Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2012 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Threw apersonal best 42.93 m in the discus throw at the WinthropInvitational … Finished fourth in the event … Alsorecorded a personal best in the shot put, throwing 12.75 m to take16th place at the Coastal Carolina Invitational … Finished16th in the discus throw at 2013 Big South Outdoor Track &Field Championships, achieving a distance of 41.35 m … Tookninth in the discus throw (40.90 m) at the Carolina’s Cup… Achieved the 11th best shot put distance (12.73 m) at theWinthrop Invitational … Member of the 2011-12 Big SouthPresidential Honor Roll.

2011-12 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Set apersonal best at the Big South Conference Indoor Championships inShot Put with a throw of 12.51m...Finished 16th in this event...Also competed for Gardner-Webb at the Niswonger Invitational andDick Taylor Invitational.

2011 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Recorded a21st-place finish in the discus throw with a mark of 33.48 metersat the 2011 Big South Outdoor Track & Field Championships ...Posted a seventh-place finish in the discus throw with a personalbest mark of 33.74 meters at the Carolina's Cup ... Placed 11thoverall in the discus throw at the Terrier Relays with a distanceof 32.78 meters ... Also finished 11th in the discus throw event atthe Asics/Winthrop Invitational with a mark of 30.62 meters ...Turned in a throw of 28.47 meters in the discus throw event at the49er Classic.

2010-11 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Didnot compete.

High School: Attended nearby Crest HighSchool in Shelby, N.C. ... Was a North Carolina Scholar ... Also amember of the Beta Club.

Personal: Andy Tyler Scates was born onJanuary 16, 1991 in Shelby, N.C. ... Son of Doug and Lou Ann Scates... Majoring in Communications with a concentration in GraphicDesign.