- 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2024 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (outdoor track & field)
- 2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023-24 Academic All-RMAC honor roll (indoor track & field)
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
- 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
College Bests
| INDOOR |
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OUTDOOR |
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| Shot |
13.66 (44-9 3/4) |
Shot |
13.56 (44-6) |
| Weight |
14.52 (47-7 3/4) |
Hammer |
43.80 (143-8) |
|
|
Discus |
39.45 (129-5) |
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|
Javelin |
51.58 (169-3) |
2023 Outdoor: A rare MSU Denver competitor in the throws competitions, he finished his true freshman season as the program record holder in two events (shot put, hammer throw) while ranking second in the other two (discus, javelin). ...
 His top discus effort ranked 134th in Division II. ... Competed at the RMAC Championships in the shot put and javelin, finishing 17th at 13.56 meters (44 feet, 6 inches) and 19th at 46.26 (151-9), respectively. ... At the Fum McGraw Power Meet on April 23, nearly broke the program record in the javelin at 51.58 (169-3) but set the program mark in the hammer at 41.34 (135-7) while also turning in the program's second-best discus mark of 39.45 (129-5), with his three personal bests good for seventh, 11th and 16th, respectively. ... Bettered his program record in the hammer at the April 21 Mines Mini Meet with a seventh-place effort of 41.34 (135-7). ... Set the program record in the shot put on April 7 at the Kit Mayer Classic with a sixth-place heave of 13.52 (44-4 1/4). He was also sixth in the javelin at 51.37 (168-6). ... Broke his own program record in the hammer at 40.37 (132-5) to finish 21st at the Spank Blasing Invitational on March 25. ... Made his MSU Denver debut by setting two program records while competing in all four throwing events at the CSU Pueblo Early Bird on March 18-19, placing eighth in the shot put with a program best of 13.19 (43-3 1/4) and 15th in the hammer with a program-record 38.23 (125-5) while also finishing eighth in the javelin at 46.33 (152-0) and 12th in the discus at 36.16 (118-8).
2022-23 Indoor: Believed to be the program's first-ever indoor thrower, he turned in a strong true freshman season. ... Broke his program record in the weight throw with a heave of 14.52 (47-7 3/4) for 13th place, and also finish 14th in the shot put at 13.17 (43-2 1/2) at the Mines Winter Classic on Feb. 3-4. ... Made it 4-for-4 in setting the program's shot put record at the Jan. 28 Mountain Lion Open, this time with a ninth-place mark of 13.66 (44-9 3/4), while also placing 12th in the weight throw at 13.69 (44-11). ... Set the school shot put record for the third straight week at 13.32 (43-5) and went 12.55 (41-2 1/4) in the weight throw at the Jan. 21 UCCS Invitational, finishing 13th and 11th, respectively. ... Improved upon his school records at the Potts Invitational on Jan. 13-14, finishing 11th in the weight throw at 14.00 (45-11 1/4) and shot put at 12.84 (42-1 1/2), to place 11th and 15th, respectively. ... Made his MSU Denver debut at the season-opening UCCS Pre-Holiday Invitational on Dec. 9-10, finishing ninth in both the shot put and weight throw with school-record efforts of 12.49 (40-11 3/4) and 13.34 (43-9 1/4), respectively.
High school: Personal bests included 47 feet, 2 inches in the shot put, 98-11 in the discus and 12.15 seconds in the 100-meter dash. ... Finished sixth in the shot put at the Class 5A state championships as a junior in 2021 and also qualified for state in 2022. ... All-Jefferson County League first team in the shot put in 2021. ... As a senior, won the shot put at six meets, including the Arvada City Championships, the JeffCo League Relays. ... Top effort was 47-2 at the Arvada City Championships. ... As a junior, sixth-place effort at state was 46-7. ... Won the JeffCo League Championships title with a season-best 46-9 1/4. ... Coached by Jason McBride. ... Also played football and baseball for the Wildcats. .... Offensive and defensive lineman named All-JeffCo first team and all-state honorable mention in football as a senior after twice being named All-JeffCo second team. ... Credited with 69 tackes (47 solo) in 10 games as a senior and 128 tackles (79 solo) for his career. ... Had 3 1/2 quarterback sacks as a senior and 7 1/2 for his career. ... Scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery. .. All-JeffCo second team in baseball in 2021. ... Batted .317 for his career, including .349 as a junior and .295 as a senior. Had 26 RBIs and 11 stolen bases in 38 career games
Personal: Born Brandon David Simpson in Wheat Ridge, Colo. ... Birthday is Feb. 28. ... Son of Tony and Betsy Simpson. ... Has two brothers, Jacob and Caleb. ... Twin brother Jacob is also a member of the MSU Denver track & field program. ... Majoring in biology.
