2020 Track & Field: Earned All-NCAC honors as part of Wooster’s runner-up 4x200 relay that set a new school record with a time of 1:32.15 at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 28-29) … One of the top sprinters on the team who flirted with breaking Wooster’s school record in the 60-meter dash, but ultimately came up just short … Had a season-best time of 7.22 seconds in the 60-meter dash at the Kenyon Tri-Meet (Feb. 21) … Competed in the preliminary heats of the 60-meter dash, 200 meters, and shot put at the NCAC Championships … Part of Wooster’s scoring 4x200 (1:34.83) at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 15).
2019 Football: Appeared in eight games as a backup linebacker and on special teams … Finished the year with seven tackles … Had two tackles against Wittenberg (Sept. 21) and Denison (Oct. 19).
2019 Track & Field: Earned a pair of All-NCAC certificates as a relay contributor … Key contributor on Wooster’s third-place teams at the NCAC Indoor and Outdoor Championships, in what marked the program’s highest finishes since 2001 and 2003, respectively … At the NCAC indoor meet (March 1-2), helped the 4x200 break the program’s record with a time of 1:32.35, which marked the second-best time of the meet … Earlier in the indoor season, helped the 4x200 (1:34.25) to a fourth-place showing at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 9) … Placed third as part of the 4x100 relay (42.80) at the NCAC Outdoor Championships (May 3-4), and helped that relay score at the All-Ohio Championships (April 13) with sixth-place time of 43.91.
2018 Football: Appeared in all 10 games as a reserve linebacker and special teams contributor … Credited with five tackles on the year, two of which came in season-opening win at Bluffton (Sept. 1).
2018 Track & Field: One of the team’s top sprinters … Ran a leg of the Scots’ fifth-place 4x100 that clocked in at 44.33 at the NCAC Outdoor Championships (May 5), and ran on Wooster’s sixth-place 4x200 that had a time of 1:35.04 at the NCAC Indoor Championships (March 3) … Earned a spot on Wooster’s 4x200 for the indoor All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) that finished just outside of a scoring spot … Won the triple jump with a mark of 39 feet, 3.25 inches at the Kenyon Spring Invitational (April 21).
2017 Football: Special teams standout with a team-leading 10 tackles as part of that unit … Tallied eight tackles on the kickoff coverage unit and two on punts … Logged two tackles for the first time versus Ohio Wesleyan (Sept. 16) and subsequently had two-tackle games versus Oberlin (Oct. 14) and Kenyon (Oct. 28).
Prior to Wooster: Earned a quartet of all-league honors while prepping under Joe Ulrey at East Knox High School … Lettered four times in football and track & field, and once in wrestling.
Personal: Born July 16, 1998 … Son of Patrick Pence and Lisa Brown … Majoring in environmental studies.