Steve Feister

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Position:
Javelin
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Lancaster, Pa.
Prev School:
Hempfield HS

Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
JAV - 234-11 (71.61m) (School Record)

Big South Individual Titles (2)
2015 Outdoor Javelin
2016 Outdoor Javelin

All-Big South Honors (2)
2015 Outdoor Javelin - 1st
2016 Outdoor Javelin - 1st

Career
• At the time of his graduation, held the school record for the javelin at 234-11 (71.61m)
• Also ranked No. 2 on the Big South's all-time men's javelin list

2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Sr.)
• Big South All-Academic Team
• Captured his second straight Big South javelin championship with a throw of 234-11 that broke his own school record and eclipsed the Matthes-Hopkins Track Complex standard
• Qualified for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet for the third straight season
• Finished fourth in Section A of the men's javelin at the Texas Relays
• Earned Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors after breaking the Liberty men's javelin record for the first time with his 234-7 heave at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational

2015 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Jr.)
• Capital One Academic All-District selection
• Made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• Won his first Big South javelin title, as his throw of 220-3 outdistanced his closest competitor by 18 feet
• Placed 16^th in the javelin at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet, just four spots away from advancing to the national championship
• Named Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week after throwing the javelin a personal-best 225-11 for fifth place at the Penn Relays and second place in program history

2014 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Made a successful return from offseason Tommy John surgery, winning his first meet of the season with a 200-9 heave at the Virginia Cup
• Placed fifth in the Big South javelin final and seventh at the IC4A meet
• At the IC4A meet, recorded a season-best javelin mark to 210-9
• Qualified for the NCAA Preliminary Round meet but was unable to compete due to injury
• Threw the javelin well at both home meets, reaching 208-3 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational and 207-9 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier

2013 Outdoor Track & Field (So.)
• Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• Placed fifth in the javelin at the Coastal Carolina Invitational before sustaining a season-ending injury
• Received a medical redshirt

2012 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Made the Big South Presidential Honor Roll
• His top two javelin throws of the year came at the two most important meets.
• Threw 202-7 to finish fourth in the Big South javelin competition
• Recorded a season-best mark of 203-0 to take seventh place at the IC4A meet

Prep
• Graduated from Hempfield High School
• Won the high school boys' javelin title at the 2011 Penn Relays with a personal-best mark of 211-5
• That throw ranked him No. 7 nationally on the 2011 high school boys' javelin list
• Placed third in the javelin at the 2011 Pennsylvania AAA state meet, helping Hempfield win the state team championship
• As a sophomore in 2009, finished sixth in the Pennsylvania AAA javelin competition, contributing to another state team title

Personal
• Son of Craig and Karen Feister
• Father and uncle Joe both played soccer at Messiah
• Mother played field hockey at Messiah
• Electrical engineering major
• Birthday is Sept. 4