Arizona
2004 (Redshirt Senior): Expected to help lead the UA men back to the national meet... Will be one of the team's top returnees... 2003 (Senior): Did not compete during the 2002 cross country season, saving a redshirt year... Was a top performer in the long distances for the Wildcats during the 2003 track season... Earned a NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 29:31.36, but was just short of being invited to the national meet... Ran some of the teams top times in the 5,000 meters and 1,500 meters... 2002 (Junior): Sat out the 2002 track season, saving a redshirt season... Participated in the 2001 NCAA Cross Country Championships... Team's No. 1 finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, placing 10th in 25:00.1... Finished 18th at the NCAA West Regional, which was hosted by the Wildcats.
Central Arizona
Participated in both cross country and track and field for two years at Central Arizona... NJCAA runner-up in 2000... Also was the regional runner-up... Track team placed second at the 2001 NJCAA Championships... Finished third in the 5000m at 2001 NJCAA Championships... Regional champion in the 5000m... Top times were 14:50 in the 5000m, 8:23 in the 3000m and 4:01 in the 1500m... First-team Arthur Ashe Scholar-Athlete honoree... Named the Central Arizona College Sophomore Student of the Year.
High School
Alchesay High School, Whiteriver, Ariz.: Four-year letterwinner in cross country, track and field, football, basketball and baseball... Team Most Valuable Athlete and captain all four years... First-team All-American in cross country... All-2A North and All-3A East selection... All-Arizona honors in both track and cross country... 3A state champion in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m and 4x800m relay... 2A state cross country champion... Senior class co-valedictorian... Member of the National Honor Society, National Native American Honor Society and White Mountain Apache Tribe Honor Society... An accomplished athlete, he was also an All-Arizona choice and honorable mention All-American in basketball... Team MVP for basketball and offensive MVP for baseball.
Personal
Kyle Lee Thomas Goklish... Born September 9, 1980, in Phoenix, Ariz... Son of Gerald and Miriam Alsenay... Has two younger brothers, Blaine Goklish and Jerry Alsenay, and two younger sisters, Martina Goklish and Terressa Alsenay... His mother, Miriam, is a former distance runner for Mesa Community College... Has the desire to obtain his master's degree and then return to the Reservation to help his people... His senior year, his basketball team's assistant coach was Kareem Abdul Jabbar, who wrote the book, "A Season on the Reservation: My Sojourn with the White Mountain Apache," which was based on Goklish's team.
