2012-13

Indoor: Finished in the top-three in five consecutive meets...Vaulted to a first-place finish at the Redbird Open with a mark of 14-11.50 (4.56m) to open up the season...Notched a third-place finish at the Wisconsin Elite meet with a vault of 15-09.00 (4.80m)...Finished second at the IWU Invite with a mark of 15-05.75 (4.72m)...Concluded the season with a personal-best vault of 16-01.25 (4.91m) at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships.

Outdoor: Finished in the top-three for five consecutive meets, including two first-place finishes...Notched a first-place finish with a vault of 15-07.00 at the Jim Duncan Invitational...Captured a second first-place finish at the Wisconsin Open with a vault of 15-03.00...Concluded his season with a personal-best vault of 15-11.25 to place third at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships.

2011-12

Indoor: Vaulted to three top-five finishes in the pole vault ... took fifth at the Early Bird Invitational (Dec. 3) with a height of 13-00.00 ... followed with a fourth-place performance at the Indiana State Dual (Jan. 14) with a mark of 14-05.50 ... set a career-mark at the Big Meet (Feb. 10), reaching a height of 14-11.00 ... finished 18th at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25) with a height of 14-05.25.

Outdoor: Finished fifth at the ISU vs. SIU Dual (April 7) in the pole vault with a height of 14-11.00 ... vaulted to a fifth-place finish at the Lenny Lyles Invitational (April 20) with a height of 14-05.25 ... broke the 15-00.00 barrier for the first time at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11), finishing 12th with a height of 15-03.00.

PRIOR TO ISU

St. Joseph-Ogden High School: Placed sixth at the IHSA Track & Field Championships in the pole vault his senior year with a height of 14-6 ... took first place at the Spartan Classic in the pole vault, hitting a mark of 14-0 ... took fourth at the IHSA Track & Field Championships junior year in the pole vault with a height of 13-9.

Personal: Born 9/6/1992 ... son of Bill and Suzanne Jean ... has one sibling, Kathryn ... plans to major in industrial computer systems.