AS A FRESHMAN: Did not compete with the Irish on the season.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Two-time letterwinner in track and field and football at St. Charles Prep (Ohio) ... went undefeated in football his freshman season ... conference champion in track and field during his junior and senior campaigns ... team captain for the track and field team his senior season ... all-conference selection his junior and senior years in track and field ... holds the school shot put record of 50'11" ... National Honor Society vice president ... member of student council ... born June 25, 1991, in Columbus, Ohio ... son of Jim and Shelli ... father played basketball at Bethany College ... has two siblings ... attended same high school as Irish swimmer Marshall Sherman ... enrolled in the College of Science and is majoring in science business.