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Nathan Meikle

Nathan Lane Meikle (born 1981) is an American former football player, academic and sportscaster. He is an assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Business. Meikle played college football for the BYU Cougars.

Nathan Meikle
Born1981
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Alma materUniversity of Utah

Stanford Law School

Brigham Young University
Occupation(s)Football player, academic and sportscaster

Early life and education

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Meikle was born in 1981 Idaho Falls, Idaho to Gary Lane Meikle and Jean Bennett Meikle. He has five sisters and one brother.[1][2] Meikle graduated summa cum laude from Snow College. He received a B.S. from the Marriot School of Business at BYU, a J.D. from Stanford Law School, and got his Ph.D. from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. He completed a postdoc at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.[3][4][5]

High school career

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Meikle attended Hillcrest High School in Ammon, Idaho. He was named the Eastern Idaho Athlete of the Year for his participation in football, baseball, and basketball. In football he gained 3,500 yards and scored 40 touchdowns during his career at Hillcrest High School.[2]

As a senior in the state playoffs, he rushed for 335 yards and five first-half touchdowns against Mountain Home. He was named first-team all-state at running back, cornerback, and return specialist. As a junior, he set the school record with eight interceptions. Meikle was also a three-year starter in baseball and a two-year starter in basketball.[6][2]

College career

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At Snow College, he played for position coach Aaron Roderick and was named team captain and NJCAA Academic All American.

In 2004, Meikle joined the BYU Cougars under head football coach Gary Crowton where he redshirted his first year.

In 2005, Meikle played for head coach Bronco Mendenhall and position coach Robert Anae. In his first game at BYU against Boston College, Meikle led his team in receptions. In the Las Vegas Bowl against Cal Berkeley (led by Marshawn Lynch and DeSean Jackson), Meikle set the Las Vegas Bowl record and BYU Bowl record with 12 receptions, although the cougars lost the game.[7][8][9][10] At the end of the season, Meikle was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American team and was awarded a football scholarship.[11][12][13]

In 2006 as a senior, Meikle was part of the 2006 BYU Team that won a conference championship.[14] In Meikle’s final collegiate game, he played in the 2006 Las Vegas Bowl against Oregon which BYU won 38-8.

Meikle was named all-conference punt returner, national scholar athlete candidate and semi-finalist for the National Football Foundation Draddy Trophy (later renamed the Campbell Trophy).[15][16][17]

Life after football

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In 2007, Meikle began working as the KSL/IMG sideline reporter for BYU football games. After taking a two-year hiatus (from 2010-2011) to attend Stanford Law School, Meikle rejoined the broadcast team in 2012 during his final year of law school. He stayed with the BYU broadcast team until 2018.[18]

In 2014, Meikle published a book Little Miss: a father, his daughter and rocket science, detailing how he taught his two-year old daughter to read at an advanced level.[19][20]

As a postdoc at the University of Notre Dame, Meikle taught negotiation and business ethics. In 2021, he joined the University of Kansas as an assistant professor.[21][22][23][24] Meikle's research primarily focuses on organizational behavior and social perception. His work has been published in Harvard Business Review, Organization Science, The Journal of Business Ethics, and Research in Organizational Behavior.[25][26][27][28][29][30]

In 2021, Meikle launched his podcast Meikles & Dimes. Initially it served as an audio journal for his children. In 2022, he began interviewing guests on his podcast, including football players Steve Young and Kellen Moore, Kansas City Chiefs Coach Andy Reid, poker player Annie Duke, basketball player Jimmer Fredette, and professors Katy Milkman and Max Bazerman.[4][31][32]

Meikle is married to Keshia Meikle, a former National Champion Cougarette for BYU, and together they have four children and live in Lawrence, Kansas.

References

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  1. ^ "Nathan Meikle Biography". ESPN. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Nathan Meikle - Football 2006". BYU Athletics - Official Athletics Website - BYU Cougars. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web | University of Notre (June 24, 2021). "Amplifying Marginalized Voices in Organizations with Nathan Meikle". THRIVE! Inspiring ND Women. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "BYU football: Why former BYU receiver Nate Meikle thinks Aaron Roderick will do big things in new role with Cougars". Deseret News. July 22, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "Nathan L. Meikle". business.ku.edu. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "H-back is standing tall". Deseret News. August 15, 2005. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Cal Holds Off BYU, Wins Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl 35-28". California Golden Bears Athletics. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Drew, Jay (November 17, 2006). "BYU Football: Cougars have their own Rudy". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Football Roundup: Lynch, Jackson lead California to win over BYU". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. December 23, 2005. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  10. ^ "Meikle tuned out his critics, excelled". Deseret News. December 15, 2006. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  11. ^ "Campus notes". Deseret News. December 15, 2005. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  12. ^ Richins, Brett. "Nate Meikle Reports on His Career As a Punt Returner". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  13. ^ "Meikle Earns Academic All-America Honors". BYU Athletics - Official Athletics Website - BYU Cougars. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  14. ^ Slack, Nate (June 28, 2022). "The Top 5 BYU Football Plays that Didn't Count". Vanquish The Foe. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  15. ^ "NFF Campbell Trophy® Summit Inspires Attendees with Lessons of Leadership". National Football Foundation. July 31, 2023. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  16. ^ "NFF Announces 2006 Draddy Trophy Semifinalists". National Football Foundation. October 17, 2006. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  17. ^ "Harline Grabs More All-America Honors". BYU Athletics - Official Athletics Website - BYU Cougars. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  18. ^ Meikle, Nate; Aug. 5, KSL Radio BYU Sideline Reporter | Posted-; P.m, 2012 at 8:31. "Nate's Notes: Home Away From Home". www.ksl.com. Retrieved September 15, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ "Reading 'Roller Coaster' makes a real ride come to life". Deseret News. March 4, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  20. ^ Meikle, Nathan (November 27, 2014). Little Miss: A Father, His Daughter and Rocket Science. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5028-2788-3.
  21. ^ "Team benefits of demonstrability". The University of Kansas. August 29, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  22. ^ "How former BYU football player Nathan Meikle became a lawyer, author and Notre Dame-bound academic". Deseret News. May 20, 2018. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  23. ^ "Professor Nate Meikle welcomes BYU football to Kansas". Deseret News. September 18, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  24. ^ Nate Meikle on BYUSN 9.21.23, retrieved November 3, 2023
  25. ^ Bonner, Bryan L.; Shannahan, Daniel; Bain, Kristin; Coll, Kathryn; Meikle, Nathan L. (July 2022). "The Theory and Measurement of Expertise-Based Problem Solving in Organizational Teams: Revisiting Demonstrability". Organization Science. 33 (4): 1452–1469. doi:10.1287/orsc.2021.1481. ISSN 1047-7039. S2CID 240770353.
  26. ^ Bain, Kristin; Kreps, Tamar A.; Meikle, Nathan L.; Tenney, Elizabeth R. (August 2021). "Amplifying Voice in Organizations". Academy of Management Journal. 64 (4): 1288–1312. doi:10.5465/amj.2018.0621. ISSN 0001-4273. S2CID 234813159.
  27. ^ Meikle, Nathan L.; Tenney, Elizabeth R.; Moore, Don A. (January 1, 2016). "Overconfidence at work: Does overconfidence survive the checks and balances of organizational life?". Research in Organizational Behavior. 36: 121–134. doi:10.1016/j.riob.2016.11.005. ISSN 0191-3085.
  28. ^ "NATE MEIKLE Publications". ku.discovery.academicanalytics.com. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  29. ^ Roddel, Shannon (May 5, 2021). "Peers who boost marginalized voices help others, and themselves, study shows". Notre Dame News. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  30. ^ Roddel, Shannon (September 25, 2018). "Sidestepping the pitfalls of overconfidence with plausible deniability". Notre Dame News. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  31. ^ PRNewswire. "Nate Meikle Opens Podcast's Playbook with Debut of Interview Episodes". Benzinga. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  32. ^ "Meikles & Dimes". Listen Notes. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
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