Butler University Athletics

2021 Outdoor NCAA East Regional Qualifier (3,000-meter Steeplechase)
2021 Outdoor All-BIG EAST (4x800-meter relay)
2020 Northeast Conference Student-Athlete of the Year
2019 NCAA East Regional Qualifier (3,000-meter Steeplechase)
10x All-Northeast Conference
8x Wagner School Record Holder
3x Northeast Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6076892/Wagner/Jonathan_Besselink.html

Collegiate Bests (following the 2020-21 season):
800: 1:55.00 - 2019 Mets Outdoor Track & Field Championship
1000: 2:28.04 - Spartan Invite 2020 (Indoor)
Mile: 4:09.47 - 2020 Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic (Indoor)
3000: 8:17.16 - 2020 IC4A/ECAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
5000: 14:53.41 - 2020 Northeast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship
1500: 3:52.59 - 2019 Colonial Relays (Outdoor)
3000 Steeplechase: 8:54.74 - IC4A Outdoor Track & Field Championships 

PRIOR TO BUTLER (AT WAGNER): Member of the 2019-2020 Northeast Conference Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship Team... 2018-19 NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year... 3x NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2017, 2016)... 3x NEC Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll (2018, 2017, 2016)... 2018-19 Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District... All-NEC Team Indoor... 2019-Second Team All-NEC (3000m)... 2017- First Team All-NEC (DMR)... 2017 NEC All-Rookie Team (Mile)... 2018-19 NCAA Regional Qualifier (3000m Steeplechase)... Holds four Wagner school records. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Holy Cross Catholic Secondary in Kingston, Ontario... Competed as a member of the cross country and track and field programs under Brad Hill... As a Crusader, he was named to the Honor Roll all four years of high school... On the course, obtained gold in cross country, varsity track from OFSAA ... In his career, he has recorded 12 City Championship gold medals, while attaining six top-eight finishes at OFSAA in the 800m, 1500m, and 2000m steeplechase... Holds the school record in the 2000m steeplechase and 4x400m.... Also competed as a member of the school's basketball team, in which his team won two city championships.

PERSONAL: Son of Joanna and Rob Besselink... Has two siblings, Mary and Sarah.... His cousin, Maria, will be joining the Seahawk women's basketball team, starting for the 2016-17 season... His uncle, Gerry, was a standout player at UConn, who served as legendary head coach Jim Calhoun's first captain in 1986-87.... His aunt, Nina, starred at St. Mary's College (CA)... Another relative, Mary-Jane Besselink-Bravakis was a standout basketball player for the University of Hartford, inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1993 

WHY BESSELINK CHOSE BUTLER: "I chose Butler for the coaching staff, the great academics, and hard-working/driven teammates."