The two-day NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Nampa, Idaho.
AS A JUNIOR: Competed in 14 track and field meets, specializing in the pole vault ... won the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor crowns for the second year in a row with vaults of 5.25m ... advanced to the NCAA East Regionals ... finished second at the outdoor Louisville Cardinal Twilight (5.23m) ... also claimed second at the outdoor Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational (5.15m) ... won titles at the outdoor Texas Roadhouse Border Battle (5.10m) and the outdoor Arizona State Invitational (5.20m) ... won indoor titles at the Indiana University Relays (5.20m), Notre Dame Invitational (5.10m) and the Blue & Gold Invitational (4.85m) ... earned a monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE: First-place finish at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener ... matched a then personal best of 5.20m ... finished first at the Notre Dame Invitational (5.05m) ... BIG EAST Indoor pole vault champion (5.10m) ... vaulted 5.10m to become the Arizona State Invitational first-place finisher... first place at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships with a 5.25m ... vaulted 5.26m for a first-place finish at the Cardinal Classic ... opened the indoor season at the Blue and Gold Invitational with an effort of 5.05m ... placed second at the Indiana Relays by vaulting 5.20m ... recorded same height the following week at the Meyo Invitational ... vaulted 5.20m again at the Mount SAC Relays and vaulted 5.25m at the NCAA Regionals ... concluded season at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... vaulted 5.30m, a personal best.
AS A FRESHMAN:Opened a successful freshman campaign with a second-place pole vault finish with 4.80m at the Blue and Gold Invitational ... won the pole vault titleat the Notre Dame Indoor Opener after clearing a 4.95m ... set a personal-best of 5.27m at the Indiana Relays, earning a second-place finish ... earned his first all-BIG EAST honor with a second-place pole vault finish at 5.10m at the league's indoor contest ... opened the outdoor season with the pole vault crown at the Arizona State Invitational (5.15m) ... capped off the season with a point-scoring fourth-place finish at a height of 4.95m at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Seven-time letterwinner in track and field, soccer and football at Bishop Dwenger (Ind.) ... track and field Gatorade Indiana Player of the Year ... won the Midwest Meet of Champions with a vault of 16'-9" (5.11m) ... set a school and regional record with a 17'-0" (5.18m) vault ... finished fourth at the USA Junior National Championships ... conference champion as a junior and the regional champion as a sophomore and senior ... earned all-state and all-conference honors ... member of the National Honor Society ... born August 5, 1989, in Fort Wayne, Ind. ... son of Donald and Janet Schipper ... one of nine children ... older brother, Matt, pole vaulted at Notre Dame ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major.
