2015 (Junior): Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Fourth-place in weight throw at conference indoors, reaching a distance of 56-3.25 ... Placed seventh outdoors in the hammer throw (176-0) and was 11th in the discus (148-6) ... Set PR of 179-4 in hammer throw to place second at Texas Tech's Outdoor Open ... Weight throw PR of 57-6.25 was good for sixth place at the New Mexico Classic ... Finished third in weight throw at the Red Raider Open (57-5.75) ... At ACU's Wes Kittley Invitational was the runner-up in the hammer (179-4) and fourth in the discus (152-0) ... Reached an outdoor distance of 176-10 in the hammer to place second at Texas Tech's Red Raider Open.

2014 (Sophomore): Recorded personal bests in the discus (159-3) and hammer (173-9) outdoors and weight throw indoors (56-08.05) … PR in the hammer earned him the eighth-place point at the Southland Conference Championships … Weight throw PR gave him seventh at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships … Hammer throw winner at the Texas Tech Red Raider Open with launch of 162-6 … Discus runner-up at Oklahoma’s John Jacobs Invitational (145-3) … Recorded three top-three showings in the weight throw at Oklahoma’s J.D. Martin Invitational, and Texas Tech’s Masked Rider and Red Raider Open. 

2013 (Freshman): Indoors had best marks of 41’2.5” (12.56) in shot put and 53’3” (16.23) in weight throw for 3rd at LSC meet for league title team … Outdoors improved to 42’6” (13.26) in shot put, 147’10” (45.06) in discus and 168’9” (51.45) in hammer … Sixth in LSC hammer for third-place team.

High School: Graduated in 2012 from Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas … Competed in football, track and field, and powerlifting … Two-time all-district at defensive end in football … District champion and regional qualifier in discus throw in track and field with Region II-3A finishes of 135’5” for eighth as junior in 2011 and 155’0” for fifth as senior in 2012 … Had top marks in shot put of 42’4” in 2011 and 40’8.5” in 2012.

Personal: Given name is Nathaniel Jelani Rainey … Born 02 March 1994 in Dallas … Son of Nate and Faye Rainey … Resides in Fairview, Texas.