Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Matt Brooker returns for his final season as a Yellow Jacket.....produced a record-setting junior campaign.....named the USTFCCCA Division II Midwest Region Runner of the Year.....Great Midwest Athletic Conference Runner of the Year.....G-MAC Male Athlete of the Year for all sports.....Midwest Region champion with a winning 10K time of 30:35.....placed 41st in the NCAA Division II Championship, one place out of All-America honors, in 30:26.....G-MAC champion in a career-best 8K mark of 24:34.....individual champion at the Wisconsin-Parkside Invitational and Friendship Invitational.....finished 4th out of 301 runners in the All-Ohio Championship in 24:43.....on the track, NCAA Division II Outdoor qualifier in the 10,000 meters.....selected to the USTFCCCA Division II Outdoor Region Team.....set school record in the 10K in 29:52.58 at the Cincinnati Open.

2011 - Sat out the season a red shirt.

2010 - Ran in seven meets as a sophomore and was the team’s #1 finisher four times.....turned in a season-best 8K mark of 24:56 to place 6th of 313 runners at the NAIA Great Lakes Invitational.....American Mideast Conference runner-up in 25:16.....finished 26th of 263 in the All-Ohio Championship in 25:18.....AMC champion on the track in the 5,000 meters.....AMC runner-up in the 1,500.

2009 - Competed at NCAA Division I Bucknell University as a freshman.....saw action in four varsity meets for the Bison and was named team’s Rookie of the Year.....posted a season-best time of 26:37 at the Penn State Invitational.....clocked in 27:14 at Duquesne and placed 39th at the Patriot League Championships in 27:55..........member of Patriot League outdoor track & field championship team.

High School - Four-year distance runner at Penns Valley High School.....four-time conference champion in cross country and on the track in the 3,200 meter run.....holds school records in the 1,600 (4:22) and 3,200 (9:24) meter events.....finished second in the 3,200 meters at the 2009 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) AA Track & Field meet.

Personal - Computer science major at Cedarville University.....born 9/20/90 in Cincinnati, OH.....married former Lady Jacket All-America distance runner Hannah Lamos on Dec. 16, 2012.....son of Scott and Jane Brooker.....both parents were four-year distance runners at CU.....mother was an NAIA All-American on the track and the first female track & field athlete inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame.....older brother, Jud, is a 2009 graduate of the University and was a four-year All-America distance runner with the Yellow Jackets.