MOBILE, Ala. – Following the final competition of his University of South Alabama career, the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship held on Monday and Tuesday, Jan-Louw Kotze sat down to record this week's edition of "Inside JagNation," the official podcast of Jaguar Athletics.
A first-team All-American in competition and the classroom in 2016, Kotze talks about his journey from Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa to South — including how Facebook played a critical role during the recruiting process when he was in high school — on the way to those accomplishments. The discussion also includes his expectations upon arriving in Mobile, how he set personal goals that helped lay the foundation for his performance as a Jaguar, and balancing athletic and academic tasks while maintaining a 4.