Academic Notes: Undecided regarding his major of study … Graduated Desert Vista High School last spring with a cumulative 3.89 GPA

2017: Competed at six indoor meets … Registered a mark in the triple jump at indoor conference in Pocatello … Added four more meets to his schedule during the outdoor season … Leapt his way to a PR in the long jump at the Jim Click Shootout (6.69m, 21' 11.5") … Competed in both the long and triple jump events at outdoor championships

High School: Three-sport athlete at Desert Vista High School: four years in both football and track & field, and a single season played as a basketball player … Four-year starter, three-year football captain and second-team All-Conference his junior year … Four-year letterwinner, two-year captain of the DVHS track & field team … Named Desert Vista’s “Jumper of the Year” and also received the leadership award during the track & field season … Received academic honors during his single season playing basketball … Named “Defensive Player of the Year” during the football season

Personal: Born on September 26, 1997 … Hobbies include cutting hair … Most memorable moment in his athletic career is when his football team won the state championship game by 30 points, as well as when he recorded a triple-jump mark of 45’7” at the Sun Angel meet … Person he admires most is his mother “because no matter what, she has always been there for support” … Chose NAU because Coach Townsend is awesome and wanted something different than what he is used to