Bio

2021-2022 at Taylor:

Indoor: Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in weight throw … Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in shot put … Set TU program record with a distance of 58-10.00 in the weight throw at the NAIA National Championships where he finished 10th overall … Posted a season-best mark of 53-06.00 in the shot put at the Crossroads League Championships to win the title … All-Crossroads League in the shot put … CoSIDA Academic All-District … USTFCCCA All-Academic.

Outdoor: Automatically qualified for NAIA Nationals in discus … Provisionally qualified for NAIA Nationals in hammer throw and shot put … Finished 12th in the hammer throw and 21st in discus at the NAIA National Championships … Set the TU program record with a distance of 56.46 meters in the hammer throw at the NAIA National Championships … Won hammer throw at the Emory Invite and the Huntington Invite … Won shot put at the Emory Invite … Posted a season-best mark of 52.24 meters in the discus at Little State … Secured a season-best mark of 15.51 meters in the shot put at Little State … All-Crossroads League in discus … Academic All-Crossroads League … NAIA Scholar Athlete … USTFCCCA All-Academic.

2020-21 at Taylor:

Indoor: Claimed All-Crossroads League honors in the weight throw with his third-place finish … Set the TU school record in the weight throw with a mark of 17.39-meters … Honored as the Crossroads League Field Athlete of the Week January 25-31 … Won the weight throw at the IWU Invite … Posted a season-best mark of 14.94-meters in the shot put at the Crossroads League Championships, finishing fourth overall.

Outdoor: Finished eighth place in the discus throw at the NAIA National Championships, claiming his first All-American award of his career … Competed in the hammer throw at NAIA Nationals and finished 16th overall … Earned two All-Crossroads League awards with his second-place finish in the hammer throw and his third-place finish in the discus throw … Set the Taylor school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 55.05-meters … Posted the seventh-best mark in TU program history in the discus throw, recording a mark of 48.08-meters … Logged the ninth-best mark in Taylor history in the shot put with a throw of 14.55-meters … Named Crossroads League Field Athlete of the Week March 29 through April 4 … Won the discuss throw at the George Glass Invite … Won the discuss throw at the Little State Championships … Won the hammer throw and discus throw at the Huntington Invite … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

2019-20 at Taylor:

Indoor: Competed in the weight throw at the NAIA National Championships, nabbing 29th place with a toss of 50-07.48 feet … Finished fourth in the shot put and fifth in the weight throw at the Crossroads League Championships … Won first place in the shot put at the Mastodon Invite … Set a season-best toss of 48-10.25 feet in the shot put at the IU Gladstein Invite … Launched a season-best mark of 53-06.52 feet in the weight throw at the Findlay Open … Named USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete.

Outdoor: Outdoor season cancelled due to COVID-19.

Prep: Earned seven varsity letters at Columbia City High, while participating in track and field and football … Two-time state finalist in the discus throw … Two-time indoor state finalist in the shot put … Holds the school record and the conference record in the discus throw … Four-time conference champion … Member of the National Honors Society … Honored as Albert H. Small Normandy Institute Scholar.

Personal: Son of Zach and Amy Hesting … Majoring in political science, philosophy and economics … Minoring in history.