Collin Otto

Class: Senior Hometown: Metamora, Ill. High School: Metamora

Event: Throws Birthdate: 01/25/1989

Updated August 5, 2011

2010-11:Earned all-Missouri Valley Conference honor in weight throw... Placed fourth in the hammer throw at the MVC Outdoor Championships... NCAA West Regional Qualifier... Earned a third place finish in the weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships.

2009-10: NCAA Regionals qualifier in the hammer throw...Notched four top five finishes and top sixth place finishes during the outdoor season...Recorded runner-up placings at the SIU Spring Classic and the Illinois State Redbird Invitational...Advanced to the NCAA West Regionals competition with a throw of 184-04 (56.20m) at the Ole Miss Invitational...Competed in the shot put at the McDonald's Invitational, where he finished 12th with a distance of 43-05.75 (13.25m).

2008-09: Finished ninth at the Saluki Fast Start Invitational, Dec. 9, with a shot put of 43-07.25.

2008: Posted four Top 10 finishes in indoor competition...Tied for fifth in the high jump at the McDonald's Invitational...Best outdoor finish was 10th in the hammer at the 2008 MVC Outdoor Championships...Set career outdoor bests in the discus (133-09) and shot put (41-08)... Competed in five indoor meets and six outdoor meets during the 2007-08 season.

High School: Earned all-conference honors as a senior at Metamora High School...Named Vocational Student of the Year.

Personal: Majors in aviation technologies...Born January 25, 1989...Son of Robert and Nancy Otto.