Personal Bests
Indoor
Shot Put: 55-0 (16.76m) (2/7/20)
Weight Throw: 59-4 3/4 (18.10m) (1/26/19)
Outdoor
Shot Put: 52-2 1/2 (15.91m) (4/6/19)
Hammer Throw: 171-10 (52.37m) (4/27/18)
NCAA Championships
2020 (I): SP - Qualified
Big Ten Championships
2020 (I): SP - 50-4 (15.34m) (11th)
2019 (O): SP - 49-7 3/4 (15.13m) (12th)
2019 (I): SP - 49-2 1/4 (14.99m) (12th); WT - 55-5 3/4 (16.91m) (21st)
2018 (O): SP - 49-0 1/4 (14.94m) (16th)
2018 (I): SP - 45-9 3/4 (13.96m) (17th)
2017 (O): SP - 43-5 (13.23m) (20th)
2017 (I): SP - 45-10 3/4 (13.99m) (18th)
Honors
USTFCCCA All-America Team (Shot Put - 2020 Indoor)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2020, 2021)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020, 2021)
Academic All-Big Ten (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2016, 2019, 2020; Spring 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Sam Foltz Hero 27 Leadership Award (2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2018, 2019, 2020)
2020 (Senior/COVID-19 Pandemic)
Indoor: Earned USTFCCCA All-America accolades by qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships as the 15th seed in the shot put before the meet was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic...finished 11th in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a throw of 52-4 3/4 (15.97m)...set a shot put PR of 55-0 (16.76m) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational, the No. 4 mark in NU history...had a season-best weight throw distance of 56-4 (17.17m) at the Graduate Classic...won the shot put title at the Graduate Classic, adidas Classic, Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.
2019 (Junior)
Indoor: Finished 12th in the shot put with a throw of 49-2 1/4 (14.99m) and 21st in the weight throw with a mark of 55-5 3/4 (16.91m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...set a PR in the weight throw with a toss of 59-4 3/4 (18.10m) at the Mark Colligan Memorial...won the shot put at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a season-best distance of 50-10 (15.49m).
Outdoor: Placed 12th in the shot put at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a toss of 49-7 3/4 (15.13m)...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the shot put and was 33rd with a mark of 50-0 (15.24m)...set a PR in the shot put at the Husker Invitational with a mark of 52-2 1/2 (15.91m)...threw a season-best in the hammer throw at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a toss of 164-0 (49.98m)...won the shot put title at the Herm Wilson Invitational and Bobcat Invitational.
2018 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Finished 17th in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a mark of 45-9 3/4 (13.96m)...set a season-best in the shot put and placed fifth at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a heave of 49-4 1/2 (15.05m)...won the weight throw at the Mark Colligan Memorial with a season-best mark of 55-5 1/2 (16.90m).
Outdoor: Placed 16th in the shot put at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a heave of 49-0 1/4 (14.94m)...finished fifth with a season best of 171-10 (52.37m) in the hammer throw at the Texas Tech Corky/Crofoot Shootout...earned a second place finish in the shot put at the UCSD Triton Invitational.
2017 (Freshman)
Indoor: Set a season best in the weight throw at the Mark Colligan Memorial with a mark of 50-10 (15.49m)...finished 18th in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships at 45-10 3/4 (13.99m)...set a shot put season best of 46-8 1/4 (14.23m) at the Nebraska Tune-Up.
Outdoor: Set season bests in the shot put at 48-2 (14.68m) and in the hammer throw with a mark of 159-2 (48.52m) at the Husker Spring Invitational...placed 20th in the shot put at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.
2016 (Redshirt)
Indoor: Redshirted...competing unattached, set season bests in the shot put, 47-4 1/4 (14.43m), and weight throw, 49-5 1/2 (15.07m).
Outdoor: Redshirted...competing unattached, set an outdoor shot put season best of 47-0 3/4 (14.34).
Before Nebraska
Attended Holy Trinity Diocesan in Hicksville, New York...set a state best in the shot put of 46-5 (14.14m) and recorded a weight throw best of 47-8 (14.58m) as a senior... was the Division 1 New York state shot put champion...also recorded a personal best in the discus of 147-6 (44.95m)...finished third at the New York state meet...was an eight-time CHSAA city champion and four-time CHSAA MVP.
Personal
Born Jan. 10, 1997...parents are Vincenzo and Kathleen...major is fine art.