Biography
YELLOWJACKET CAREER
2019-20 Indoor: Competed in seven meets ... Earned All-UMAC honors in the 4x200-meter relay at the UMAC championship, helping his squad to a time of 1:33.02 and the eveny win ... Ran a season-best 7.26 in the 60 meters at the Yellowjacket Open Jan. 18 ... Also posted season bests of 23.51 and 54.66 in the 200 and 400 meters, respectievly, at The Opener on Dec. 7 ... Named UMAC Academic All-Conference.
Before UWS: Son of Jessica Tapani and Kevin Knaack ... Born Dec. 7, 2000 ... Graduate of Northwestern High School in 2019 ... Competed in cross country, track and field, basketball and football for the Tigers ... State championship qualifier in 200-meter dash as a senior in 2019 ... Holds second best 200 time in Northwestern history ... Named team's MVP and most valuable sprinter as a junior in 2018 ... Also earned most dedicated athlete as a senior ... Won five conference championships at Northwestern in track and field, cross country and basketball as a senior, football as a junior and track and field as a freshman ... Helped basketball team qualify for the state tournament in 2019 as a senior ... Won Coaches' Award in basketball as a senior ... Won Northwestern's prestigious Lindgren Award for positivity as a senior ... Involved in various clubs and activities at Northwestern, finishing with a 3.6 GPA ... Exercise Science major with a Community Health Promotion concentration at UW-Superior.
