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Drake Pence

Drake Pence

  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Lexington, Ohio
  • High School:
    East Knox
  • Events:
    Jumps

2020 Outdoor: Logged times of 11.34 in the 100 meters, 23.16 in the 200 meters, and top mark of 34 feet, 11 inches in the shot put at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (March 13-14).

2020 Indoor: Part of Wooster’s All-NCAC and record-setting 4x200 relay that was the NCAC’s runner-up with a time of 1:32.15 at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 28-29) … Also competed in the preliminary heats of the 60 and 200 meters and the preliminary flights of the shot put … Logged a personal-best time of 7.22 in the 60 at the Kenyon Tri-Meet (Feb. 21) … Part of the Scots’ scoring 4x200 at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 15), with that relay placing eighth at 1:34.83.

2019 Football: Appeared in eight games as a backup linebacker and on special teams … Finished the year with seven tackles … Had two tackles against Wittenberg (Sept. 21) and Denison (Oct. 19).

2019 Outdoor: Contributed toward Wooster’s third-place NCAC finish, in what marked the program’s highest since 2003 … Earned second all-conference certificate by running a leg on Wooster’s third-place 4x100 relay (42.80) at the NCAC Championships (May 3-4) … Scored as part of the Scots’ sixth-place 4x100 (43.91) at the All-Ohio Championships (April 13).

2019 Indoor: Part of Wooster’s All-NCAC and school-record 4x200 that finished second at 1:32.35 at the NCAC Championships (March 1-2) … Helped Wooster to a third-place team finish, the program’s best since 2001 … Just missed on All-Ohio honors as part of the Scots’ fourth-place 4x200 (1:34.25) at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 9).

2018 Football: Appeared in all 10 games as a reserve linebacker and special teams contributor … Credited with five tackles on the year, two of which came in season-opening win at Bluffton (Sept. 1).

2018 Outdoor: One of the team’s top sprinters … Ran a leg of the Scots’ fifth-place 4x100 that clocked in at 44.33 at the NCAC Championships (May 4-5) … Won the triple jump with a mark of 39 feet, 3.25 inches at the Kenyon Spring Invitational (April 21).

2018 Indoor: Ran on Wooster’s sixth-place 4x200 that had a time of 1:35.04 at the NCAC Championships (March 2-3) … Earned a spot on Wooster’s 4x200 for the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) that finished just outside of a scoring spot.

2017 Football: Special teams standout with a team-leading 10 tackles as part of that unit … Tallied eight tackles on the kickoff coverage unit and two on punts … Logged two tackles for the first time versus Ohio Wesleyan (Sept. 16) and subsequently had two-tackle games versus Oberlin (Oct. 14) and Kenyon (Oct. 28).

Prior to Wooster: Earned a quartet of all-league honors on the gridiron while prepping under Joe Ulrey at East Knox High School … Lettered four times in football and track & field and once in wrestling.

Personal: Born July 16, 1998 … Son of Patrick Pence and Lisa Brown … Majoring in environmental geoscience.