Birmingham-Southern College

Outdoor 2019: Earned All-American Honors for his third place finish in  javelin … national qualifier … US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association South/Southeast Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year … All-South/Southeast Region selection for javelin … javelin conference champion … first-team all-conference … threw a career best 65.85 for a first place finish at the Doc Anderson Invitational (Mar. 15-16) … found eight consecutive first place finishes.

Indoor 2019: Did not compete in indoor.

Outdoor 2018: All-American in javelin … national qualifier in javelin … All-Region in javelin … SAA First Team All-Conference … conference champion in javelin … threw PR in javelin (204’11”) at conference championship … found seven 1st place finishes this season.

Indoor 2018: Did not compete in Indoor.

PRIOR TO BSC: Hoover freshman javelin record holder … 2016 7A State Runner-up in javelin … 2017 7A State Champion in javelin … 2017 All-team team. 

PERSONAL: Born June 8, 1998 … son of Sallie and Troy Ballard … has two sisters, Chloe and Maggie and one brother, Hank … sister, Chloe played volleyball for Birmingham Southern 2014-2017 … brother was a member of track and field team at Birmingham Southern 2010-2014 … studying biology.