2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Kenneth Sessums
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Strake Jesuit HS
2018-19 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2018-19 (Senior)
Indoor: Did not compete
Outdoor: Opened outdoor season with a sixth-place finish in the discus and eighth-place finish in the hammer throw at the Houston Spring Break Invitational... posted a third-place finish in the discus at the Houston Alumni Invitational... posted a collegiate best throw of 165-9 (50.52m) in the discus throw at the Texas A&M Alumni Muster for sixth-place... finished 11th-place in the discus at The American Outdoor Championships.
2017-18 (Junior)
Indoor: Did not compete during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets during the outdoor season, primarily throwing the discus…Finished 13th at the American Outdoor Championships with a mark of 150-11 (46.01m)…Tallied back-to-back top-10 finishes in the discus with throws of 154-1 (46.96m; 9th) and 158-7 (48.35m; 6th) at the LSU Invitational and Tom Tellez Invitational, respectively…Set a personal-best in the hammer throw with a mark of 140-11 (42.95m) to take eighth at the Houston Alumni Invitational…Opened his season at the Cougar Spring Break Invitational, where he set a personal best of 160-9 (49.01m) en route to winning the discus…Finished the season with five top-10 finishes.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Competed in five indoor meets for the Cougars in 2017...Set personal-bests in each of the shot put and the weight throw at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational, throwing 13.68m (44-10.75) in the shot and 13.66m (44-9.75) in the weight.
Outdoor: Finished 12th at the American Athletic Conference Championships in the discus with a mark of 46.62m (152-11)...Set a career-high in the first meet of the season when he launched the disc 48.30m (158-5) at the Cougar Spring Break Invitational on March 16.
2015-16 (Freshman)
Indoor: Threw the shot put and weight in one meet during the indoor season marking a 12.27m to finish eighth in the weight and 13.81m to finish eighth in the shot at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational.
Outdoor: Set a personal best in the discus with a throw of 45.88m at the Twilight Invitational...Opened the outdoor season at the UTSA Invitational where he finished 11th in the discus with a mark of 45.38m, and 19th in the shot put where he threw 13.11m.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a member of two District and Area Champion teams while at Strake Jesuit in 2014 and 2015...Holds the Strake Jesuit High School record in the discus with a throw of 177-11...named the Most Valuable Field Athlete at Strake three years in a row from 2013-15
PERSONAL
Full name is Kenneth Jack Sessums...Son of Bill and Gina Sessums...graduated Cum Laude of his high school...has one brother, Trey and one sister, Ashley...enjoys wakeboarding, hunting and fishing in his spare time...Majoring in Pre-Business
