Hall of Fame 2019 - Vic Nelson

Nelson won seven SEC individual championships, at least one in each cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. He swept the SEC outdoor three-mile crown all four years as a Wildcat, and was the first male athlete in SEC history to win an event four consecutive years. Nelson won the individual SEC cross country championship in 1969 and helped UK to the 1970 SEC team title. He claimed the SEC indoor two-mile run in 1970 and 1971, avanced to eight NCAA Championships, participating in a total of 11 events. Nelson was named 1971 UK Athlete of the Year by the K Association. He won an NCAA post-graduate scholarship. Nelson is currently a professor and assistant head of the electrical and computer engineering department at Auburn University. He has been a track meet official at Auburn since 1979.