highjumper (2022-2023)

Professional:
-3 years as World Class/Professional Athlete (High Jumper 7'8.5"). Sponsored by NIKE. Highest Ranking = 2nd in World. Extensive world travel, public speaking, etc.
-4 years in Banking - Vice Presidnt, Commercial/Ag Lender, Branch Manager.
-Member of Rotary Club-President Elect, Chamber of Commerce, Cancer Relay for Life, Choices for Youth.

Collegiate:
2 time NCAA High Jump Champion (6 time All-American)
2nd highest jump in collegiate history (7'8.5")
JP Morgan Wall Street Fellows Scholar
CoSIDA Academic All-American
Cum Laude
Finance Club
Students In Free Enterprise
Student Athlete Advisory Council-President

Other Acheivement:
-Placed in the top 2/3 of my class at several spelling bees in grade school.
-Won 3 stuffed animals at a single carnival booth. (I seriously outsmarted that Carney! I reckon he was pretty highly ranked at his job based on the length of his mullet and the stains on his wife-beater)
-I won a scratch-n-sniff sticker of a car (it smelled like gasoline! no lie!) in 1st grade.
-I'm the father of Superman/Spiderman (he has an identity crisis) and the Tasmanian Devil (at least my two little boys think so!)

Applied to a bunch of schools last year. Decided to wait a year due to extraordinary circumstances.

2005-06 Cycle:

Seattle U - Accepted $$
U of Utah - Accepted
Arizona State - Accepted
UC Davis - Accepted ( I planned to attend Davis)
UCLA - Waitlist, Rejected (Elated to make the Waitlist!)
BYU - Waitlist, Rejected
U of Arizona - Waitlist, Rejected
Berkeley - Rejected
George Washington - Rejected
U of Washington - Rejected

2006-07 Cycle:

Willamette - Accepted with $22,000/year
WITHDREW

Seattle U - Accepted with $9,000/year
WITHDREW

U of Denver - Accepted with $17,600/year
WITHDREW

U of Utah - Accepted - 1/31/07
Another readmit! This would be so convenient and cheap!

Lewis & Clark - Accpeted with $12,000/year - 2/10/07
WITHDREW

UC Davis - Accepted! - 2/15/07
Yes!!!!!!!! Thank you Online Status Checker that I love and hate! I was worried that they wouldn't readmit me, but they were quite fast with my acceptance. I'm 100% sold on Davis (loved my visit last year and planned to attend), but the key is my wife. She's not so sure. We'll be going to the March 10 admitted student day. Hopefully she loves it!

U of Oregon - Accepted with $7,000/year - 2/26/07
WITHDREW

Arizona State - Accepted - 5/05/07
Batting 1.000! What to do?

UC Davis it is! I hope to see some of you at King Hall this fall!