Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2025:
Lone Star Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024:
Lone Star Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023:
Lone Star Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022:
Two-time Lone Star Conference Freshman Runner of the Week
Lone Star Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll
Lone Star Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll

2025 (SENIOR)
Competed in three events ... Clocked a career-best time of 16:23.7 in the 5k at the Gerald Ritchey Invitational (9/5) ... Posted a time of 19:34.7 to record a season-best ninth-place finish in the 6k at the Mustang Derby (9/11) ... Registered a 32nd place finish in the 8k at the Hill Cross Country Classic (9/26).

2024 (JUNIOR)
Competed in four events … Posted a season-best time of 25:25.1 in the 8k at the DBU Old Glory Gallop (10/5) ... Recorded a season-best 31st place finish after recording a time of 25:48.0 in the 8k at the Lone Star Conference Championships (10/26) ... Clocked a time of 35:34.1 in the 10k at the South Central Regional Championships (11/9).

2023 (SOPHOMORE)
Competed in five events … Recorded his top career-finish with a third-place showing in the season opener at the DBU Orville Rogers XC Opener (9/2) … Ran a career-best 25:11.2 in the 8k to finish 30th in a field of 295 competitors at the DBU Old Glory Gallop (11/7) … Helped lift DBU to a second-place team finish with a mark of 25:55.5 and a 19th-place individual finish at the LSC Championships (10/21) … Posted a career-best time in the 10k at the South Central Regional Championships (11/4) with a time of 32:22.6.

2022 (FRESHMAN)
Competed in six events in his first collegiate season … Made his Patriot debut at the DBU Orville Rogers XC Opener (9/3) and placed 12th in the 8k event … Named the LSC Freshman Runner of the Week after posting a season-best time of 25:20.2 in the 8k at the Chile Pepper XC Festival (10/1) … Earned LSC Freshman Runner of the Week honors for the second straight week after a 22nd-place finish in a field of 155 runners at the DBU Old Glory Gallop (10/15) … Finished 26th-overall at the LSC Championships (11/5) … Registered a time of 34:00.6 in the 10k at the South Central Regional Championships (11/19).

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman at Denton High School … Coached by Brock Simmons … Named to the 2021 All-State Cross-Country Team and was an Academic All-State selection during his prep career.

PERSONAL
Born on March 25, 2004 ... Parents are David and Wendy McLaughlin … Pursuing a Master of Business Administration ... Favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 27:17.