Pepperdine University Athletics

ACADEMIC AWARDS: WCC All-Academic honorable mention in fall 2019, 2020-21 and 2021-22 … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 … Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete in 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2021 (SR): Competed in six of the seven races this season, was in the Waves’ top three for all of them, including being the top runner at the WCC Championships (10/29) for the second consecutive year … Had a personal-best and the fourth fastest all-time 8K of 24:06.2 at the Bronco Invitational (10/16) … Had a personal-best 10K of 31:25.5 at the NCAA West Regional (11/12), which kept him at the #6 spot on the Pepperdine all-time list … Best finishes were fifth at the Mark Covert Classic (9/4), 13th at the Bronco Invitational and 15th at the UC Riverside Invitational (9/18).  
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2020-21 (JR): Led Pepperdine to its best finish at the WCC Championships (2/24) since 2008 ... Ran the 8K course in 24:58.1.
 
PEPPERDINE XC 2019 (SO): Competed in all six meets and was in the Waves’ top five for all of them, including being the top runner at the UC Riverside Invitational (9/14) ... Had a personal-best 8K of 24:39.5 at the Bronco Invitational (10/19) putting him at #6 on the Waves’ all-time list ... Had a personal-best 10K of 31:33.1 at the NCAA West Regional (11/15) good for the #6 spot on Waves’ all-time list ... Best finishes were 10th at the Mark Covert Classic (8/31) and 25th at the Bronco Invitational.
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2022 (SR): Ran at seven of the 10 meets … Broke his previous school record in the 10,000 meters running in a time of 29:45.99 at the Astro AI Distance Carnival (3/11) … Competed in the 1,500 meters once with a time of 3:58.92 at the Triton Invitational (4/9) … Ran the 5,000 meters twice with a best of 14:28.68, which kept him at the #2 spot on Pepperdine’s all-time list.

PEPPERDINE TRACK 2021 (JR): Competed in five of the eight regular-season meets, focusing on the 5,000 and the 10,000 ... Broke the school record in the 10,000 with a 30:24.23 at Azusa Pacific (4/17) ... Ran the 5,000 four times, with a best of 14:37.16 at Azusa Pacific (4/17) that ranks #2 all-time at Pepperdine.
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2020 (SO): Ran at both outdoor meets before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... Ran the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 meters once each.
 
PEPPERDINE TRACK 2019 (FR): Competed at eight of 10 meets ... Competed primarily in the 1,500 (best of 4:07.18 at Cal Poly on 3/23) and the 5,000 (best of 15:17.19 at UC San Diego on 4/13) ... Also ran the mile and 3,000 once each.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Holy Family High School, located in Broomfield, Colo., in 2018 ... Ran four years of varsity cross country and three in track ... Earned all-state first team honors in both as a senior ... Was the 3A Region 3 individual champion in cross country as a senior ... Earned all-state honorable mention in cross country as a junior ... Was the team’s Senior Male Athlete of the Year in both sports and a team captain ... Earned Academic All-State in both sports.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in journalism ... Born in Westminster, Colo. ... Son of Martin and Greta McCabe ... Has one sibling, Ciara ... An uncle, John Steninger, played baseball at Colorado ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because “the faith-centered approach to academics, athletics and student life make it the perfect school for me.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys watching YouTube ... Favorites include the Denver Broncos (pro sports team), macaroni and cheese (food) and baseball (sport other than running) ... Favorite thing about running is “the people I’ve met through running.”