Academic Notes: Majoring in fitness and wellness through the health sciences department.

2013: Competed primarily in the high jump indoors, achieving heights of 6-4.25 (1.94m) twice during the regular season to earn a trip to the Big Sky Conference Championships for the first time ... Notched a PR of 6-4.75 (1.95m) at the conference meet, tied for eight place, and earned a half point toward the NAU team score ... Specialized in the 400-meter hurdles outdoors, ultimately qualifying via the descending order list to the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Personal best in the long hurdles, a time of 55.35, came at the Double Dual ... Finished his freshman year with a 14th-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles (56.02) at the conference meet.

High School: 2012 graduate of Sedona Red Rock High School, where he competed in football for two years and basketball and track & field for four years ... Holds school records in the high jump (6-8), the 300-meter hurdles (39.21), and the 110-meter hurdles (14.9) ... Helped his team to a Arizona Division 3 state title his sophomore year ... Won individual state titles in the 300m hurdles his senior year and was the state runner-up in the high jump and the 110-meter hurdles his senior year.

Personal: Born Nov. 5, 1993 to Joel and Jana Oestmann in Cottonwood, Ariz. ... Has one sister, Whitney ... Enjoys waterskiing and hiking in his spare time ... Chose NAU for the great program and phenomenal coaching ... Most memorable sports moment was his state title in the 300-meter hurdes; he got off to a bad start, but battled back to pass the leader on the last hurdle ... Person he admires most is Lew Hoyt, his high jump coach at Sedona Red Rock; Hoyt is a Vietnam veteran, a survivor of tongue cancer, the 1963 national high jump champ, and was the fifth man ever to clear seven feet in the high jump ... Father Joel also attended NAU in the 1970s