Nebraska Wesleyan University Athletics

2019: A 1^st-Team American Rivers All-Conference selection at tight end … also named honorable mention All-Nebraska by the World Herald … started every game at tight end … caught six touchdown passes which was the most by any tight end in American Rivers Conference … finished third on the team with 25 receptions for 228 yards … scored two touchdowns at Luther College … caught season-high six passes for 43 yards in game versus Coe College … made a season-long 26-yard reception with first catch of year in week one versus Westminster … also had a 26-yard catch versus Loras … recorded at least one catch in every game … had a TD reception in back-to-back games versus Simpson and Wartburg … in A-R-C opening win at Buena Vista caught a 2-point conversion to put NWU ahead in 4^th quarter … six TD receptions were most by a NWU tight end since 2000 … named to American Rivers All-Academic team.  

2018: Earned a varsity football letter in his first year with the Prairie Wolves … appeared in five games … got on the field as a reserve tight end … caught one pass during the season and it was for a touchdown … made a 7-yard TD catch at Loras College on Oct. 13 … used in multiple tight end formations as a blocker.  

Academic: Sport Management major.  

In High School: A First-Team All-State selection in football at Meeker HS in Colorado … was named the Conference Player of the Year … passed for over 5,600 yards with 57 touchdowns … set record with 31 touchdowns in a season … led the Cowboys to a State Runner-up finish and twice to the state quarterfinals … three-year starter in football … named 1^st-Team All-State in basketball … earned Academic All-State honors.   

Personal: Born 8/5/99, son of Pat and Becky Hughes.