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13 MVC Team Championships
12 All-Americans
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Oscar Medina
Sophomore
Chicago, Ill.
Lake View HS
2012
Named All-MVC after his 9th-place finish at the
MVC Championships that helped the Saluki men
grab the conference title in 2012...Ran his best
8K time of 24:49 at the MVC Championships...
Ran in seven meets...Placed outside of the top-
ten only three times, the last of which coming at
the NCAA Midwest Regionals, where he finished
68th...Finished second at the SIU Early Bird, his
best finish.
2011
Redshirted...Competed in three meets, all unat-
tached...In all three meets he notched top-20
finishes...Had a career best finish of second at
the SIU Early Bird on Sept. 2...Finished season
with an average finish of 9.3.
High School
All-state in track and cross country all four
years...2009 and 2010 regional champi-
on...2010 sectional champion...Placed fourth in
state in the 1 mile senior year.
Personal
Born August 18, 1992...Son of Fernando and
Maria Medina...Majoring in Aviation Technology.
2012
Earned All-MVC with his seventh place finish at
the MVC Championships en route to the men’s
title...Ran in seven meets...Finished in the top-
ten five times, and out of those he had three top-
five finishes -- including a win at the EIU Walt
Crawford Open.
2011
Participated in three meets for the Salukis...
Notched a career-best finish in sixth place at the
SIU Early Bird...Ended season with an average
finish of 14.3.
2010
Redshirted.
High School
Earned all-area first team and team most valu-
able player honors in both junior and senior
seasons at DeKalb High School...Named team
captain as both a junior and senior...Qualified
for the Illinois state track meet as a junior...
Garnered academic all-conference honors three
times and named Illinois State Scholar.
Personal
Full name is Nicholas Brian Schrader...Born
on June 7, 1992, in DeKalb, Ill...Son of Brian
and Kolleen Schrader...Mother is an elementary
school teacher and father is a mortgage lender...
Has two sisters...Major is exercise science.
Nick Schrader
Junior
DeKalb, Ill.
DeKalb HS
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