“After already winning four individual state titles last year, the expectations were incredibly high this year for Cameron and he lived up to all of them. Highlighted by nearly a two-foot improvement in his long jump, Crump nearly delivered a 2A state team title all by himself before Strayhorn fell just a few points short of the championship. He again demonstrated impressive range by repeating in the 100, 200 and 400.”

Erik Boal

Editor for Dyestat.com

Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year, the 6-foot-2, 170-pound senior sprinter/jumper repeated as a four-time individual gold medalist at the Class 2A state meet this past season, sweeping the sprints and winning the long jump to lift the Mustangs to a second-place finish as a team. Crump produced a personal best in the 100-meter dash with a wind-aided time of 10.59 seconds and PR’d in the long jump with a leap of 24 feet, 8.5 inches, also winning the 200 (21.57) and the 400 (50.62). He concludes his prep track career as a four-time state champion in the long jump.

Academic Achievement

Crump has maintained a 3.44 in the classroom and represents one of the state’s top academic candidates in meeting the Gatorade award’s broad criteria. He has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at Mississippi State University beginning this fall.

Exemplary Character

A member of his school’s Rotary International Interact Club, Crump helps to coordinate and execute two service projects a year, one that helps the school or community and another that promotes international understanding.