Four-time NCAA Indoor All-American
Five-time NCAA Outdoor All-American
2010, 2011 MPSF Championships Runner-Up
2012, 2014 MPSF Indoor Champion
2012 NCAA Indoor Champion
2012, 2014 Pac-12 Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
2012, 2014 West Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year
2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Bronze Medalist
Three-time Pac-10/12 Champion
2014 NCAA Indoor Championships Runner-Up
2014: Indoors, Ross started off the season by setting school records in the first two meets of the year … He cleared 7-6.5 (2.30m) in the high jump at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, finishing in first place overall and breaking Edgar Rivera-Morales’ record of 7-5 (2.26m) set in 2013 … The following meet, the Cherry & Silver Invitational, Ross broke his own school record, clearing 7-7 (2.31m), Ross sits in a six-way tie for No. 10 on the all-time indoor collegiate list for the men’s high jump … Ross won at The Armory Collegiate Invitational with a clearance of 7-5 (2.26m) and he won his second MPSF Championship in the event, clearing 7-3 (2.20m) … Ross also long jumped at The Armory Collegiate Invitational, posting a personal-best mark of 24-1 (7.34m) … The only high jump competition Ross did not win during the indoor season came at the NCAA Championships, when he earned a runner-up finish with a clearance of 7-6 (2.29m) … Outdoors, Ross won seven of the eight collegiate competitions he was entered in … He broke the school record of 7-6 (2.29m) set by James Frazier in 1980, clearing 7-6.5 (2.30m) at the UA-ASU-NAU Double Dual, senior night for Ross … Ross won his third conference title at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 7-5.75 (2.28m) … Ross and Dick Fosbury are the only two athletes in conference history to ever win three high jump titles … Ross also earned all-conference honors in the long jump (24-3.5, 7.40m – seventh place) and triple jump (50-10.25, 15.50m – third place) … Ross tied for first place at the NCAA West Preliminaries and advanced to the NCAA Championships … He took third place overall at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 7-2.5 (2.20m) … After the collegiate season, Ross tied for second place at the USA Outdoor Championships with a clearance of 7-5.75 (2.28m) … He also competed in Canada, Scotland and Oregon in professional meets.
2013: Redshirted the indoor and outdoor season … After the collegiate season, Ross competed at the 2013 USA Championships in the high jump … He tied for 12th place with a clearance of 7-0.5 (2.15m) … During the competition, Ross was suffering from calf cramps.
2012: Indoors, Ross claimed the NCAA Championship in the high jump, the first title in school history … At the NCAA Championships he won with a clearance of 7-3.75 … At the Razorback Invitational, Ross competed in the heptathlon and scored 5,269 points … During the high jump portion of the heptathlon, Ross had a personal-best clearance of 7-4.25, which tied the world record a high jump clearance during the heptathlon … He took first at the MPSF Championships with a clearance of 7-3.75 … Outdoors, Ross earned All-Pac-12 honors in the high, long, and triple jumps while claiming the league high jump title for the second-straight year … Ross post a then-personal-best mark of 7-5 in the high jump at the Tucson Elite Classic … He also posted personal-best marks of 25-4.5 in the long jump at Pac-12 Championships and 52-0.5 in the triple jump at the NCAA Championships Preliminary Round … At the NCAA Championships, Ross earned a fourth-place finish in the men's high jump competition with a clearance of 7-4.25 … Ross earned his third-straight first-team All-America honor in the high jump … In the men's triple jump, Ross earned second-team All-America honors with a jump of 51-1.5 (15.58m), good for 15th place … At the U.S. Olympic Trials, Ross cleared 7-1.75 in the preliminary round, good for a spot in the final … In the final, Ross had a personal-best clearance of 7-5.75 and took third place … That mark is tied for the second-best mark in school history … Ross did not earn a spot on Team USA even though he took third place, he failed to meet the Olympic “A” Standard of 7-7.
2011: Indoors, set a personal best at the Blue and Orange Opener with a high jump of 7-4.5 and a first-place finish … Finished second at the MPSF Indoor Championships and the Texas A&M Challenge with jumps of 7-2.25 and 7-1, respectively … Jumped 7-2.5 at the NCAA Indoor Championships and finished eighth … Outdoors, set a personal best at the dual meet with Arizona State and Northern Arizona, with a mark of 7-3 and a first-place finish … Took home the Pac-10 Outdoor Championship in the high jump with a mark of 7-2.5 … Earned himself a spot on the All-America team by jumping 7-2.5 at NCAA Championships, placing in third … At the USA Outdoor Championships, he jumped 7-0.5 and finished 12th.
2010: Earned All-America honors in the high jump at both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, placing seventh and eighth, respectively … Marked a personal-best high jump of 7-3.75 at the MPSF Indoor Championships … Also competed in the long and triple jumps.
HIGH SCHOOL: Competed at the California State Meet during his junior and senior seasons at Vista Murrieta High School ... Won the high jump with the clearance of 7-1 at the 2009 California State Championships ... Finished as runner-up in 2008 with a clearance of 6-11 … Achieved a personal best of 7-3 at a dual meet against Chapparal - the No. 2 jump among high school athletes during the year ... Also during his senior campaign, he marked 50-0 in the triple jump at the Saddle-Up Invitational ... Finished fifth at the state championships in the triple jump with a leap of 47-9 during his senior year ... High and long jump champion at the California Interscholastic Federation Championships ... An all-state student-athlete in the long jump ... Competed at the Golden West Invitational in 2008, winning the high jump ... Earned four varsity letters for track and field ... Also played basketball for four years - three at the varsity level ... In basketball, was a first-team all-league selection as a junior and a senior ... Two-year Honor Roll student-athlete.
PERSONAL: Born Nicholas Steven Ross on Aug. 8, 1991 in Oceanside, Calif. … Son of Don and Melody Baker ... Majoring in pre-family studies and human development.
