University of South Alabama Athletics

2023: Outdoor — Fifth place finish at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships in the decathlon with 6781 points...Personal record and a second place finish in the pole vault at the Southern Miss Invitational with a mark of 4.60 meters (15'1")...Won the pole vault at the Jaguars Throwers/Pole Vault opener with a clearance of 4.42 meters (14'6")...13 Top 10 finishes...— Fourth place finish with 4986 points at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships...Personal records in the 60 meters (7.33) and the long jump 6.53 meters (21'5.25") at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships... Sixth place finish in the heptathlon at the Samford Indoor Challenge with 4656 points and a second place finish in the high jump...

2022: Outdoor — Set a personal record in the decathlon with 6,451 points at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships, finishing sixth … Finished sixth in the high jump (1.92m) at the 2022 Mississippi State Maroon and White Invitational … Part of the 4x400 relay team that finished fourth at the Southern Miss Invitational with a time of 3:33.47 … Placed third in the pole vault at the Jaguar Opener (4.20m). Indoor — Finished seventh with a personal record in the heptathlon at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (4,973 points) … Placed ninth at the Samford Multis 2022 in the heptathlon with 4,105 points. 

2021: Outdoor— Set a personal record in the pole vault with a 4.20m mark and finished fifth in the high jump (1.89m) at the Jaguar Opener ... Finished fifth and set a PR in the decathlon with 6,183 points at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... Took fifth place in the decathlon with 6,086 points at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships. Indoor— Recorded a personal-best 4,641 point performance in the heptathlon at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships.
 
2020: Outdoor— Took the runner-up spot in the high jump (1.89m), set a PR in a third-place finish in the 110m hurdles (16.10) and finished fifth in the long jump with a 6.14m mark at the Jaguar Opener. Indoor— Finished the 60m hurdles race in 9.17 seconds for a fourth-place finish at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational ... Set a PR in the 60m hurdles (9.04) at the Jaguar Invitational.
 
2019: Outdoor— Competed unattached and recorded a 6.57m long jump to finish eighth at the Jaguar Opener. Indoor— Redshirted during his first year with the program.
 
High School: Played football and ran track at Sipsey Valley High School in Northport, Ala. … Won the AHSAA State Indoor 4A-5A long jump championship in 2016 and 2018.
 
Personal: Son of Joe and Kim Shirley … Born December 2, 1999, in Northport, Ala. … Is the oldest of three children … Favorite pro sports team is the New Orleans Saints … Favorite music artist is Kenny Chesney … Likes humble people and adventures.
 
Major: Biology