The 6-foot-1, 133-pound senior raced to a national title and All-American honors at the Eastbay Cross Country Championships this past season with a time of 15:11.4. Hough also earned All-American status at the national Garmin RunningLane Cross Country Championships, placing fifth. He won the Div. 1 individual state championship in 14:56.5 and finished first at the MSU Spartan Invitational, the Jackson Invitational, the Portage Invitational and the Eastbay Midwest Regional Championships.
Hough has maintained a 3.58 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at Michigan State University this fall.
Hough has volunteered locally on behalf of a community garden.