Nick Byom

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Gilson, IL
High School:
Knoxville

2007-08: Won the high jump at the Notre Dame Invitational with a leap of 6-7...Registered a second place finish in the high jump at the Notre Dame Blue and Gold Invitational during the indoor season with a jump of 6-5...Finished sixth and set an outdoor career-high in the high jump, reaching a height of 6-6.75 at the Baldy Castillo Invitational at Arizona State...Recorded a fifth place finish with a leap of 6-6 at the Mike Poehlein Invitational.

High School: Byom was a four-time letterwinner in track and field as well as a three-time letterwinner in both basketball and football... Byom was an all-state performer twice in the high jump and in 2007 finished as the state runner-up in the indoor high jump ... He was captain of both his football and basketball teams and earned all-conference accolades in both sports....

Personal: Byom was born on April 15, 1989 to Hillard and Karen Byom... Has a sister, Christina, 16, and a brother, Heath, 13... Byom plans to major in Biomedical Sciences.