Lonnie Pugh Class: RS Junior Hometown: Grosse Ile, Mich. High School: Grosse Ile Height / Weight: 6-5 / 254 Event: Throws

Personal Bests
• Weight Throw - 21.06m (69-1) (School Record)
• Shot Put - 16.81m (55-2)
• Discus Throw - 58.64m (192-4) (School Record)
• Hammer Throw - 62.82m (206-1) (School Record)

2010-11:
• U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Outdoor First-Team All-American
• U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Indoor First-Team All-American
• NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier
OUTDOOR:: Recorded a first-place finish in the discus throw with a throw of 52.23m at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational ... At the Sun Angel Track Classic he finished third in the discuss throw with a distance of 51.46m and eighth in the hammer throw with a distance of 58.20m ... Finished first and second in the discus and hammer throw respectively with distances of 54.65m and 57.73m at the Indiana University Outdoor Invitational ... At the EMU Twilight he finished second in the hammer throw with a distance of 56.60m ... Threw for a distance of 49.07 in the discus throw at the Drake Relays ... Placed first in the discus throw at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a throw of 53.81m and third in the hammer throw with a school-record throw of 62.82m ... Recorded a distance of 55.74m in the discus throw at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round for a sixth-place finish ... Finished eighth at the NCAA Division I Championships in the discus throw with a throw of 55.36m.
INDOOR: Placed eighth in the shot put with a distance of 15.89m, and fifth in the weight throw with a distance of 18.59m at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational ... At the Simmons/Harvey Invitational he finished third in the weight throw with a distance of 19.10m and tenth in shot put with a distance of 15.23m ... Recorded a first-place finish in the weight throw with a throw of 20.10 and finished seventh in shot put with a throw of 16.81m at the Findlay Indoor Track & Field Open ... Threw a distance of 19.83m at the GVSU Big Meet in the weight throw for a sixth-place finish ... Finished second in the weight throw with a school-record distance of 20.69m at the Big Ten Indoor Championships and shot put for a distance of 16.43m ... Recorded a throw of 18.83m in the weight throw at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational for a sixth-place finish ... Placed fifth at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships in the weight throw with a toss of 21.06m.

2009-10:
OUTDOOR: Competed unattached ... Threw a season-best of 58.64m (192-4) in the hammer throw at the Spartan Invitational ... Threw discus 53.85m (176-8) at Ferris State Bulldog Open.
INDOOR: Set mark of 15.68m (51-5 ½) in shot put at Kentucky Invitational ... Threw weight 17.85m (58-6) at Kentucky Invitational ... Set mark of 19.73m (64-8) in the weight throw and threw 15.80m (51-10) in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.

2008-09:
OUTDOOR: Competed in the discus throw ... Recorded a school record, personal-best and NCAA Championship qualifying discus throw of 58.65m (192-5) at the NCAA Mideast Regional ... Was the top freshman finisher, and 14th-overall, in the discus throw at the 2009 NCAA Championships, recording a distance of 55.72m (182-9) ... Threw a then school record 56.33m (184-9) at the Indiana Invite ... Tallied five regional qualifying throws on the season.
INDOOR: Competed unattached in both the weight throw and shot put ... Tossed a season-best mark of 15.27m (50-1 ¼) in the shot put at the Chippewa Open and threw his season-best in the weight throw, 17.76m (58-3 ¼), at the MSU Open ... Posted a throw of 17.39m (57-0 ¾) in the weight throw at the Chippewa Open, his second-best mark of the season ... Second-best shot put mark came at the MSU Open after turning in a throw of 15.25m (50-0 ½).

High School:
Michigan State Champion in the discus in 2006 ... Followed that with a third-place finish at the state championship in 2007 ... Also finished sixth in the shot put ... Holds Grosse Ile record in the discus ... Earned all-state honors all four years of high school ... Also lettered in basketball and football ... Student Council Vice president and a member of the honor roll.

Personal:
Son of Patricia Pugh ... Plans to major in kinesiology while at MSU ... ... Born Feb. 23, 1990