Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
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

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 … Majoring in Business Administration ... Favorite Bible verse is Proverbs 27:17.