University of South Alabama Athletics

2017: Outdoor  — At the Sun Belt Championship, placed third in the men’s discus throw (51.29m) and sixth in the men’s shot put (16.23m) … Threw a season-best 52.02-meter discus throw at the Southern Miss Open to place third, also placed third in the men’s shot put with a season-best 16.63-meter throw … Finished second at the Tiger Track Classic in discus (51.04m), while also placing sixth in shot put (16.05m). Indoor —  Placed fifth (15.84m) in shot put at the Sun Belt Conference Championship, 13th (14.88m) in weight throw at the same meet ... Placed second at the Samford Invite in shot put with a 16.49-meter mark … Placed third in the shot put (16.84m) at the South Alabama Invitational and ninth in the weight throw (16.11m) ... Had a personal best in shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a distance of 16.25m, third-best in school history ... Picked up first career win at the UAB Invitational with a 15.70m mark in shot put.

2016: Outdoor  — Placed seventh in the Sun Belt Conference’s men’s discus (51.10m) and seventh in the shot put (15.88m) … Earned a personal-best in shot put at the Mississippi State Invitational with a toss of 15.98m to win the the event … Placed eighth in the War Eagle Invitational in shot put (15.15m) and ninth in the discus (45.61m) … Finished ninth in the men’s shot put at the Louisiana Classic with a 15.02-meter mark and 13th in discus (43.98m).  Indoor — Finished 11th in the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships men’s shot put (15.17m) … Placed seventh in the KMS Invitational men’s shot put with a 15.18-meter toss … Placed eighth at the Commodore Invitational in the shot put (14.95m).

2015: Outdoor — Finished seventh in the discus at the Sun Belt Conference Championship with a mark of 48.39m ... Had a season-best throw of 48.85m in the event to come in fourth at Auburn's Tiger Track Classic ... Placed second in the discus at the South Alabama Invitational (46.20m) and was third in the discipline at the Emory Classic (45.54m) ... Had a 45.72m mark to come in fourth place at the Jaguar Opener ... Was third in the shot put with a 14.78m toss at the Yellow Jacket Invitational hosted by Georgia Tech ... Also finished third in the event at the Southern Miss Invitational ... Came in fourth in the shot put at the Jaguar Opener and was fifth at the South Alabama Invitational. Indoor — Competed in the weight throw and the shot put at the SBC Championship ... Season-best 14.20m mark in the shot put came at the Commodore Indoor Invitational hosted by Vanderbilt, while he was 10th in the event after recording a 14.19m throw at the Samford Invitational ... Earned a third-place finish in the shot put with a mark of 13.73m in his collegiate debut at the BSC Panther Indoor Invitational ... Added a seventh-place finish at the same meet in the weight throw.

High School: Earned four letters in track and field and three letters in football at Kimberly High School …

Personal: Full name is Matthew Scott Weinhold … Born Dec. 22, 1995, in Appleton, Wisc. … Son of Scott and Pam Weinhold … Has an older brother, Brandon, and a younger brother, Spencer … Favorite movie is “300” … Favorite sports teams are the Green Bay Packers and Real Madrid … Lists JJ Watt and Ryan Whiting as his favorite athletes … Favorite foods are pizza and chicken wings … Favorite hobbies are hunting and fishing.

Major: Pre-physical therapy