Career Bests
2014
Won the Summit League Outdoor pole vault title with a mark of 16 feet, 11½ inches. Gained All-Summit League honors ... competed at the NCAA West Preliminary Round after posting 50th-best mark in West Region. Finished 28th with a mark of 16-3¼ ... posted league's best outdoor league mark (16-11½) ... won the pole vault at the Kip Janvrin Open and the USD Snowbird ... was third at the Sioux City Relays and Howard Wood Dakota Relays ... during indoor season, finished third at the USD Twilight and the Bill Bergan Invitational ... finished fifth during the indoor league championships ...
2013
Earned All-Summit League honors by winning the pole vault at the Summit League Indoor Championships with height of 17 feet, 1 inch...placed second in the pole vault at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a season high vault of 17-1¾...also placed second at the Jack Johnson Classic and the Iowa State Qualifier...won the pole vault at the USD Alumni Meet and USD Open...redshirted the outdoor season...named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
2012
Qualified for NCAA West Preliminaries in the pole vault, placing 23rd at 16-8 3/4...set a personal-best of 17-5 3/4 in pole vault at Nebraska Invitational, winning the event...earned All-Summit League honors during the indoor season after taking third at indoor championships....set school indoor record in pole vault at 17-4 1/2 at John Dalton meet in February.
Los Angeles Valley JC
Set the school record with a pole vault of 17-1...was the Western State Conference champion, and the Southern California Regional champion...also placed third in the California state championships in back-to-back years (2010 and 2011).
Prep
Holds the school record (16-1 1/4)...two-time West Valley League champion...two-time Los Angeles City Section champion...fourth-place at the 2009 California State Championships...named the 2009 School Athlete of the Year.
Personal
Son of David and Debbie Ballew...Kinesiology and Sport Science major with a minor in Health Sciences.
