2023: Junior
Started in all 10 games ... totaled 69 tackles (39 solo) and 19 tackles (1.9 per game) for loss, three sacks, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery ... rumbled 12 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss versus Dordt on Sept. 16 ... lived in the backfield with two sacks, three tackles for loss and 11 tackles in win at Jamestown on Sept. 9. 

2022: Sophomore
Started all 10 games at defensive end ... produced 63 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, five sacks, two pass breakups and a forced fumble ... racked up 14 tackles, a stop for loss and a forced fumble at Midland on Oct. 29 ... notched 10 tackles and two tackles for loss versus Hastings on Sept. 17 ... posted at least half a tackle for loss in nine separate games.

2021: Freshman
Saw action on the defensive line and recorded five tackles, including half a tackle for loss.

High School
Prepped at Osceola High School … coached by Bob Fuller, TJ Nelson and Matt Carroll … lettered all four years … served as a team captain for four years in wrestling and for one in football … earned all-state honors twice in football … garnered all-district accolades three times in wrestling … helped the Bulldogs to four state playoff appearances and a state title in football … turned in wrestling state place finishes of fifth as a junior and second as a senior … competed in track and qualified for state in the pole vault three times and once apiece in the discus and 110 hurdles … collected one state track medal (pole vault).

Personal
Born in Osceola, Neb., on July 12, 2002 … son of Don and Stephanie Sterup … has two sisters: Sydney and Sadie … enjoys golfing.