Chadron State College Athletics

A native of Lingle, Wyoming, Jason Barthel was a three-year starter and a three-time all-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and two-time Nebraska NCAA Division II selection at defensive tackle for the Eagles’ football team in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Barthel, who was named to the Chadron State College All-Century Football Team in 2014, possessed strength and quickness and owned the Eagles’ weight room records in the bench press and squat while he was at CSC.

Barthel was named to the RMAC’s all-conference first team as a sophomore and junior. Barthel led CSC’s defensive line with 27 tackles and eight more for a loss as a senior and was named to the conference’s second team. For his career, Barthel had 115 total tackles, nine sacks, 34 tackles for loss, and blocked a kick. Barthel graduated in 2002 with a degree in marketing and recreation. He currently works at Wyoming Machinery Company as a Professional Development Specialist.

Barthel has continued to powerlift competitively and owns 14 Wyoming records, as of 2019. He and his wife, Sara, also a CSC graduate, live in Casper, Wyoming. They have two daughters, Rian and Reagan.