Carthage College Athletics

2012:  Finished fourth in the shot out (50-2) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

2011: Earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the shot put (55-9 1/4) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championship and broke a 1977 school record of 55-0 set Bill Versen.…finished second in the shot put (52-4) and 10th in the discus (137-9) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished third in the shot put (51-7) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2010: Finished fourth in the shot put (49-5) and 12th in the discus (134-10) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished second in the shot put (49-3) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

2009: Finished second in the shot put (49-9 ¾) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship…did not compete in outdoor track and field.

2008: Finished fifth in the shot put (46-2) and 17th in the discus (122-6) at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…finished seventh in the shot put (44-11 ¼) at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship.

High School: A state qualifier his senior year in the shot put after winning a sectional title and finishing second in the event at the Southwest Inter-Conference Association East championship…his senior-year team finished eighth at the Illinois High School Association state championship…coached by John Kenecki…also a member of the football team…honor student.

Personal: Business administration major…born May 23, 1989.