For Immediate Release
Saturday, November 7, 2026
NSIC Media Relations

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.– The University of Jamestown's Cole Campbell was voted by the league coaches as the 2026 NSIC Men’s Cross Country Outstanding Senior of the Year.  A native of  Oxbow, North Dakota, Campbell holds a 3.68 grade point average while majoring in exercise science. Campbell was presented the award following the NSIC Cross Country Championships, which took place on at Yankton Trails in SIoux Falls, South Dakota; hosted by Augustana University.
 
The “NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year Award” is presented to a NSIC men’s cross country student-athlete who participates at their institution for four years and is academically superior while making a positive contribution to their team and the University. The NSIC Outstanding Senior of the Year award was initiated in 2020-21 to honor an outstanding senior that exemplifies the attributes of the model NSIC student-athlete.
 
Campbell has made an impact in cross country, track and field and golf during his collegiate career. He finished 43rd at the 2025 NSIC Championships and earned NSAA Cross Country All-Conference honors in 2024 while competing at the NAIA level. In 2025, he captured the conference championship in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NSAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. During the 2026 NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Campbell placed eighth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Campbell also played one round of the 2026 NSIC Men's Golf Championship and finished the season with a 79.9 stroke average over 13 rounds. 

In the classroom, Campbell has earned NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence recognition in the fall of 2025, winter of 2026 and spring of 2026. He was also named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete in outdoor track and field in 2025, indoor track and field in 2025 and cross country in 2024.

Campbell has been active in the Jamestown community, volunteering annually at Trick or Can, the Jim Clark 5K and the TRAC Boo Bash. He has also participated in community events through the Exercise Science Club.

“Cole has been a positive representative for our team, school and community throughout his time here,” said Head Coach Jarvis Jelen. “He is a person of consistently high integrity and character, maintains positive relationships all around him, is a great student and is diligent and disciplined as an athlete.”

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past three decades, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 128 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes have the opportunity to earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.