Personal:  Competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track all four years in high school … Helped guide J.R. Tucker to district and regional cross country championships during junior season, and district champs as a senior … Also part of a J.R. Tucker team that won the regional outdoor track championship … Received all-district indoor/outdoor honors in 3200 junior and senior seasons … All-region cross country and outdoor 3200 honors following senior season … Majoring in Engineering … born on May 29, 1987 … son of Mary Lou and Mark Rickey.