Arizona
2004 (Senior): Expected to be a strong contributor at the conference and regional levels for the Wildcats... 2003 (Redshirt Junior): Made a lot of progress during the 2003 season... Qualified for the MPSF and Pac-10 Championships during the indoor season... Finished the season with a personal record jump of 48-1 ¼ in the triple jump... 2002 (Junior): Sat out the 2002 season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Simon Fraser University
Earned NAIA All-American honors as a freshman in the long jump... Member of the 4x400m relay national championship squad... Had a personal best long jump of 7.20m... Named Freshman of the Year for the 1999-2000 season.
High School
St. Thomas More Collegiate High School, Surrey, B.C., Canada: Named MVP for five years in track and field... Named best offensive player in football as a freshman and best defensive player at the junior varsity level... Also played basketball in high school as a forward... Named team captain in 1998 and 1999... Independent league aggregate winner from 1995-1999... Honor Roll student throughout high school... Winner of the Harry Jerome Academic and Athletic Scholarship during his senior year... Named STMC Knight of the Year in eighth, ninth, 10th and 12th grades... Provincial high school long jump champion for two years... Provincial 4x100m champion and runner-up in the 4x400m... Played second at the Junior National Championships in the long jump... Member of the 1999 Canadian Junior National team for the Pan Am Junior Games, competing in the long jump, triple jump and 4x100m... Placed fourth in the long jump at the Pan Am Junior meet... Broke the school long jump record for grades 8-12, as well as the hurdles record for grade 10.
Personal
Michael Asi Mensah... Born 10-5-81, in Bronx, N.Y... Son of Samuel and Grace Mensah... Has one sister, Yvonne, who will be a freshman on the University of Illinois track and field team... Enjoys watching television, reading, listening to music and dancing... Majoring in physiology at UA and would like to pursue a career in sports medicine or as a chiropractor.
