Whitman College Men's Cross Country

XC/Distance Track Whitman Head Coaching Career (since August 2010) Coached seven individual qualifiers for the NCAA Division III Championship race, 14 NCAA All-West Region performers and numerous All-Northwest Conference runners In 2019, Whitney Rich placed fourth in the NCAA National Championships, placed first in the NCAA West Regionals and was named West Region Runner of the Year Additional Coaching Whitman College Women’s Soccer (started in the fall of 1994) Listed as the winningest coach in the history of the women’s soccer program Whitman College track and field Logged six years as an assistant and 2 years as the head track coach Playing Career Graduated from Whitman College in 1991 as an NAIA All-American in soccer Ran cross country and was a multi-sport track and field athlete at Richland High School Personal Received a master’s degree in education A senior lecturer and the NCAA compliance officer in the Whitman athletics department Resides in Walla Walla with spouse Marqui and two sons, Kamron and Kooper Shields is a third-generation Whitman graduate, following the footsteps of his late grandfather (Frederick Shields, Sr. ’32) and his father (Fred Shields, Jr. ’56). His grandmother, Hazel Meiners Shields, also attended Whitma. Older brother Keith Shields and aunt Mary Lynn Shields Potter also graduated with Whitman degrees