Robert Atwater was named the 2024 NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Men’s Field Athlete of the Year. Atwater, who hails from Detroit, Michigan, competed across four field events at the 2024 NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships this past weekend in Brookings, South Dakota, ultimately winning the long jump and placing fourth in the heptathlon. He set PRs in both, soaring 7.52m (24-8¼) in the former and amassing 5111 points in the latter. Earlier in the season, Atwater totaled 23.5 points in field events at the GPAC Indoor Championships.