Justin Schneider Class: Sophomore Hometown: Atlanta, GA High School: Greater Atlanta Christian Height: 6-3 Event: Multi-Events Birthdate: 10/06/1988

AS A FRESHMAN: Earned his first all-BIG EAST honors with a second-place finish in the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships and a second-place finish in the decathlon at the outdoor meet ... competed in the long jump in five meets, garnering five top-10 finishes, including a second-place showing at the Notre Dame Invitational ... won the high jump at the Blue and Gold Invitational ... had three top-eight performances in the 60-meter hurdles ... finished 12th in the shot put at both the Blue and Gold Invitational and the Notre Dame Indoor Opener ... in the 110-meter hurdles, finished fifth at the Spartan Invitational and 25th at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... finished fifth in the 400m at the Eastern Michigan Invitational and 41st at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... finished eighth in the 1,000m with a time of 2:33.25 at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener ... also finished eighth in the javelin at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of 54.75m (179-7) ... recorded a vault of 4.25m (13-11 1/2) to finish 29th in the pole vault at the Meyo Invitational ... also finished 38th in the 60m in 7.53 ... finished 11th in the 200m in 23.09 at the Spartan Invitational ... ran the 800m at the Notre Dame Invitational in 1:55.71 to finish 13th ... finished third in the heptathlon at the Akron Open with 5,034 points ... also competed in the Jim Click Shootout decathlon, earning 6,810 points.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Five-sport and twelve-time letterwinner at Greater Atlanta Christian High School in Norcross (Ga.) ... four-time regional and state champion in track and field (4x400m, two-time 800m and 1600m) ... earned all-conference honors in last three seasons ... holds four school records in the 4x100m, 4x400m, 800m and the high jump ... was named Great Atlanta Christian Most Valuable Runner junior and senior years ... nabbed Sorts Champion of Greater Atlanta honors his senior season ... finished 11th at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 800m his junior season ... member of the National Honor Society ... served at student body president his senior year ... born Oct. 6, 1988 in Milwaukee, Wis. ... son of Duhi and Fredric Schneider ... youngest of three children ... brother, Johann, played baseball at Harvard ... grandfather, Fredric, played basketball at the University of Wisconsin ... plans to major in architecture at Notre Dame ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies program.