Michael Hoffer Season 2021-22

Career Performance List

Honors
Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2020, 2022; Spring 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

2023 (Senior)
Indoor: Placed 10th in the high jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a clearance of 6-9 (2.06m)... Recorded fourth place high jump finishes at the Nebraska Tune-Up (6-6, 1.98m) and the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (6-11, 2.11m).

Outdoor: Placed 14th in the high jump at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 6-11 (2.11m)…finished fifth in the long jump at the Drake Relays with a leap of 22-11 3/4 (7.00m)…collected a pair of fourth-place finishes in the high jump and the long jump at the Michael Johnson Invitational…earned high jump runner-up honors at the Jim Click Shootout with a 6-11 3/4 (2.13m).

2022 (Junior)
Indoor: Finished fourth in both the high jump and the long jump at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, clearing 2.14m (7' 0.25") in the high jump and jumping 7.48m (24' 6.5") in the long jump... Won the high jump at the Nebraska Graduate Classic and the Nebraska Tune-Up, clearing 2.14m (7' 0.25") and 2.15m (7' 0.5")... Recorded second place finishes in the long jump at the Nebraska Graduate Classic and the Nebraska Mark Colligan Memorial, jumping 7.53m (24' 8.5") and 7.30m (23' 11.5").

Outdoor: Cleared 2.00m (6' 6.75") at both the Big Ten Outdoor Championships and the Drake Relays, finishing 14th and 24th.

2021
Indoor: Placed second in the high jump with a mark of 6-11 (2.11m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships…Captured wins in the high jump at Husker Triangular, Larry Wieczorek Invitational and Husker Quad…Posted a second-place finish in high jump at Hawkeye B1G Invitational.
 
Outdoor: Placed 20th in the long jump (23-10 3/4, 7.28m) at the NCAA Championships…Finished second in the high jump (7-1 ½, 2.17m) and eighth in the long jump (23-10 ¼, 7.27m) at Big Ten Outdoor Championships…Set personal-best marks in the high jump (7-2 ¼, 2.19m) and long jump (25-8 1/4, 7.83m) at NCAA West Preliminary Round…Placed second in the high jump at Husker B1G Invite and runner-up in the long jump at Billy Hayes Invite.

2020
Indoor: Recorded a season-best height of 6-8 3/4 (2.05m) in the high jump at the adidas Classic...qualified for the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.

2019
Indoor: Placed sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 6-9 3/4 (2.08m) and 10th in the long jump with a jump of 22-11 3/4 (7.00m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...set a PR in the high jump of 6-11 1/2 (2.12m) at the Tyson Invitational...had a personal-best mark of 23-5 1/4 (7.14m) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.

Outdoor: Finished 14th in the high jump with a leap of 6-8 (2.03m) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, which took place indoors due to inclement weather...had a season best of 6-8 (2.03m) in the high jump at the Husker Invitational.

Before Nebraska
Attended Shawnee Heights High School in Kansas...set a prep best of 7-0 1/4 (2.14m) in the high jump...won three straight Kansas state high jump titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018...was the Kansas Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2018, as he also won the state long jump and triple jump titles...set best marks of 24-3 (7.39m) in the long jump and 47-1 1/2 (14.36m) in the triple jump....was the 2016 AAU high jump national champion.

Personal
Born April 29, 2000...grandparents are John and Barbara...a management major who earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2022.