Hall of Fame
A native of Ankeny, Iowa, Kevin Little is the most decorated track student-athlete in Drake history, having been a four-time NCAA All-American, a member of four U.S. World Outdoor Championship teams and five U.S. World Indoor Championship teams.
Little captured nine career Missouri Valley Conference individual titles and was the 1989-90 recipient of the MVC Medallion Award.
In the 200 meters, he set MVC Indoor Track Championship record (21.15) in 1990 and still owns the all-time MVC indoor track record (20.90 in 1989).
Little ranked in the top 10 in the United States in the 200 meters a total of eight times, beginning as a junior at Drake in 1989 through 2001. He enjoyed his highest ranking (third) in the United States in 1999, behind world champion Maurice Greene and world record-holder Michael Johnson.
He won more medals (five) in World Indoor Track Championships than any sprinter in the history of U.S. track and field, including the gold medal in the 200 at the 1997 World Indoor Track Championships (Paris, France) -- the first Anglo-American to win a major sprint title since 1956.
His gold-medal effort in 1997 matched the American mark of 20.40 seconds.