2005-06: Academic All-GLVC, recipient of Lewis' Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a Deans' List student both semesters ... posted an NCAA indoor provisional qualifying mark of 15-7 in the pole vault at Illinois State's Earlybird Invitational before sustaining a season-ending injury.

2004-05: A spring Deans' List student ... tied for fourth in the pole vault and placed sixth in the long jump at GLVC outdoor ... won the pole vault with an NCAA indoor provisional qualifying mark of 15-6 at Lewis Opener ... third in the pole vault and fifth in the 200 hurdles at GLVC indoor ... third in the 200 hurdles and seventh in the long jump at Chicagoland indoor.

High School/Other: Earned three varsity letters in track and field as a pole-vaulter and multi-events athlete ... as a junior, was conference champion in the 300-meter hurdles and 4x400 relay, helping lead Pekin to the conference title ... competed in the state meet as a sophomore ... also lettered four years in soccer ... all-conference, team captain and the team's Most Valuable Player as a junior and senior ... Mid-State All-Star Team selection as a senior ... tallied 34 goals and 39 assists in his four-year career.

Personal: Son of Steve and Jean Grys ... special education/elementary education major ... in 2001, finished eighth in the pole vault at the USATF national meet and fifth at a national invitational meet.