Player Bio: Jonathan Stevens

  Jonathan Stevens
Jonathan Stevens
Player Profile
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fremont, CA
High School:
Mission San Jose HS

Stanford: An All-Americanwho is one of the nation's bestmiddle distance runners.

2000 Cross Country Season(Junior): Ran in two races.

1999 Cross Country Season(Sophomore): Ran in threeraces, including a sixth placeshowing at the Stanford Invitational.

1998 Cross Country Season (Freshman): Twice ranin the Cardinal Top 5 ... Finished seventh at theFresno State Invitational and 17th at the ArizonaState Invitational.

2001 Track & Field Season (Sophomore): Wasenjoying a breakthrough season until a freak accidentduring the Distance Medley Relay at the PennRelays ended his season abruptly ... Ran 1:50.10 for800 meters in early April ... Gained All-Americahonors as a member of the winning DistanceMedley Relay team at the NCAA IndoorChampionships.

2000 Track & Field Season (Freshman): Competedsolely in the 800 meters with a conference qualifyingtime of 1:50.09, produced indoors at the BostonTerrier Indoor Classic ... Finished eighth at the Pac-10Championships at Eugene.

1999 Track & Field Season: Redshirted outdoors,but competed indoors in the 800 meters ... At the1999 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships inDenton, Tex., finished second in the 800 meters(1:51.04) to earn a berth on the U.S. Jr. Pan AmGames team ... The Jr. Pan-Am Games gold medalistover 800 meters in 1:49.57.

High School: Captured the 800 and 1,600 metertitle at the California state meet in 1998, the firstathlete to do so in 75 years ... Captured the state titlein the 1,600 meters for a second straight season ... Atthe Golden West Invitational, ran a national-besttime of 1:48.65 in the 800 meters ... Finished secondat the USATF Junior National Track & FieldChampionshps in the 800 meters in a time of1:50.48 ... By finishing second, he qualified for theUSA Junior National Team, which competed at theWorld Junior Championships in Annecy, France ...Captured the men's mile at the 1998 NationalScholastic Outdoor Meet in Raleigh, NC, in 4:08.63... Named the Gatorade Circle of ChampionshipsNational High School Boys Track & Field Athlete ofthe Year ... Past award winners have included EmmttSmith (Dallas Cowboys), Jeff George (OaklandRaiders), Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) and AlexRodriguez (Seattle Mariners) ... Named Californiastate track Athlete of the Year.

Cardinal Catalogue: German studies major ... Astandout student-athlete at Mission San Jose HighSchool in Fremont ... Coordinated children's activititesfor the Tri-Valley homeless shelter and volunteered ata senior citizen's home