Alex McCune

Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pa.
High School:
North Hills Senior HS

Honors
6x USTFCCCA All-American: First Team (2014 Indoor, Heptathlon, 2014 Outdoor, Decathlon), Second Team (2016 Indoor, Heptathlon; 2013 Indoor, Heptathlon), Honorable Mention (2013 Outdoor, Decathlon; 2016 Outdoor, Decathlon)
2x USTFCCCA Academic All-American (2012 Outdoor, 2013 Outdoor)
2x MAC Champion: Heptathlon (2013 Indoor), Decathlon (2013 Outdoor)
Academic All-MAC (2014 Outdoor, 2016 Indoor, 2016 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Academic All-America (2014 Outdoor)

2015-16: Outdoor: Named a Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar recipient and Academic All-MAC honoree...Earned honorable mention All-America honors after posting a score of 6,575 to finish 21st in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 9)...garnered second-team All-MAC honors after placing second in the decathlon at the MAC Championships (May 13) with a score of 7,520...finished fourth in the javelin at the MAC Championships (May 12) with a throw of 199-4.50 (60.76m)...won long jump at Ashland Alumni Open (April 30) with a jump of 22-10 (6.96m)...Indoor: Garnered second-team All-American accolades after finishing 14th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships (March 12) with a seven-event cumulative score of 3,931)...placed second in the heptathlon at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 27) with a cumulative total of 5,586...also won the heptathlon at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 5) with a season-best score of 5.681...placed second in the pole vault at the National Pole Vault Summit (Jan. 16)...recorded a season-high mark of 16-6.75 (5.05m) to finish third in the pole vault at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 22), while also placing third in the 60-meter hurdles crossing the line in 8.21...named a MAC Distinguished Scholar recipient in addition to earning first-team Academic All-MAC honors.

2014-15: Indoor: Did not compete...Outdoor: Did not compete.

2013-14: Indoor: earned USTFCCCA All-America First Team honors after placing sixth at the NCAA Championships (March 14-15) with a two-day total of 5,837 points ... won the pole vault competition with a jump of 17-10.50, which represents a U.S. heptathlon pole vault record ... cleared the 17-foot barrier for the first time in the pole vault, jumping 17-06.50 at the Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 4) ... smashed MAC, facility and school records in the heptathlon at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 7-8) with a winning total of 5,864 points ... won five of seven events to break the MAC's previous standard of 5,673 set by Central Michigan's Josh Kettlewell in 2012 ... it was the second-best point total recorded in the NCAA ... ran the second-fastest time in the 60m hurdles in school history at the MAC Championships (Feb. 28), winning the prelminary round with a time of 8.02 ... placed fourth overall in the final ... also scored points in the pole vault, finishing third with a jump of 17-06.50 ... Outdoor: earned USTFCCCA All-America First Team honors for the third time, placing sixth in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships (June 12) ... smashed his own school record with a two-day tally of 7,806 points ... was the league's runner-up after registering 7,660 points at the MAC Championships (May 16) ... also scored in the javelin, placing fifth with a top throw of 199-10 ... recorded the Zips' top time in the 110m hurdles, running 14.47 at the Longhorn Invitational (May 3) ... Summer: placed 14th in the decathlon at the USA Championships (June 27) with a total of 6,126 points.

2012-13: Indoor: earned USTFCCCA All-America Second Team honors after scoring 5,568 points in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships (March 8-9) ... MAC Heptathlon Champion ... broke the school heptathlon record at the MAC meet with a two-day total of 5,583 points ... his record-setting performance included first-place finishes in the 60-meter hurdles 98.22) and pole vault (16-08.25) ... placed third in a field of 14 competitors at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2) with 5,436 points ... Outdoor: named USTFCCCA All-American Honorable Mention after finishing 19th in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships (June 5-6) with 7,301 points ... earned Academic USTFCCCA All-America honors (3.44, Geology) ... completed the multi-event sweep in the league by winning the decathlon at the MAC Championships (May 9-10) with a personal-record total of 7,411 points ... it was the 23rd-highest point total in the country ... finished seventh at the Texas Relays (March 27-28) with 7,295 points.

2011-12: Indoor: finished runner-up in the heptathlon at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25) with 5,140 points ... finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 17) with a mark of 8.47 ... Outdoor: USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honoree ... placed fourth in the decathlon at the MAC Championships (May 11) with 6,846 points ... recorded a season-high 6,975 points in a third-place finish at the All-Ohio Outdoor Championships (Apr. 21).

at North Hills Senior HS: Team captain ... recorded a high mark of 22-03.75 in the long jump as a senior ... also posted PRs of 14.93 in the 110 hurdles and 39.69 in the 300 hurdles.

Personal: Parents are William and Mary McCune ... has two sisters, Alicia and Rachel.