An assistant coach along with a member of the Wayne State College men's outdoor track and field team collected top honors among the NSIC.
According to a release from Wayne State Athletics, assistant coach Travis Kamm was named NSIC Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for the second time in the last three years while the men's NSIC Newcomer of the year went to freshman sprinter Emmanuel Badejo.
Badejo, from Ijebu Ode, Nigeria, was the NSIC champion in the 400-meter dash at the NSIC Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 8-10) with a new NSIC Meet Record time of 46.58 seconds. He also anchored the first-place 4 x 100-meter relay team in 40.70 seconds and earned All-NSIC honors with a second-place finish in the 4 x 400-meter relay team that set a new school record with a time of 3:12.73.
This season, Badejo has been a part of school records in five events – 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes along with two sprint relays. He is an NCAA national qualifier in the 400-meter dash and will compete at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships on Thursday, May 22 in the 400-meter dash prelims at 6:55 p.m. Central Time with the 11th-fastest time in NCAA Division II at 46.39 seconds set at the USD Tune-Up Meet May 3.
Kamm was voted NSIC Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons (2023) after helping coach the Wildcats to a fourth-place finish this season, the best for WSC since 2018. Kamm coached student-athletes that scored 46 of the team's 81 points including two NSIC champions – 400-meter dash Emmanuel Badejo and the 4 x 100-meter relay team. He also coached the 4 x 400-meter relay team that was All-NSIC (second place) with a new school record time of 3:12.73.
