Oakland University Athletics

2015 Outdoor:
?Claimed the 800m crown (1:53.80) at the 2015 Horizon League Outdoor Championships (May 3).
?Won 800m (1:54.96) at the Golden Grizzly Duals (April 11). 
?Claimed 800m title (1:58.22) at Detroit Dual Meet (April 4).
?Set 800m PR (1:51.90) to win event at the Toledo Open (May 7).
?Finished second at the 800m (1:53.13) at the Gibson Invitational (April 17).
? 2015 Spring Academic All-League Selection.
? 2014 Fall and 2015 Spring Horizon League Honor Roll selection.

2015 Indoor: 
? Claimed 800m title with school record (1:52.85) and ran anchor on 4x400m relay team that finished second with school record (3:18.27) at the Horizon League Indoor Championships (March 1).
? Recorded 1000m PR (2:32.96) finishing third and set 3000m PR (9:28.54) at the EMU-Quad Meet (Jan. 9).
? Ran mile PR (4:26.79) and placed fourth in the 800m at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 14).
? Finished third in the 800m (1:58.02) at the Jack Skoog Dual (Jan. 16) and Findlay Open (Jan. 30).
? Was third leg of the DMR setting school record (9:54.33) and 4x400m (3:21.76) relay teams that placed second at the Youngstown State National Invite (Feb. 7) and the 4x400m relay team that placed second (3:21.25) at the SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational (Jan. 31).

2014 Outdoor:
? Was named Horizon League Runner of the Week on April 22
? Recorded a new personal-best in the 800m with a time of 1:53.75 - good for third-best at Oakland
? Took fourth place at the Horizon League Championships in the 800m with a time of 1:54.51 (May 2-4)
? Helped the 4x400 relay team to a runner-up finish at the Don Klienow Invitational with a time of 3:24.08 (Apr. 12)
? Improved career-best in the 1500m run with a time of 4:07.12 at the 48th Annual Gina Relays (Apr. 24-26)

2014 Indoor:
? Ran a personal-best time in the 800m of 1:53.91 at the Horizon League Championship for a third-place finish (March 1-2)
? Ran the 600m at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 17) and finished in in second place with a mark of 1:24.18
? Helped the distance medley relay to a first-place finish at the YSU National Invitational (Feb. 7-8) with a time of 10:04.33

2013 Outdoor:
? Member of 4x400m relay team that broke school record with a time of 3:22.56 at Toledo Invitational (May 2)
? Finished fourth in 800m run at UDM-Oakland Dual Meet with time of 1:59.52 (April 6)
? Ran season-best 800m run time of 1:55.79 at The Summit League Championship (May 9)
? Earned season-best 400m dash time of 51.50 at Toledo Invitational

2013 Indoor
? Won the 600m run at CMU Open with season-best time of 1:24.15 (Jan. 11)
? Finished first in the 600m run at the IPFW Open with a 1:27.24 (Dec. 1)
? Ran season-best 800m run at EMU Holiday Meet with a 1:59.11 (Dec. 7)
? Finished fourth with season-best mile time of 4:38.01 at IPFW Open

2012 Outdoor:
? Had a sixth place finish in the the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.35 at the Indiana Wesleyan Pre-Conference Meet (April 21)
? Earned seventh-place finish with a time of 2:00.71 at the UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 7)

2012 Indoor:
? Ran a career-best 2:01.97 in the 800-meter run at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)
? Finished second in the 800-meter run at the IPFW Quadrangular meet (Jan. 28)
? Earned fifth-place finishes in the 800-meter run at the Chip Invite (Jan. 13) and the Mastodon Open (Dec. 3)

ACADEMIC HONORS
? Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2013)
? Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2014)
? Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2014)
? Horizon League Academic Honor Roll (Spring 2015)

HIGH SCHOOL
? Three-year letter winner for coach Pat Koelzer
? Member of three-time KLAA District Championship team
? Graduated Summa Cum Ladue
? Member of National Honor Society
? Honor roll all four years
? Won the Deca District Proficiency Award
? Became an Eagle Scout in 2008

TOP ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
? Running a 1:59 in the 800-meter run

Personal
Full Name: David Andrew Koponen
Birthdate: August 28, 1993
Parents: Craig and Carol Koponen
Siblings: Adam (20) and Daniel (15)
? Mom, Carol, graduated from Oakland in 1986

Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland
1. The academic programs
2. The Location
3. Opportunity to compete at the Division I level

Personal Bests (Indoor)
Event	Time/Distance
600m	1:24.15 (CMU Chippewa Open - January 11, 2013)
1000m	2:32.96 (EMU-Quad Meet - Jan. 9, 2015)
800m	1:52.85* (Horizon League Indoor Championships - March 1, 2015)
Mile	4:26.79 (GVSU Big Meet - Feb. 14, 2015)
3000m	9:28.54 (EMU-Quad Meet - Jan. 9, 2015)
* denotes school record

Personal Bests (Outdoor)
Event	Time/Distance
400m	51.50 (Toledo Invitational - May 2, 2013)
800m	1:51.90 (Toledo Open - May 7, 2015)
1500m	4:07.12 (48th Annual Gina Relays - April 24-26, 2014)