John Hicks

Class:
Junior
Position:
Throws
Height:
6-2
Hometown:
Romney, W.Va.
Prev School:
Hampshire High School

TFRRS Profile

CUSA Individual Titles (2)
2024 Indoor Weight Throw
2024 Outdoor Hammer

All-CUSA Honors (2)
2024 Indoor Weight Throw - 1st
2024 Outdoor Hammer - 1st

ASUN Individual Titles (5)
2020 Indoor Weight Throw
2021 Indoor Weight Throw
2021 Outdoor Hammer
2022 Indoor Weight Throw
2022 Outdoor Hammer

All-ASUN Honors (7)
2020 Indoor Weight Throw - 1st
2021 Indoor Weight Throw - 1st
2021 Outdoor Hammer - 1st
2022 Indoor Weight Throw - 1st
2022 Outdoor Hammer - 1st
2023 Indoor Weight Throw - 3rd
2023 Outdoor Hammer - 2nd

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Placed 14^th in the hammer at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet, falling just two spots and four feet away from national qualification
• ASUN hammer runner-up also placed fifth in the discus with a personal-best mark of 158-0
• Season-best 212-11 hammer effort came at the Duke Invitational
• Posted hammer victories at the Dr. Jack M. Toms Alumni Invitational, Charlotte Invitational and Liberty Twilight Qualifier
• VaSID Second Team All-State (throws)
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2022-23 Indoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Came in third in the ASUN weight throw final
• Personal-best 65-9.5 weight throw at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational ranks No. 2 all-time for the Flames
• Won three of his six weight throw competitions, including the Liberty Kickoff, Brant Tolsma Invitational and Liberty Open

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Returned to the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round hammer competition, where he came in 23rd
• Successfully defended his ASUN hammer title (his fifth hammer victory of the year) and came in 10th in the discus (season-best 149-8)
• Extended his hammer best to 216-4 at the Meet of Champions
• Two-time ASUN Men's Field Athlete of the Week (March 23 and April 20)
• VaSID Second Team All-State (throws)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021-22 Indoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Ran his ASUN weight throw title streak to three in a row with a personal-best 65-0.75 mark and also placed 10th in the shot put
• Won four of his six weight throw competitions on the year
• ASUN Men's Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 9
• ASUN All-Academic Team

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Made his NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round debut in the hammer
• ASUN hammer champion (personal-best 204-10, No. 2 in Liberty history) and sixth-place discus finisher
• The ASUN meet was the fifth meet where he broke the Liberty freshman record for the hammer and his fourth hammer victory of the campaign.
• Top discus mark (154-11) came at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational
• Won three straight ASUN weekly awards to begin the season, including Men’s Field Athlete of the Week on March 17 and Men’s Freshman of the Week on both March 24 & 31
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

2021 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Won his second straight ASUN weight throw title with a personal-best mark of 62-7.75
• Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational weight throw victor
• VaSID Second Team All-State (throws)

2020 Outdoor Track & Field
• Season was cancelled due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• ASUN weight throw champion (Liberty freshman-record 59-10.5) and eighth place shot put finisher (personal-best 45-11.75)
• ASUN Freshman of the Week on Feb. 5 after winning the weight throw at the Liberty Flames Invite
• Added more than eight feet to his weight throw best during the season, going from 51-9.25 at the season-opening Virginia Tech Invitational to 59-10.5 at the ASUN Championship
• ASUN Academic Honor Roll member

Prep
• Graduated from Hampshire High School
• West Virginia state record holder in the discus (190-1)
• Two-time West Virginia AAA state discus champion (2018 and 2019)
• Placed 13^th in the discus at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals as a junior
• Top shot put mark measured 51-8.5, and he placed sixth at the state meet as a junior and fifth as a senior

Personal
• Son of John and Kelly Hicks
• Younger brother Christian is his teammate on the Liberty men’s track & field team
• Birthday is Oct. 24
• Graduated in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science
• Working toward an MBA