University of South Alabama Athletics

2017: Outdoor — Did not compete during the outdoor season. Indoor — Ended the indoor season with second-team All-American honors after placing 10th in the NCAA Indoor Championships 60-meter dash, crossing the line at 6.65 seconds and set a NCAA Regional qualifying mark in the 200m, but was unable to participate due to injury ... Won the Sun Belt Conference 60-meter dash for first-team all-conference honors, and placed eighth in the 200m ... Won the 60m at the Vanderbilt Invitational while setting a new school record with a time of 6.59 seconds which was tied for second-fastest in the nation and best in the league ... Finished tied for second in the 60m, crossing the line at 6.72 seconds at the UAB Blazer Invitational.

2016: Outdoor — Finished 43rd at the East Regional Preliminary in the 200-meter dash … Was the first member of the men's program to qualify for the NCAA East Regional in multiple events since 2012, having made the field in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes … At the Sun Belt Conference Championship, finished fifth in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes, ending the first race with a time of 10.41 seconds and the second with a 21.41 second mark … Placed fourth in the MSU Invite’s 100-meter dash with a time of 10.46 … Earned a victory in the 200m recording a career-best 21.11 and clocking a second-place finish in the 100-meter dash, crossing the line at 10.43 seconds …Earned a top-five spot on the Jaguar’s all-time list with a 200-meter time of 21.28 to finish fifth at the Tiger Track Classic … Earned SBC Track Athlete of the Week after shaving .04 seconds off his personal best, crossing the line in the men's 100-meter dash in 10.38 seconds; he was 18th overall, but ninth among competitors at the collegiate level, with 67 individuals total in the race. Indoor  — Capped his sophomore indoor season at the NCAA Indoor Championship posting a 6.64-second time in the preliminary rounds of 60-meter dash, only .02 seconds from finishing among the top eight … Won the Sun Belt title in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.67 seconds and set a new program record for the second time in a month’s span in the men’s 60-meter dash – the first at the Commodore Invitational (6.72) – with a time of 6.70 seconds to come in second at the Privateer Invitational … Earned SBC Track Athlete of the Week after his performance at the Privateer Invitational … Finished third in the Samford Invitational 200-meter dash (21.77).

2015: Outdoor — Ran the anchor leg for the 4x100-meter relay team that finished fifth at the Sun Belt Conference Championship ... Won the 100-meter dash in a season-best time of 10.71 seconds at the Jaguar Opener ... Was fourth in the event with a time of 10.93 seconds at the Battle of I-65 ... Posted second-place result in the 100 meters at the South Alabama Invitational ... A member of the 4x100-meter relay at four meets during the regular season. Indoor — Recorded a fourth-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the league championship with a time of 6.85 seconds after qualifying for the finals with a 6.82 second mark ... Won the race at the Samford Invitational with a season-best time of 6.80 seconds ... Won the university division finals in the 60 meters in his collegiate debut at the BSC Panther Indoor Invitational, going on to place third in the event at both the Commodore Indoor Invitational and UAB Vulcan Invite ... Added a top-10 finish in the long jump at UAB's meet with a season-best 6.76m mark.

High School: Scott lettered in track and field and football at George County High School in Lucedale, Miss. … Holds the high school record for the 100-meter at 10.37… Placed second in the 100-meter at the MHSAA State Championship meet in 2013.

Personal: Full name is Rafael Scott … Born May 24, 1994, in Lucedale, Miss. … Son of Reginald and Denise Scott … Youngest sibling to brothers; Rorye, Ryan and Reggie… Favorite movie is “Planet of the Apes” … Favorite sports team is the New Orleans Saints… Favorite athlete is Yohan Blake … List wight lifting as his favorite hobby.

Major: Exercise science