University of South Alabama Athletics

2018: Outdoor— Earned three points for the Jaguars with a sixth-place, 57.57m hammer throw at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships … Had a fifth-place discus throw of 42.44m at the South Alabama Invitational … Claimed a top-10 finish at the Florida Relays with a 57.06m hammer throw … Season-long discus throw of 44.22m came at the Jaguar Classic, where he also claimed fourth place in the hammer throw (55.08m) … Took the runner-up spot in the hammer throw (57.64m), third in the shot put (14.01m) and fourth in the discus event (43.97m) at the Jaguar Opener.  Indoor— Finished fourth in the weight throw and claimed sixth in the all-time USA record books with a 17.98m effort at the Samford Invitational … Earned top-five weight throw finishes at the Jaguar Invitational (fifth, 17.28m), Samford January Invitational (fourth, 15.92m) and Vanderbilt’s Commodore Invitational (fourth, 15.89m). 

2017: Outdoor— Finished fourth in the Sun Belt Conference Championships hammer throw with a toss of 59.54m ... Finished third in the hammer at the Southern Miss Open ... Placed fourth in the Tiger Track Classic hammer event ... Threw a personal-best 58.44m in the hammer at the Samford Track Challenge.  Indoor— Placed eighth in the Sun Belt Conference Championships weight throw with a 16.90m throw ...  Set a personal record in weight throw with a 17.35m mark at the Samford Invite to place fourth ... Finished seventh in the weight throw (16.99m) at the South Alabama Invitational ... Had a 16.63m mark in the weight throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational ... Placed fifth in weight throw at the UAB Blazer Invitational with a 16.64m effort. 

2016: Outdoor— Finished 10th in the Sun Belt Conference Championships hammer throw with a mark of 52.74m … Placed ninth in the War Eagle Invitational hammer throw, recording a 51.21m mark … Finished second in the Heart of Dixie Brawl hammer throw (55.16m) … Placed third in the hammer throw (53.54m) at the Jaguar Classic.  Indoor— Placed 13th in the Samford Invitational weight throw with a mark of 15.31m … Finished eighth in the hammer at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational (51.20m).

2015: Outdoor— Competed unattached and earned third in the hammer throw (51.98m) at the Southern Miss Invitational. Indoor— Sat out as a redshirt freshman. 

High School: Lettered in football and track and field for four years at Oneonta High School … Was the AHSAA 4A State Champion in the discus… Was also the champion at the AHSAA 4A Section 3 Championships … Holds the school discus throw record … Was a member of the football team which finished as Alabama state runners-up in 2011 and 2012 and won the state championship in 2013. 

Personal: Full name is Ethan Boyd … Son of Reese and Tracy Boyd … Born Sept. 18, 1995, in Birmingham, Ala. … Oldest of three children; has a twin brother, Thomas, and younger brother, Riley … Favorite movie is “300” … Favorite sports team is the Seattle Seahawks.

Major: Medicine