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Joshua McNair

  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 /
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hinesville, Ga.
  • High School Liberty County HS

Biography

2009-2010 Season
Started out the season with a first place finish in shot put, throwing 16.74 meters at the Appalachian Indoor Track Invitational... Finished in second in both the weight throw and shot put at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational... Added two more first place finishes in shot put and weight throw at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational... Earned two more All-Conference awards with a first place victory in the shot put at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Conference Championships with a top throw of 16.52 meters and a 17.62 meter weight throw... Finished first in the hammer throw and third in shot put at the Beynon Sports Catamount Classic... Threw 54.60 meters in the hammer throw, good enough for first at the Auburn War Eagle Invitational... Finished first, second and third in the discus throw, shot put and hammer throw, respectively at the Georgia Tech 3-way... Earned All-Conference honors in the shot put, discus and hammer throw for a first place in the shot put and second in discus and hammer at the Atlantic Sun Outdoor Conference Championships... Qualified for NCAA Division I East Region Preliminaries in shot put, finishing in 32nd overall.

2008-2009 Season

Finished second in both the Shot Put and the Weight Throw at the A-Sun Indoor Championships, recording throws of 18.47 meters and 16.29 meters, respectively...Kicked off the indoor season at the Clemson Invitational by finishing third in the Weight Throw (56'1.25") and second in the Shot Put (52'8")...Finished third in the Shot Put at the Niswonger Invitational, recording a throw of 16.56 meters... Redshirted the outdoor season.

2007-2008 Season
At the Tiger Invitational, McNair placed third in both the shot put (52-02.50ft) and weight throw (55-11.00ft), setting a new school record in the indoor weight throw... Conference Champion in the shot put at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships while setting both a new school and a new conference record (54-0.50ft.), also taking home gold in the weight throw while setting another school record (56-9.50ft)... made a regional mark while placing first in the discus at Clemson with a distance of 169-10.5ft.... named Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week by the Atlantic Sun for his performance at Clemson... set a school record in the shot put at the Florida Relays, placing second with a toss of 52-04.50ft... set a school record in the hammer throw at Clemson, placing third with a distance of 180.09.0... placed first in the Outdoor Conference Championships in the discus (159-06.0ft)... named the Atlantic Sun’s Outstanding Field Performer of 2008.

2006-2007 Season
Set the KSU record for both shot put (51-3.0ft) and the discus (157-6.0ft.) at the Spec Towns Relays...had his best performance of the year at the 2007 Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Championship as he finished in second for both the men’s shot put (49.495ft.) and the discus throw (149ft.)...threw 152-6.0ft. to win UCF Golden Knight Twilight Invitational discus competition...finished fourth overall at the Clemson Relays in men’s discus throw with a distance of 144-1.0ft.

Prep Career

While in high school, McNair was a three time team captain... three time letter winner on Varsity Track... three time All County... three time All Region... three time All State... two time back to back state champion in the discus, going undefeated during that time span.

Personal
Was born in Fort Bragg, N.C...is the son of John and Bobbie McNair...has one sister Christina (25) and one brother Jonathan (22)...Majoring in Information Security & Assurance.

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Sophomore

    Throws
    5'9" 210 lbs
  • 2008-09Junior

    5'9" 0 lbs
  • 2009-10Senior

    5'9" 0 lbs
  • 2010-11Senior

    5'9" 0 lbs