WSU All-Time Top-10 Lists:
Outdoor
#1 Hammer Throw (215-3, 2015)
Indoor
#4 Weight Throw (65-8 3/4, 2015)
All-Missouri Valley Conference:
2015 Outdoor: Hammer Throw - 2nd
2014 Outdoor: Hammer throw - 2nd
One Time MVC AOW - Outdoor
Academic Honors
2015 MVC Academic Honor Roll
Spring, 2015 WSU AD's Honor Roll
2015 MVC Scholar-Athlete
Fall, 2014 WSU AD's Honor Roll
2014 MVC President's Council Academic Award
2014 MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
2014 MVC Academic Honor Roll
2014 MVC Scholar-Athlete
Spring, 2014 WSU AD's Honor Roll
Fall, 2013 WSU AD's Honor Roll
2013 MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
2013 MVC Academic Honor Roll
Fall, 2012 WSU AD's Honor Roll
2014-15 (Junior): Outdoor- Qualified for the NCAA Championship with a throw of 215-2 inches and finished fifth at the West Preliminaries in Austin, Texas... The school-record throw beat his previous best to reset the record at 215-3... Named MVC Men's Field Athlete of the Week May 12 after he won the hammer with a throw of 209-feet, six inches at the Shocker Open.
2014: Placed second in the MVC Outdoor Men's Championships with a hammer throw of 62.65m. Additionally, his indoor weight throw won him first place at the Kansas State University Open at a distance of 18.75m.
Hutchinson Community College: Placed third in the hammer throw and third in the indoor weight at nationals... Helped his team to a ninth place finish at Indoor and Outdoor Nationals... Took home second place in Outdoor Regionals for the Dragons... His personal bests were 183-6 in the javelin throw and 178-7 in the hammer throw.
High School: Qualified for state in Track and Field... Named All-State in football... Finished High School with a 3.8 GPA and graduated in the top 10 percent of his class... A member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Aug. 1, 1991 in Duncan, Okla... Named Weston Larry Cottrell... Son of Larry and Toni Cottrell... Has a sister, Amber.