EUGENE, Ore. – Stanford triple jumper Keyshawn King was named Pac-12 Men's Track and Field Scholar Athlete of the Year on Saturday.
The award was announced on the second day of the Pac-12 Championships at Hayward Field. King is Stanford's seventh winner, following Russell Brown (2008), Elliott Heath (2011), Chris Derrick (2012), Luke Lefebure (2015), Justin Brinkley (2016), and Harrison Williams (2019).
King, a senior from Liberty, South Carolina, carries a 3.63 cumulative grade-point average with a double major of psychology and sociology, the latter with a concentration in data science, markets, and management.
On the track, or rather the runway, King tied the Stanford outdoor record in the triple jump, of 52-6 ¾ (16.02 meters). At the same meet, the Mt. SAC Relays on April 16, King set a Stanford all-conditions absolute record of 53-0 ¾ (16.17m), though it was aided by a 3.6 meters per second wind, over the allowable 2.0 mps for official record purposes.
King is a team captain and is much involved in the Stanford community. In 2021, he became the first active Stanford men's triple jumper to make an Olympic Trials final since 1960, placing 12th.
The Pac-12 selects Scholar Athletes of the Year in 24 sponsored sports: baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, beach volleyball, football, men's golf, women's golf, women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's rowing, women's rowing, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track and field, women's track and field, women's volleyball, and wrestling.
The nomination criteria are: senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree, cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, participation in at least 50 percent of the scheduled contest in the sport, and a minimum of one year in residence at the institution
Each Pac-12 institution nominates one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members at the conclusion of each sport's regular season. The athletic accomplishments of the nominees are a consideration in the voting for the award.