Deon McAdoo                  Hometown: LaVergne, Tenn. High School: LaVergne Height / Weight: 6-0 / 201 Event: Throws Year (XC/In/Out): So./So.

Member of 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Indoors

• Reached 54-2.5 in the weight throw at the league meet, finishing 24th
• Threw the weight 52-5.50 at the Tyson Invitational to place 19th
• Finished 37th in the Championship division of the weight throw at the Armory Invitational, reaching a distance of 47-5.75
• Placed tenth at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge with a toss of 51-3
• Competed in the weight throw at the Virginia Tech Invitational, finishing fifth with a distance of 53-1.75
• Tossed the weight a personal best 54-1.75 at the Kentucky Invitational

Honors - None...Indoors - Opened his career with a toss of 50-2 to place seventh in the weight throw at the Kentucky Invitational...Improved his PR to 50-9 1/2 in a 10th-place finish at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge...Outdoors - Competed in his first SEC Championship and carded a 12th-place toss of 155-11 in the hammer throw...In his first outdoor competition as a Vol, he placed third in the hammer throw with a PR toss of 166-4...Finished eighth in the hammer at the Tennessee Challenge at 157-10...Had a toss of 159-8 in the hammer at Sea Ray Relays and a mark of 159-11 at the Vanderbilt Invitational.

Honors - Made the SEC Academic Honor Roll...Indoors - Redshirted...Outdoors - Redshirted.

Finished second in the discus with a career-best toss of 153 feet and placed 13th in the shot at the 2010 Tennessee AAA State Championships...Thirteenth in the discus as a junior...Second in the discus and third in the shot at the TSSAA AAA Section 2 meet...Member of the Beta Club and graduated with honors from LHS.

Born Jan. 12, 1992, in Nashville, Tenn....Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences and interested in finance as a major...Parents are Marcus and Janet Buchanan...Siblings are Tamera, Kevin and Marcos.