BEFORE SDSU: Back-to-back high jump champion for South Dakota Class A (2017 - 6-07.00, 2018 - 6-04.00) ... named runner-up in the 2016 state championships (sophomore year, 6-06.00) ... four-time all-state high jumper, named to the all-state team once for long jump ... was the 2017 Howard Wood Dakota Relays champ in the high jump (6-07.00) ... nominated for South Dakota’s Field Athlete of the Year in 2017 ... has a personal-best mark in the high jump of 6-07.00 - reaching it twice in 2017 - and 21-09.00 in the long jump ... won seven events since sophomore year of high school, including an undefeated senior year and two wins, two runner-ups junior year ... was all-conference in basketball, track, and golf while also playing football during his high school career.