Carthage College Athletics

2012:  Finished third in the hammer throw (Carthage-record 199-4) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship and earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America honors…named the "most valuable field athlete" at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship after winning three events, the shot put (53-1 ½), the discus (160-5) and the hammer throw (190-7)…named CCIW "athlete of the week" on March 27 after winning two events at the March 24 Rhodes Invitational…named CCIW "athlete of the week" again on April 24…named the “most valuable field athlete” at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship after winning the weight throw (60-4 ½) and finishing second in the shot put (51-11 ¾)…named CCIW indoor “athlete of the week” on Feb. 7.

2011:  Finished 16th in the hammer throw (176-6) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished third in both the hammer throw (176-7) and the shot put (51-11 ¼) and fifth in the discus (155-5) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship and was named “co-most outstanding field athlete”…named CCIW “Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week” on April 19…took fourth place in both the shot put (51-0) and the weight throw (58-4 ½) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2010:  Finished sixth in the hammer throw (156-10) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished fifth in the shot put (48-8) and sixth in the discus (146-6) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished 12th in the weight throw (46-7 ½) and 18th in the shot put (40-10 1/2) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship…won in the discus (145-5) at the Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Championship.

2009:  Finished eighth in the discus (137-9) and 23rd in the hammer throw (114-7) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

High School:  Earned All-Metro Suburban Conference honors and coached by former Carthage football player Kris Norton…in football, named all-conference and Pioneer Press all-area both his junior and senior years and coached by Chris Zack, a letterwinner on the 1998 and 1999 Carthage football teams…honor student.

Personal:  Exercise and sport science major…defensive back on the 2008 and 2009 Carthage football teams…named 2012 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic…named to the Carthage dean’s list four times and a six-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 24, 1990.