Patrick Stuart Class: Junior Hometown: Glasgow, Ky. High School: Barren County Position: Throws Experience: SO/SO

Personal Bests
Indoor:
Shot Put 46-2.5
Weight Throw 46-1.25
Outdoor:
Shot Put 45-8 (HS)
Discus 125-0 (HS)

2009-10: Competed in both the shot put and the weight throw during the indoor season...Reached a top distance of (14.30 meters) in the weight throw at the dual meet vs. Milwaukee to finish fifth...Notched a top shot put toss of (14.08 meters) at the Badger Quadrangular on Jan. 16 to finish eighth...Did not compete during the outdoor season.

High School: Stuart was a four-time letterwinner in high school, participating in cheer, soccer and track and field... In 2005 Stuart earned his letter as goal keeper for soccer...2005-2009 was awarded the M.V.P award, best attitude, and male captain award for his participation in cheer...2005-2008 was the captain of the boys track and field team.... In 2005 was awarded as the AAU indoor national southern champion 2008 was named the Kentucky State Shot put Champion accompanied with winning Fifth place in discus at State.... Also in 2009 at the Nike Nationals Emerging Elite in shot put he took second place....In 2008, took sixth place in the USATF Nationals shot put, improving upon his eighth place finish in 2005...Held third place at the 2009 Mobile Meet of Champions... Competed in the 2009 Nike Indoor Nationals as well as the Nike Outdoor Emerging Elite competitions.

Personal: Stuart was born July 27, 1990 to Howard and Shannon Stuart in Las Vegas, Nevada...Stuart has one younger sibling, Devon...Uncle Jesse, who threw shot put and discus at Western Kentucky, holds the indoor national shot put record at 71 feet, 11.5 inches.. The Stuarts (his father and uncles) are the only family to have had three brothers throw over 60 feet in the shot put... Plans to major in accounting.