Brad Holtz Class: Junior Hometown: Barrington, R.I. High School: Barrington Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185 Event: Pole Vault

Major-Psychology.

2008 Outdoor-Returned focus exclusively to the pole vault after also contesting the heptathlon indoors ... Tied his personal-best clearance of 16-10 3/4 and finished third at the season-opening Baldy Castillo Invitational while also throwing the javelin 158-1 and running the 100 in a personal-best time of 11.62 (March 22) ... Finished second in the pole vault with a 16-0 3/4 clearance in front of the home crowd at the Smoky Mountain Twilight (May 6) ... Tied for second at the Tiger Track Classic with the same 16-0 3/4 height (April 5) ... Placed third in the pole vault at the Vanderbilt Invitational after clearing the bar at 16-2 3/4 (April 19) ... Tied for sixth at the Sea Ray Relays with a 16-6 3/4 clearance (April 12) ... Tied for 11th at the NCAA Mideast Region Championships with his 16-7 1/4 clearance (May 31).

2008 Indoor-Finished eighth in his the first heptathlon of his career after scoring 4,272 points at the Penn State National Invitational (Jan. 25-26) ... Upped his personal-best pole vault clearance by four inches with his 16-10 3/4 vault at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 12) ... Tied for second in the pole vault at the Rod McCravy Memorial (Feb. 2) ... Tied for sixth in the pole vault with a 16-4 3/4 clearance at the SEC Indoor Championships (March 2) ... Tied for ninth with a pole vault clearance of 16-6 at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 22) ... Tied for 12th in the championship section of the pole vault at the New Balance Invitational (Feb. 9) ... Finished 12th in the long jump at the Big Ten-SEC Challenge (Jan. 19).

2007 Outdoor-Won Comeback of the Year Award, along with departing senior Andy Baksa, at team banquet ... Lettered after tying his personal-best clearance of 16-6 3/4 to place fifth in the pole vault and contribute to Tennessee's team title at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 12) ... Was part of a Vol quartet that scored 24.5 points in the pole vault alone at the conference championship meet ... Cleared a new personal-best height of 16-6 3/4 and finished third in front of the home crowd at the Smoky Mountain Twilight (May 1) ... Tied for second after clearing the bar at 16-0 3/4 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (April 21) ... Placed fifth with a 16-0 3/4 clearance at the Sea Ray Relays (April 13) ... Tied for fifth at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 31) ... Tied for sixth in the invitational section of the Alabama Relays (March 25).

2007 Indoor-Concluded fall training with a sixth-place, 15-1 finish at the Clemson Opener (Dec. 2) ... Recorded a season-best clearance of 16-0 3/4 at the McCravy Memorial (Jan. 20) ... Cleared 15-11 and finished 11th at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 13) ... Returned to Blacksburg and finished ninth with a 15-9 clearance at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 16) ... Tied for 13th at the SEC Indoor Championships after clearing 15-3 (Feb. 25).

2006 Outdoor-Redshirted due to illness ... Tied for fifth with a clearance of 15-1 at the season-opening Hurricane Invitational ... Tied for third with a vault of 15-1 at the Disney World Invitational (March 25) ... No-heighted at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (April 1), his last competition of the season.

2006 Indoor-Opened his collegiate career with a vault of 15-5 to tie for fifth at the Hoosier Open (Jan. 7) ... Finished sixth with vaults of 15-7 at the Kentucky Invitational (Jan. 14) and the Gator Invitational (Jan. 21) ... Tied for third at the Tennessee Indoor Classic with a vault of 15-7 (Feb. 17) ... Cleared the bar at a personal-best height of 16-4 3/4 to tie seven other vaulters, but was awarded ninth place after the tiebreakers at the SEC indoor championships (Feb. 26) ... Was the only freshman to clear a height at the conference championship meet.

High school-Owns a career-best pole vault clearance of 15-9 to win the New Haven Invitational ... Won the 2004 New England championship with a 14-6 pole vault clearance as a junior ... Took the pole vault championship at the 2004 Rhode Island state high school meet with a 14-5 leap ... Also won the pole vault at the division and class meets in 2004 ... As a junior, won the pole vault at the Rick Schomp Invitational, Bishop Hendricksen Invitational, Warwick Vets Invitational, Bay State Games and Junior Olympics Region I championship ... His 15-0 clearance at the Bay State Games set a meet record ... Jumped 15-6 at a third-place outing at the New England regional pole vault championship in July 2004 ... As a sophomore, finished third at the 2003 Rhode Island state high school meet and eighth at the New England championship ... Was the only freshman to qualify for the state high school championship ... Won the 2002 division title and took second at the class championship as a freshman.

Personal-Full name is Bradley Russell Holtz ... Born Nov. 11, 1986 in Reston, Va. ... Parents are Ira and Lauren Holtz ... Family also includes younger sisters Jenny and Sally.