FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 14, 2006

Campbell named MIAA Athlete of the Week
Senior collects second MIAA award this season

Matt Campbell, a 5-foot-8, 150-pound senior from Worthington, Ind., improved his automatic qualifying mark to the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships with his pole vault effort at the University of Arkansas Tyson Invitational last weekend (Feb. 10-11).

He placed sixth in the event with a mark of 17 feet, 1 inch. It was the second-best mark in school history (Campbell has the better height as well), and a quarter-inch above his season best.

He is a graduate of Switz City (Ind.)-White River Valley High School, and transferred to MSSU from Neosho County (Kan.) Community College.