Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his senior season with the Pomona-Pitzer Track and Field team, where he competes in the discus...Also a member of the Sagehens Football team, where he has played linebacker, defensive end, and fullback...2014: Finished 10th at the SCIAC Championships in the javelin with a throw of 152 feet, one inch, as well as 11th in the discus with a throw of 126 feet...High School: Attended J.K. Mullen High School in Denver, where he competed on the football, track and wrestling teams...Ranked No. 19 in the state in the discus as a junior and senior (Class 4A)...Had multiple top five places in the discus and three first place medals as a senior...Earned the second place medal in the open section of the Mt. Sac meet...Helped the Mustangs to back-to-back Colorado State 5A championships in football in 2008 and 2009 (as a junior and senior)...Was honorable mention all-conference in 2009...Two-time winner of the Team First award, as well as the Football Scholastic Achievement Award and the Best Look award...Helped his team to a 14-0 record as a senior, when it was ranked No. 21 in the nation by Rivals and No. 24 by Max Preps...Mustangs won three conference championships in his three years as a letter winner...Was a part of a 34-game win streak that started in 2008 and ended in 2011...Also won four letters in track and two in wrestling...Was a regional wrestling qualifier in 2008 at 160 pounds and earned two top-five tournament places as a sophomore...Was a four-time academic first-team All-Colorado selection...Maintained a 4.1 GPA...Three-time recipient of the Torch Award (Mullen's highest athletic/scholastic honor)...Received a congressional nomination to the United States Air Force Academy...Won eight individual outstanding class awards at Mullen, and two presidential outstanding student awards...Personal: Attending Pomona College, where he majors in physics...Currently building an adaptive optics instrument for Pomona's 1-meter telescope at the Table Mountain Observatory for his thesis...Father is a firefighter and a Colorado Safety Officer for FEMA, and mother is an executive assistant...Has one brother, who is a pre-med student at the University of Colorado...Hobbies include playing the guitar and boating...Favorite athlete is John Lynch...Favorite movies are The Guardian and Step Brothers, and favorite books are the Ender's Game series...Lists Astronomy 51 as the most interesting course he has taken while at Pomona...Lists Pat Tillman as the public figure he most admires...Has volunteered coaching at CSU-Pueblo and with his neighborhood youth flag football team, as well as at the World Vision Center in Colorado...Would recommend Pomona because "it is an incredible academic institute surrounded by palm trees and nice people. What else do you need?"