PERSONAL BESTS:

2018-19 (Junior): 

• Shot his air rifle season high of 592 at UTEP (9/30) and at TCU (1/19)
• Shot his smallbore season high of 583 at UTEP (9/29)
• Shot as a member of the counting team for 14/15 events in both smallbore and air rifle
• Held season averages of
  • 574.4 Smallbore
  • 587.3 Air Rifle
  • 1162 Aggregate
• Shot the team-high smallbore score for three matches this season
• Shot the team-high in two air rifle matches
• Shot the highest team aggregate at the PRC Championships with a 1167
• Academic All-Big Ten

2017-18 (Sophomore): 

• All-American (air rifle, smallbore, combined)
• Member of the counting team that holds the 4711 team aggregate record (1/21/19 at TCU)
• Member of the counting team that holds the 2336 team smallbore record (1/21/19 at TCU)
• Shot as a member of the counting team for 13/16 events in smallbore and 15/106 in air rifle
• Held season averages of
  • 580.5 Smallbore (Team High)
  • 590.3 Air Rifle
  • 1171 Aggregate (Team High)
• Shot a team-high of 593 on the day in air rifle at Alaska on 10/13
• Shot a team-high for the match against Nevada with a 593 in air rifle
• Fired back-to-back team-high scores for the match against Air Force with and 1173 aggregate score on 11/18 and an 1175 aggregate score on 11/19

2016-17 (Freshman):

• CRCA Scholastic All-American
• OSU Scholar-Athlete
• Held season averages of:
  • 573.4 Smallbore
  • 589 Air Rifle
  • 1162 Aggregate
• Shot for the team in every event, including the NCAA Championship
• Fired a 579 in smallbore in his first collegiate event at Nevada
• Posted the first of his three season-high aggregates of 1171 at West Virginia behind a solid 593 air rifle
• Shot a season-high 580 in smallbore at Nebraska
• Matched that 580 two events later at UTEP en route to a second season-high aggregate of 1171
• Had a season-best 595 air rifle on day one at Air Force
• Also had a 595 air rifle at TCU and would finish with his third 1171 aggregate of the year
• Shot 590 and 589 in air rifle at the PRC Championship and NCAA Qualifier
• Finished the year with scores of 577 in smallbore and 588 in air rifle at his first NCAA Championship

PRIOR TO OHIO STATE:

• Had only been shooting five years prior to arriving on camp
• Started his career at the Montgomery County 4-H Shooting Club
• Overall Champion at the 2014 NRA Conventional 3-Position Championship, set four national records, and became the youngest winner in event history
• Earned his CMP Junior Distinguished Badge for excellence in three-position Air Rifle in 2014
• Gold medalist at the 2015 Junior Olympics Smallbore 3-Postion Championship and the 2015 Junior Olympics Smallbore Prone Championship
• Silver medalist for his age group at the 2015 Junior Olympics Air Rifle Championship
• Member of the US Junior National Team
• Competed in his first international competition in Suh, Germany at the ISSF Junior World Cup where he helped the men’s junior team win a silver medal in Smallbore 3-position…
• Holds 6 national records in both NRA and USA Shooting

PERSONAL:

• Son of Bill and Cassandra
• Has one older sister, Kristin
• Hopes to continue shooting on the international level after graduation