2020: Earned his first career All-BIG EAST honor with a third place finish in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championships ... Competed three times during the season;
Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/18): Cleared the bar in the high jump at a height of 1.85 meters in his first meet of the year;
FastTrack National Invitational (2/14): Came in eighth in the invitational section of the high jump with a successful clearance at 1.89 meters;
BIG EAST Championships (3/2): Made it over the bar at a height of 1.95 meters in the high jump to tie his best collegiate mark and finish third to earn All-BIG EAST honors for the first time in his career ... Scored six team points to help Villanova win its third consecutive indoor BIG EAST title.
2019: Scored team points in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championships ... Competed exclusively in the high jump at four meets during the season;
Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Made his collegiate debut at the indoor season opener and came in fourth in the high jump with a height of 1.95 meters;
Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/26): Cleared the bar at a height of 1.94 meters at the meet;
FastTrack National Invitational (2/8): Came in 12th with a height of 1.89 meters;
BIG EAST Championships (2/23): Matched a season-best mark with a height of 1.95 meters in the high jump ... Came in fourth place to score valuable team points towards the Wildcats clinching their fifth BIG EAST team title in the last six years.
2021: Competed twice in the high jump during the year and scored at the BIG EAST Championships for the fourth time in his career;
Philadelphia Big 5 Meet (4/3): Tied for a seventh place finish in his season debut with a mark of 1.85 meters in the high jump;
BIG EAST Championships (5/14): Recorded an eighth place finish in the high jump at the conference meet with a successful clearance at a height of 1.85 meters.
2019: Competed four times in the high jump and was one of four Wildcats to score in the event at the BIG EAST Championships;
Penn Challenge (3/23): Tied for a seventh place finish with a height of 1.86 meters at the outdoor season opener;
Sam Howell Invitational (4/6): Cleared the bar at 1.93 meters to tie for eighth place at Princeton;
Mason Spring Invitational (4/13): Finished fifth in the high jump with a season-best mark of 1.94 meters;
BIG EAST Championships (5/10): Came in sixth in the high jump at the conference meet with a height of 1.86 meters ... One of four scorers in the event for Villanova whose combined contributions led to 20 team points as the Wildcats won the BIG EAST team title and finished off an indoor-outdoor sweep of the conference meets.
St. Charles North High School: Earned four varsity letters in track & field and three in soccer … Also played freshman basketball … As a senior was the track & field MVP and was named his school’s Male Athlete of the Year … Selected as one of Most Valuable Athletes in Northern Illinois by
Shaw Media his senior year … In track & field was a two-time all-state performer, a two-time Kane County All-Area honoree and earned all-conference honors three straight years from his sophomore through senior seasons … Three-time state qualifier in the high jump, with a runner-up finish at the state meet as a junior and an eighth place finish as a senior … Was the Upstate Eight Conference outdoor River Division champion in the high jump his junior and senior seasons, and also ran on the champion 4x200 meter relay as a junior … Ran on the 4x200 relay at the state meet his junior and senior years … An academic all-conference selection all four years … In soccer was named to the Chicagoland All-State Team as a junior and a senior … Also was a two-time all-section, all-area and first team all-conference honoree … As a senior was the Defensive MVP of the his school’s varsity squad and was named the Kane County Prep Athlete of the Week during the season … Named to the Top 40 Illinois Boys Watch List as a senior … Earned academic all-conference honors all four years … Also played four years for the Strikers Soccer Club … Three-year member of the National Honor Society … Two-year member of the North Star Scholar-Athletes Club as well as Key Club International … Achieved High Honors status and was an Illinois State Scholar as a senior.
Personal: Born 12/27/99 in Elmhurst, Ill. … Younger of two children of Eric and Kelli Willis … Has an older sister, Lauren … Mother played college tennis at Illinois State and sister was a member of the soccer team at Northern Illinois … Enjoys playing basketball, spike ball and volleyball … Other hobbies include movies and spending time with family and friends … Chose to attend Villanova for the sense of community within the campus and the combined academic and athletic prestige of the University … Enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences ... Economics major and Computer Science minor.
