First year on the Hofstra cross country roster...Joined the Pride team after the 2008 season...High School: Was a three-year varsity member of the cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Syosset High School...All-county outdoor track and field selection in 2006...Three-time county champion in the pole vault, winning indoors as a junior and senior and outdoors as a senior...Four-time sectional state qualifier in the pole vault...New York Empire State Games qualifier in the decathlon in 2006 and 2007...Selected Syosset's Most Valuable Athlete in both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a senior...Received the Braves' Coaches' Award in both seasons as a junior...Personal: Born March 7, 1990...Has two brothers and three sisters...Enjoys weight-lifting, surfing and watching television in his free time...Aspires to a career in medicine...Volunteers as a youth track coach...Dean's list student in 2009...Biology major.