Wabash College Athletics Hall of Fame
Seth, it would be a stretch to say that you followed in your father’s footsteps to Wabash, but having a dad who lived the values and virtues of Wabash throughout your life certainly didn’t hurt. But Seth, your path through Wabash was yours and yours alone. You arrived as a super smart athlete with a slight build, but you gave no outward indication of the incredible competitiveness that drove you as a runner or student. Until you hit the track.
We just need to look at your senior year in 2010 when you finished fourth at the North Coast Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships—earning First-Team All-Conference honors for the third straight year. Then, two weeks later, you nearly won the 33-team Great Lakes Regional—finishing second in a blistering time of 25:10 and helping the Little Giants to second place and a trip to Nationals. Once at Nationals, you finished 20th in a field of nearly 300 runners to earn All-America honors with a career-best time of 24:44—helping Wabash to a 13th-place finish.
Seth, you were also tough, demonstrated early on when you were a First Team All-Conference performer as a sophomore after coming all the way back from “mono” to finish fifth in the NCAC. You qualified for the cross country nationals three straight years; were a three-time team MVP; and were a First Team Academic All-American. You also made the NCAC’s All-30th Decade Team.
As a track athlete, you were just as competitive and tough. While you weren’t one of the top qualifiers for the national championships in the 5,000 meters as a senior, you used a smart race strategy and out-kicked many in the field to finish third in the nation to earn All-America honors.
And when the Little Giants made history in 2011, capturing their first-ever NCAC indoor and outdoor track and field titles, you were in the middle of both. You won the 5,000 meters and were runner-up in the 3,000 at the indoor meet. Then, two months later competing outdoors, you were runner-up in the 10,000 and third in the 5,000 in a very difficult double.
For your quiet confidence, rugged work ethic, and Wabash Always Fights competitiveness, we are happy to join with the NAWM to induct you in the Wabash Athletics Hall of Fame. Seth Einterz, you are Some Little Giant!
