senior championships and held his own with a fourth-place finish in the shot (52-5, 15.97) and broke the national junior record in the discus with a second-place toss of 179-4 (54.66)... added discus titles at the 2010 Carifta Games and Penn Relays... threw 207-0 (63.09) with a 1.75 kg discus at the Carifta Games and then tossed 191-11 (58.49) two weeks later in Philadelphia, Pa., with a 1.6 kg implement... chose Nebraska over LSU.
Personal
Parents are Carmen Lynch and Audley Wright... born March 25, 1991... major is mathematics.