Nick Wichert
Nick Wichert

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Milwaukee, Wis.

High School:
Pius XI

Height:
6-2

Event:
Throws

• 2005 League Outdoor Hammer Throw Champion
2006 Indoor Placed fourth in the weight throw and sixth in the shot put at the league championships ... won the weight and took second in the shot at the UWM Panther Tune Up ... added a second-place showing in the weight at the Division I Invite. Outdoor: Redshirted the outdoor season. 2005 Indoor: Was fourth in both the shot put and weight throw at the league meet ... threw a personal-best 50-7 1/4 in the weight throw ... took third in the shot put, throwing a season-best 49-0 1/4. Outdoor: Won the hammer throw, took third in the discus and fifth in the shot put at the league meet ... qualified for the NCAA Regional in the hammer ... set the school hammer record to take third at the Purdue Invite ... reset the record with a throw of 184-0 at the Kansas Relays ... the throw was 12-3 over his school standard entering the year ... won the hammer at the Wisconsin Twilight, adding a personal-best throw in the discus (142-4). 2004 Indoor: Competed exclusively in the weight throw, taking fourth in the event at the Horizon League meet ... took fifth at the UWM Panther Tune Up. Outdoor: Placed third in the hammer throw at the league meet, adding a sixth-place showing in the discus and eighth-place finish in the javelin ... set the UWM standard in the hammer throw to take fourth place at the Lee Calhoun Invitational ... then earned league athlete of the week honors. 2003 Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Finished fourth at the league championships in the javelin with a season-best throw of 156-3 ... was also seventh in the discus and hammer throw and eighth in the shot put.

Personal
Majoring in secondary education, minoring in psychology ... born March 28, 1984.