Athletic Accolades
Two-time First Team All-American (indoor/outdoor shot put)
2016 Honorable Mention All-American (outdoor shot put)
Two-time Big Ten champion (indoor/outdoor shot put)
Three-time All-Big Ten selection
Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week (April 13, 2016)
Academic Achievements
2013 Academic All-Big Ten selection
2013 Ohio State Scholar Athlete
PRs
Shot Put – 20.21m/66-3.75
Discus – 53.59m/175-10.00
2015 Outdoor (Junior) Finished 17th in the shot put at the 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships … earned First Team All-America honors in the shot put with a seventh-place finish at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships (19.61 meters/64-4.00) … sixth in the shot put in the NCAA East Preliminary … Big Ten silver medalist in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 20.16 meters (66-1.75) at the conference championships; placed 17th in the discus … second place in the shot put at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic … Drake Relays champion in the shot put (19.68 meters/64-7.00) and 12th in the discus … fourth in the shot put (19.72 meters/64-8.50) and fifth in the discus at the Virginia Challenge … All-Ohio champion in both the shot and discus … Miami Invitational champion in the shot put and discus (PR of 53.59 meters/175-10.00) … first in shot and seventh in discus at the FSU Relays … also competed at the Stanford Invitational … All-Big Ten selection.
2015 Indoor (Junior) Represented Ohio State in the shot put at the Big Ten championships … first place in the shot put at the Buckeye Tune-up … runner-up in the shot put at the SPIRE DI Invitational (season-best 19.03 meters/62-5.25) … first place in the shot put at both the Ohio State Invitational and Buckeye Classic … also competed in the shot put at the Meyo Invitational and Rod McCravy Memorial.
2014 Outdoor (Sophomore) Represented the Buckeyes in the shot put at the NCAA East Preliminaries … fourth place in the shot put at the Big Ten championships with a personal-best mark of 19.13 meters (62-9.25); also competed in the discus, finishing 13th overall … third place in the shot put at the Dave Rankin Invite … third in the shot put and fifth in the discus (PR of 52.48 meters/172-2.00) at the Red Wolf Open … fourth place in the shot put at the Jesse Owens Classic … finished sixth in both the discus and shot put at the Spec Towns National Team Invitational … runner-up in the shot put and seventh in the discus at the Battle on the Bayou … first place in the shot put at Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
2014 Indoor (Sophomore) Finished 16th in the shot put at the Big Ten championships … first place in the Buckeye Tune-up … fourth place in both the shot put and discus at the Akron Invitational … runner-up in the shot put at the Nittany Lion Challenge and Buckeye Classic … also competed at the Rod McCravy Memorial and Don Kirby Elite.
2013 Outdoor (Freshman) Represented the Buckeyes in the shot put at the NCAA East Prelims … placed 17th in both the shot put and discus at the Big Ten championships …posted second-place performances in the shot put and discus at the Arkansas Team Invitational … placed sixth in the shot put and seventh in the discus at the Jim Click Shootout … finished fourth in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invite.
2013 Indoor (Freshman) Turned in a personal-best mark of 18.27m (59-11.25) at the Big Ten indoor championships, finishing in fifth place …placed first in the shot put at the Gladstein Invitational … third in the shot put at both the Akron Invitational and Buckeye Classic… posted a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the SPIRE NCAA D-I Track Invitational.
2012 Indoor/Outdoor (Redshirt) Did not compete for the Buckeyes; finished ninth as an individual in the shot put at the Buckeye Tune-up; also competed at the Jesse Owens Track Classic.
Maysville High School Third place in the shot put at the 2011 OHSAA Championships (17.27m/56-8.00) … runner-up in the shot at the regional championships at Byesville … eighth in the discus and 11th in the shot put at the 2010 OHSAA Championships … second in the discus at the regional finals.
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