Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: Hershey
Hometown: Hummelstown, Pa.
2005 Outdoor: Tied his personal-best height of 17'8.50" (5.40m) with his second-place finish at the NCAA Championships ... Earned eight points for Tech's men's team and his second All-America honor ... NCAA East Region and ACC pole vault champion ... Won the ACC championship by clearing 17'6.50" (5.35m) ... Claimed the NCAA East region championship by jumping 17'1" (5.21m) ... Had seven first-place finishes during the year ... Tied for second in the pole vault at the historic Penn Relays ... Finished fourth (17'4.50"; 5.30m) in the pole vault at Tennessee's SeaRay Relays.2005 Indoor: Earned first All-America honor of his Hokie career at the NCAA championships by tying his personal-best jump of 17'8.50" (5.40m) for fifth place in the pole vault event ... Set his PR of 17'8.50" (5.40m) at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet to win the event ... Cleared 16'10.75" (5.15m) to grab the ACC men's pole vault title ... Won five pole vault competitions during the season and recorded eight NCAA provisional jumps.
2004 Outdoor: Finished third at the NCAA East Region Championships with a personal best of 17'3.50" (5.26m) ... Won the BIG EAST Championship by more than a foot with a mark of 17'0.75" (5.20m) ... Won the Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech invitationals with a heights of 16'10.75" (5.15m) and 16'6" (5.03m) ... Was second at the SeaRay Relays with a mark of 16'4.75" (5.00m) ... Fourth at the Raleigh Relays, clearing 16'0.75" (4.90m).
2004 Indoor: Redshirted.
2003 Outdoor: Was the conference champion at the BIG EAST meet, clearing 16'4.75" (5.00m) ... Finished first at the FAMU Relays and fifth at the Raleigh Relays with a mark of 16'0.75" (4.90m).
2003 Indoor: Finished second at the BIG EAST indoor meet with a height of 16'8.75" (5.10m) ... Had an indoor best of 16'10.75" (5.15m) at the Tech Last Chance meet.
2002 Outdoor: Redshirted.
2002 Indoor: Placed first at Father Diamond in the pole vault ... Vaulted a season-high 16'05" (5.01m) feet at the Tech Last Chance meet ... Took home second place at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet ... Tied for third at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Top freshman at the BIG EAST Championships with a fourth-place finish.
High School: 2001 Pennsylvania state champion in the pole vault during both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Penn Relays pole vault champion ... Two-time conference champion for coach Robert Watson at Hershey ... Holds the conference record of 15'10" (4.83m) in the pole vault.
Personal: Born January 9, 1983, in Durham, N.C. ... Son of Mark and Judy Mondschein ... Father is a former PIAA pole vault record holder and state champion ... Grandfather was an Olympian and NCAA high jump champion ... Mechanical engineering major ... Career goal is to design cars.
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