Jacob Wukie (2023) - JMU Athletics Hall of Fame - James Madison University Athletics

Jacob Wukie

Induction:
2023
Class:
2009

A four-time collegiate All-American, Jacob Wukie is one of only two athletes in JMU history to appear in multiple Olympic Games, joining field hockey's Carole Thate. He earned a Silver Medal at the 2012 London Olympics as part of the USA three-man team and individually reached the round of 32 with a 17^th-place finish. He then individually placed ninth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of a seventh-place team finish. He was also an alternate on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Team and an Elite Eight member of the Olympic Trials squad for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Altogether, he's been an 11-time member of USA Archery. Wukie's collegiate career spanned JMU's transition from varsity-sponsored status, helping to lead the team to a national championship in its final varsity season in 2007 and placing second individually. That squad also captured men's recurve and mixed recurve team titles. In 2007, he was also named to the US Archery Team and competed at the World University Games in Slovakia. Wukie took the 2008 season off to train with the resident athlete program at the US Olympic Training Center, before then returning to JMU in 2009 to place first both individually and a team at the national championships. He also placed 11^th at the 2005 national championships as a freshman and third in 2006 as a sophomore, giving him three total top-three collegiate finishes.