Shawn Light

Height:
6-1
Weight:
160
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Senecaville, Ohio
High School:
Meadowbrook HS

Honors
MAC Champion: Pole Vault (2012 Outdoor)
2x All-MAC: First Team (2012 Outdoor), Second Team (2014 Outdoor)

as a Senior (2014): Indoor... finished runner up at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 8) with a season-best height of 17-03.00 ... also cleared 17 feet at the Pole Vault Convention (Jan. 3), going for 17-00.75 .. placed runner-up at the Kent Dual (Jan. 17) with a jump of 16-03.25 ... Outdoor... NCAA preliminary qualifier ... just missed the top-12 cut at the prelim (May 31), placing 13th with a season-best jump of 17-03.50 ... was the league's runner-up at the MAC Championships (May 15) with a clearance of 16-07.50.

as a Junior (2013): Indoor... established a personal record with a vault of 17-06.25 at the Virginia Tech Final Qualifier (March 2) ... it was the third-best jump in the MAC and 26th in the country ... placed fourth at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23) with a jump of 16-07.25 ... Outdoor... finished fourth at the MAC Championships (May 11), clearing a height of 16-06.75 ... advanced to the NCAA Preliminary Round (May 23) where he took 19th place with a height of 16-06.75 ... placed sixth at the Texas Relays (March 28) with a personal-record clearance of 17-05.00 ... it was the second-best jump in the MAC and the 31st-best mark in the nation.

as a Sophomore (2012): Indoor... took third place at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24) with a mark of 16-09.25 ... placed seventh at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 11) with a vault of 17-00.00 ... Outdoor... MAC Champion in the pole vault with a jump of 16-08.00 at the league championships (May 10) ... recorded the third-best vault in school history at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5) with a winning clearance of 17-02.75 ... finished 23rd at the NCAA East Preliminary (May 26) with a jump of 16-11.50.

as a Redshirt Freshman (2011): Indoor... finished fifth at the Zips Invitational with a clearance of 15-07.00 ... Outdoor... recorded a PR height of 16-00.75 in the pole vault at the Duke Invitational, which was good for a third-place finish.

as a Freshman (2010): Redshirted.

at Meadowbrook HS: Cleared 14-9 in the pole vault at the Ohio Division II state meet to place third ... also placed third in the regional meet ... cleared a personal-record 15-3 in winning his district title ... named All-Eastern District in the pole vault as a senior ... had a vault of 14-4 to place second at the state indoor meet ... was the OVCA pole vault champion as a junior (12-6).