Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Nebraska Wesleyan
NCAA Division III · ARC · NE
These aren’t published walk-on standards or estimates. They’re the real marks of the 50 athletes Nebraska Wesleyan actually signed in its 2025-26 recruiting class. The honest answer to “would they recruit me?”
Nebraska Wesleyan is a 1,453-student private campus in Lincoln, NE and competes in the ARC. Berens, Chad leads a staff of 10 covering 5 event groups.
“Median” is the middle signee’s PR; “range” runs from the fastest to the slowest mark in the class. 1500m/Mile and 3000m are converted to 1600m/3200m for comparison. Pulled from verified meet results.
Nebraska Wesleyan, by the numbers
- Division
- NCAA Division III
- Conference
- ARC
- Campus
- Lincoln, NE
- Enrollment
- 1,453 students
- T&F operating budget
- $222K men · $147K women
Private institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+7 more events with real signee standards — 800m, 100m, 400m, Pole Vault, Discus, Shot Put, High Jump
Members see every event Nebraska Wesleyan signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Women's standards
US high-school signees — verified marks from American HS meets.
+9 more events with real signee standards — Discus, Shot Put, 200m, 400m, Pole Vault, 100m, 100m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, Long Jump
Members see every event Nebraska Wesleyan signed, the full recruiting class with names and marks, program budgets, and coach contacts.
Unlock the full standards →Who recruits for Nebraska Wesleyan
The staff listed on the program’s own athletics site. Event groups coached here: sprints and hurdles, distance and cross country, jumps and vault, throws, combined events.
- Berens, ChadHead Cross Country/Distance CoachDistance
- McKenzie, DerrickDirector of Cross Country and Track & FieldDistance
- Baum, ChrisVertical Jumps CoachJumps
- Berens, Hanna HegemannVolunteer Distance CoachDistance
- Carson, DerekMulti-Event CoachMultis
- Dickinson, KyleSprints CoachSprints & Hurdles
- Etherton, ScottHurdles CoachSprints & Hurdles
- Ferguson, WesAssistant Coach
- Frese, DerekThrows CoachThrows
- Nielsen, KurtVolunteer Assistant Coach
The full Nebraska Wesleyan coaching staff’s contact info is in the member database.
Every verified mark in Nebraska Wesleyan's 2025-26 class
44 of the 50 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 6 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: NE · MO · CO · WA · KS
Signed out of: NE · MO · MN · IA · KS · CO
Members see who each of these 44 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
BeastMatch scores your PRs against the actual signing history of every college program — Nebraska Wesleyan and 980+ more — in seconds. Free, no account needed.
Standards reflect the program’s most recent signing class and shift every cycle. Recruiting decisions also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots — a mark inside the range is a conversation, not a guarantee.
Nebraska permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Nebraska NIL rules →
More ARC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Nebraska Wesleyan recruits against.
D3 standards for the events Nebraska Wesleyan signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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