2009-10 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
Collegiate Bests:
Indoor 3,000m: 8:30.24 (2009)
Indoor 5,000m: 14:17.66* (2010)
Outdoor 5,000m: 14:30.08 (2009)
Outdoor 10,000m: 29:20.77 (2010)
*Ran during redshirt season
2009-10: Competed as an unattached athlete during the cross country and indoor track & field seasons ... Finished fifth in the Blue Ridge Open in cross country ... Indoors, placed fourth in his heat of the 5,000-meter in a career-best 14:17.66 at the Washington Husky Classic ... Ran the 10,000-meter for the first time ever and placed fourth in his section in 29:20.77 at the Stanford Invitational; became HPU's No. 2 all-time 10,000-meter runner behind only Jesse Cherry ... Placed second in the 10,000-meter (30:20.70) and third in the 5,000-meter (15:13.28) at the Big South Championship ... Placed second in the 5,000-meter (14:42.40) at the HPU VertKlasse Meeting.
2008-09: During the indoor season, ran the 5,000-meter in a season-best 14:34.44 to place third in his heat at the Washington Husky Classic ... Placed third in the 3,000-meter (8:30.24) and sixth in the 5,000-meter (15:06.40) at the Big South Indoor Championship ... Ran one race during the outdoor season, recording a time of 14:30.08 in the 5,000-meter at the Raleigh Relays.
2007-08: In his first-ever track race, won his heat of the 3,000-meter in 9:04.51 at the UNC Chic Fila meet ... Placed ninth in the 3,000-meter (8:49.77) and 12th in the mile (4:30.56) at the Big South Indoor Championship ... Outdoors, ran the 5,000-meter in 15:18.84 at the Raleigh Relays and ran the 1,500-meter in 4:06.58 at the Duke Invitational.
HPU Men's Soccer: A member of the HPU men's soccer team from 2004-07 ... Played in 76 games as a midfielder, recording three goals and seven assists ... As a freshman in 2004, played in all 20 games and had assists against Wofford, East Carolina and Liberty ... Posted two goals and two assists in 18 games as a sophomore in 2005 ... In 2006, started 15 of the 21 games he played in and scored in the Panthers' 4-2 win over Pfieffer ... Played in 18 games in his final season of 2007 ... A Millis Scholar-Athlete and Big South Presidential Honor Roll honoree every year.
Prep: All-Region and All-State selection in soccer ... Played in the South Carolina North-South All-Star Game ... Two-year Post & Courier All-Lowcountry selection ... Two-time team MVP ... Five-year member of the South Carolina ODP team … Helped his club team, Greenville Futbol Club ’85 Black, win back-to-back Tampa Bay Sun Bowl Championships and a state title ... National Honor Society member... featured in Who’s Who Among American High School Students.
Personal: Earned his bachelor's degree in International Business from HPU in 2008 ... Currently pursuing his M.B.A. in HPU's Norcross Graduate School ... Son of James and Elizabeth Atkins ... Has one sister, Sarah ... Born James Oscola Atkins on Nov. 21, 1985.
