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Connor Mathis

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Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Westwood, NJ
High School:
Don Bosco Prep

Career Records

Top 10 Wake Forest Marks
No. 5 – Discus Throw (Outdoor) – 52.23m (53’3.3”)
No. 9 – Shot Put (Indoor) – 15.88m
No. 9 – Shot Put (Outdoor) – 16.29m

Collegiate PR
SP – 16.29m (53’5.5”)
DT – 52.23m (53’3.3”)
WT – 14.72m (48’3.5”)

2022 (Junior)
Outdoor: Placed 14th (shot put) and 15th (discus) at the ACC Outdoor Championship ... Six top-10 place finishes throughout the outdoor season, highest placement being fourth place in the shot put at the Bob Davidson Memorial.

Indoor: Has collected four Top-10 finishes to begin the season with his highest finish coming at the Mondo College Invitational where he placed 3rd in the Shot Put.

2021 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Placed 3rd in the Discus Throw while setting a new PR of 52.23m (171’4”) at the Tobacco Road Challenge…Placed 16th in the Shot Put with a PR throw of 16.29m (53’5.5”) while competing at the ACC Championships.

Indoor: Recorded a new PR in the Weight Toss at the Hokie Invitational with a throw of 14.72m (48’3.5”)...Finished the season with an 18th place finish in the Shot Put at the ACC Championships

2020 (Freshman)
Indoor: Had a solid freshman season, winning twice … Took first at the Mondo College Invite (2/2) with a toss of 15.15m (49-8.5) … Also won the JDL Early Bird Invitational (12/8) . . . Season-best 15.74 (51-7.75) at the ACC Championship (2/29) … Recorded the top seven shot put marks on the team in 2019-20.

High School
2019 graduate of Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, NJ . . . Three-time all-league shot put and 110m high hurdle champion . . . All-state shotput as a senior . . . Named all-county in the shot as a junior and senior . . . All-league selection in the discus as a junior and senior . . . Won the Bergen County shot put title in 2018 and 2019 . . . Was the non-public school discus champion in 2018 . . . Finished second in the state in the shot put in 2018 and 2019 . . . Holds the school record in shot put and discus . . . Also played basketball and helped the Ironmen to three league championships and the 2018 state championship . . . Member of Don Bosco’s 2016-17 basketball team that went 30-2 and won the state championship in becoming the best team in school history . . . Earned all-league honors in hoops as a senior.

Personal
Son of Kathleen and Edward Mathis . . . Sister, Elizabeth, plays soccer at Hamilton College . . . Received the Thomas A. Hamlet Memorial Scholarship for exceptional student-athletes . . . Received the state high school Sportsmanship Award . . . Member of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National English Honor Society and the National Mathematics honor Society . . . Served as a peer minister and has volunteered with Rebuilding Together Bergen County and The Seeing Eye which raises seeing eye dogs.