2009-10 Track & Field - M Roster

Valete Graham

  • Position Jumps
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 166
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bronx, N.Y.
  • Highschool Mount St. Michael

Biography

2008-09:
Earned a spot on the 2009 USTFCCCA Division I Men's All-Academic Track and Field Team, the ESPN The Magazine District I Academic All-America Men's Track and Field Team and the America East Conference All-Academic Team (indoor/outdoor) ... Named the America East Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year outdoors ... Also made the America East Conference Academic Honor Roll (indoor/outdoor) ... Outdoors, earned All-East honors for tieing for seventh in the long jump (24-feet, 2.25-inches) at the NCAA East Regional Championship ... Fell just one centimeter shy of automatically qualifying for NCAA Nationals ... Placed seventh in the long jump (23-10.25) and 10th in the triple jump (48-3.50) at the IC4A Championship ... Won the long jump and set the school record for leaping 24-9.25 at the America East championship to garner all-conference accolades and help the squad win its fifth straight title ... Also placed fourth in the triple jump (48-0.75) ... Finished sixth in the long jump "Eastern" division (23-2) at Penn Relays ... Indoors, placed fifth in the long jump (23-5.50) and 18th in the triple jump (46-7.50) at the IC4A Championship, helping the squad claim the team title for the first time ... Finished fourth in both the long jump (23-3.50) and the triple jump (49-9) at the America East championship ... Broke the school record in the long jump, leaping 24-5, at Arkansas' Tyson Invitational ... Set what was then a program standard in the long jump with a winning mark of 24-3.75 at the Great Dane Classic.

2007-08:
Named to the 2008 USTFCCCA Division I Men's All-Academic Track and Field Team and the America East Conference Outdoor Track and Field All-Academic Team ... Also made the America East Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (indoor/outdoor) ... Finished 13th in the long jump (23-8.75) at the NCAA East Regional ... Placed fifth in the long jump (23-11.75) at the IC4A Championship ... Named all-conference for winning the long jump (24-2.50) at the America East championship ... Also finished seventh in the triple jump (44-4.75) ... Placed third in the triple jump "Eastern" division with a leap of 24-1.50 at Penn Relays ... Indoors, finished fourth in the long jump (23-5.50) at the IC4A Championship ... Placed sixth in the long jump (22-6.50) at the America East championship.

2006-07:
Earned a spot on the America East Commissioner's Honor Roll (indoor/outdoor) ... Outdoors, finished ninth in the long jump (21-9.50) at the USA Junior National Championship ... Named all-conference for finishing third in the long jump (22-9) at the America East championship ... Also placed 11th in the triple jump (41-9.75) ... Finished 19th in the long jump "Eastern" division (22-5.75) at Penn Relays ... Indoors, was named all-conference for finishing third in the long jump (22-11.25) at the America East championship ... Also placed ninth in the triple jump (43-11.75).

High School:
Four-year letterwinner in track and field at Mount St. Michael Academy ... Helped the track and field teams win three league championships ... Was a conference champion in the triple and long jump events ... Also lettered in football for three years and cross country for one season.

Personal:
2007 Enterprise Scholarship Recipient ... Majoring in psychology ... Born Nov. 6, 1988 ... Son of Valete and Mildred Graham ... Has one brother, Devon.

 

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Freshman

    Jumps
    6'0" 160 lbs
  • 2007-08Sophomore

    Jumps
    6'0" 160 lbs
  • 2008-09Junior

    Jumps
    6'0" 160 lbs
  • 2009-10Senior

    Jumps
    6'0" 166 lbs