Cordell Tinch was named the National Men’s Field Athlete of the Year for the 2023 NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field season. Tinch, who hails from Green Bay, Wisconsin, won both the high jump and the long jump at the 2023 NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He notched PRs in both jumps, going a wind-legal 8.16m (26-9¼) in the long jump to become the third-best performer in NCAA DII history and then 2.21m (7-3) in the high jump. Just a few weeks earlier, Tinch swept both crowns at the MIAA Outdoor Championships that included a wind-aided 8.24m (27-0½) long jump that moved him up to No. 2 on the NCAA DII all-time, all-conditions chart.