Steve Michaelsen

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Newport Beach, Calif.
High School:
Newport Harbor HS

Career Results

Career Honors
- 2014 Second Team All-ACC (Indoor Shot Put)

Indoor Personal Bests
Shot Put -- 16.39m --Â 2014 Doc Hale Virginia Tech Elite
60m -- 8.16 --Â 2012Â JDL College Kick-Off Classic

Outdoor Personal Bests
Shot Put -- 16.02m --Â 2013 ACC Championships
Discus -- 51.84m -- 2013 High Point VertKlasse Meeting

2016 Outdoor
Placed third at the Campbell Invitational and seventh at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting in the discus in his two appearances ... Season-best mark wasÂ 48.76m at High Point.

2015 Outdoor
Competed in eight meets ... Three top-five discus throws and placed 19th at the ACC Championships ... Runner-up shot put showing at the Radford Highlander Invitational and a 17th-place performance at the conference meet ... Top mark in shot put was 16.17m at theÂ Georgia Spec Towns National Team Invitational, which put him in sixth, and top mark in discus was 49.00m at the ACC Championships.

2014-15 Indoor
Finished fifth in the shot put at the Wake Forest Invitational ... Finished fourth in the shot put at the Hilton Garden Innvitational...Earned a top five finish in the shot put at the Virginia Tech Challenge.

2014 Outdoor
Started the outdoor season by winning the discus throw at the Coastal Carolina Invitational ... Finished in the top five in the discus throw at the Wake Forest Open ... Finished fifth in the discus throw at the Joe Hilton Outdoor Innvitational ... Finished fourth in the discus throw in the Virginia Challenge.

2013-14 Indoor
Scored in the ACC Indoor Championships with a sixth place finish in the shot put ... Had three other top five finished during the indoor season ... Finished third at the JDL College Kickoff Classic in the shot put ... Finished first in the shot put at the Wake Forest Invitational.

2013 Outdoor
Competed in the discus at the U.S. Track and Field Junior Championships recording a throw of 51.16m ... Finished eighth at the ACC Championships in the shot put with a heave of 16.02m ... Placed fourth at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting with a throw of 15.67m and took third at the Coastal Carolina Invitational ... Placed third at the VertKlasse Meeting in the discus with a throw of 51.84m ... Finished second at the Liberty Twilight meet and third at the Coastal Carolina Invitational ... Also had a third place finish at the Raleigh Relays in the discus ... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional Meet as a true freshman ... Made finals in the discus at the ACC Championships, placing ninth and missing scoring by one place.

2012-13 Indoor
Recorded a throw of 15.49m at the ACC Championships for a personal best, finishing 10th ... Had several top-10 finishes in his freshman campaign ... Finished sixth at the Hilton Garden Innvitational with a toss of 15.41m while taking fifth at the Hokie Invitational ... Also placed fourth at the Wake Forest Invitational and third at the JDL College Kick-Off Classic.

High School
All-State performer in the discus for the past two years and an all-county selection for three years ... Picked up All-America honors in 2012 by finishing fourth in the New Balance Outdoor meet in shot put ... Placed fourth in the discus at the California State Meet ... Obtained three letters in track and field and three in football at Newport Harbor High School ... Earned all-county and all-state honors in discus and shot put in his junior and senior years ... All-county in discus his sophomore year ... Was captain of his high school football team and All Pac-5 selection ... Had offers from West Point, Air Force, Cal Poly SLO, San Diego State and Nevada for football.

Personal
Full name is Stephen Jacob Michaelsen ... Born in Los Angeles, Calif. on April 14, 1994 ... Parents are Anne Michaelsen Yahn and Don Yahn ... Attended Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Was on the honor roll for every semester in high school and completed over 100 hours of community service.