Fred Fulton

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Throws
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Fredericksburg, Va.
Prev School:
Messiah College

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
SP - 59-4.25 (18.09m) (Indoor)
DISC - 184-7 (56.27m)
HAM - 195-7 (59.62m)
WT - 63-10.5 (19.47m) (Indoor)

Big South Individual Titles (6)
2014 Indoor Shot Put
2015 Outdoor Shot Put
2015 Outdoor Discus
2016 Indoor Shot Put
2016 Indoor Weight Throw
2016 Outdoor Discus

All-Big South Honors (10)
2014 Indoor Shot Put - 1st
2014 Indoor Weight Throw - 2nd
2015 Outdoor Shot Put - 1st
2015 Outdoor Discus - 1st
2015 Outdoor Hammer - 3rd
2016 Indoor Shot Put - 1st
2016 Indoor Weight Throw - 1st
2016 Outdoor Shot Put - 2nd
2016 Outdoor Discus - 1st
2016 Outdoor Hammer - 3rd

Career
• At the time of his graduation, ranked among the program's all-time top 10 in six events, including the indoor shot put (third, 59-4.25), weight throw (third, 63-10.5), outdoor shot put (third, 58-8), discus (third, 184-7) and hammer (fourth, 195-7)

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Won his second straight Big South men's discus title by more than 15 feet, ending up as a six-time Big South champion overall
• Totaled 24 points at the Big South Championship, as he also placed second in the shot put and third in the hammer for his ninth and 10^th All-Big South honors
• Placed 23^rd in the discus at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet
• Reached a season-best 182-9 in the Liberty Twilight Qualifier discus competition
• Came in 14^th in Section A of the Texas Relays men's shot put

2015-16 Indoor Track & Field (R-Sr.)
• Became the second Flame (also Ryan Smith, 2012) to sweep the Big South shot put (season-best 55-3.5) and weight throw (season-best 63-3.5) titles
• Finished seventh in the IC4A weight throw competition and placed ninth in the shot put

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Included on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for the second time
• Racked up 26 points at the Big South meet, earning Big South Men's Outstanding Field Performer honors
• Swept the Big South discus (meet-record and personal-best 184-7) and shot put titles, while placing third in the hammer
• Qualified for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet in the shot put and discus
• Named Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week three times in four weeks, including March 17, April 1 and April 8
• Became the first Flame to rank among the program's all-time top four in the shot put (No. 3), discus (No. 3) and hammer (No. 4)

2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Won the men's shot put at the Liberty Open and Liberty Quad, competing unattached

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
• Competing unattached, won the discus (then personal-best 176-6) and hammer (personal-best 198-11) titles at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier

2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Extended Liberty's string of Big South indoor men's shot put titles to eight with a 57-5.5 heave and finished as the Big South weight throw runner-up with a personal-best mark of 63-10.5
• IC4A shot put runner-up, thanks to a personal-best 59-4.25 effort, while placing 18th in the weight throw
• ECAC Athlete of the Week on Dec. 12, after sweeping the shot put and weight throw titles in his Flames debut at the Liberty Kickoff
• Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week on March 13
• Ranks No. 3 in program history for both the shot put and weight throw

Previous School
• Spent two years (2011-12 & 2012-13) at Messiah College, where he was coached by Liberty alumnus Andrew Bartels
• 2013 NCAA Division III indoor national runner-up in the shot put
• Three-time Middle Atlantic Conference shot put champion
• Top marks were 59-0.25 in the shot put, 156-3 in the discus, 182-1 in the hammer and 54-8.25 in the weight throw

Prep
• Graduated from Mountain View High School
• As a senior, came in fifth in the discus and 13th in the shot put at the Virginia AAA state meet
• Top marks included 52-2.5 in the shot put and 162-7 in the discus

Personal
• Son of Chris and Paula Fulton
• Industrial engineering major
• Birthday is March 3