Darion Powell Season 2026

Major: General Studies
Events: Heptathlon (5,707), Decathlon (7,640)

Two-time All-American

2006
In just one season with the Tigers, made an immediate impact in the multi-events … Earned All-America honors in the heptathlon after finishing third at the NCAA Championships with a personal best and school record point total of 5,707 … Posted season-bests in six of the seven individual events at the national meet … Also won the LSU Combined Events during the indoor season, tallying 5,521 points … During the outdoor campaign, again qualified to the NCAA Championships in the decathlon … At the NCAA meet, was in fifth after the first day of competition, but was unable to finish the second day’s slate of events because dehydration and heat exhaustion … Earned All-SEC honors in the decathlon, placing second at the conference championships with a personal-best 7,640 points … Point total ranks as the seventh highest in school history.

PRIOR TO LSU
Competed three years at Washington State University … An All-American in the decathlon, he finished fourth in the event at the 2003 NCAA Championships … Won the Pac-10 decathlon title … Comes to LSU with personal best point totals of 5,631 in the heptathlon and 7,021 in the decathlon.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in track for coach Jeanine Shepard at Lake Washington High School … Won the high school national titles in the pentathlon in 2000 and 2001 and the decathlon in 2001 … Won the international junior decathlon title in the Canada vs. USA meet.

PERSONAL
Born June 14, 1982 … Son of David and Michele Powell … Has two siblings, Calen and Alora … Brother, Calan, played football at Duke University and is currently playing tight end for the Washington Redskins.