2025 Indoor Track Roster
Funches, TJ
TJ Funches
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Major:
- Hospitality Management
- Hometown:
- Birmingham, Ala.
- Prev School:
- Auburn
Bio
TJ Funches Career/Season Statistics
2025 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)
2025 (5th Year)
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West First round in the high jump when he cleared 6-11 at the Beach Opener to finish second ... Cleared the opening height of 6-8 1/4 at regionals before bowing out of the competition ... Entered seven high jump competitions during the regular season ... Placed third at the Big West Challenge Cup (6-9), third at the Battle at the Beach (6-9), and third at the Pacific Coast Invitational (6-7 1/2) ... Charted ninth at the Texas Relays (6-7 1/2) ... Finished seventh at the Big West Championships (6-7) ... Saw action in four triple jump competitions, posting a career-best 46-5 1/2 at the Big West Challenge Cup to finish sixth ... Named Academic All-Conference ... Awarded USTFCCA All-Academic honors.
Indoor: Finished sixth in the high jump (6-8 1/4) and seventh in the triple jump (45-10 3/4) at the MPSF Championships ... Opened season by placing third in the high jump and seventh in the triple jump at the Nevada Invitational ... Named as an MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (Senior)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Finished third in the high jump at the MPSF Championships (6-7) ... Season-best in the high jump of 6-8 3/4 came at the Air Force Lindeman Classic to begin the season ... Entered the Don Kirby Invitational, but did not clear a height.
Prior to LBSU: Transferred to Long Beach State from Auburn with one season of eligibility remaining … Competed in the indoor and outdoor high jump for three seasons with the Tigers … A two-time NCAA regional qualifier in the outdoor high jump … Set a new best with a clearance of 7-0 1/4 at the Texas Tech Open where he claimed the meet championship in 2023 … A two-time member of the Athletic Directors Honor Roll and a SEC Academic Team selection.
High School: Competed for four years in track and field at Helena High School … Won the Alabama state championship in the high jump.
Personal: A Hospitality Management major.
2025 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (High Jump)
2025 (5th Year)
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West First round in the high jump when he cleared 6-11 at the Beach Opener to finish second ... Cleared the opening height of 6-8 1/4 at regionals before bowing out of the competition ... Entered seven high jump competitions during the regular season ... Placed third at the Big West Challenge Cup (6-9), third at the Battle at the Beach (6-9), and third at the Pacific Coast Invitational (6-7 1/2) ... Charted ninth at the Texas Relays (6-7 1/2) ... Finished seventh at the Big West Championships (6-7) ... Saw action in four triple jump competitions, posting a career-best 46-5 1/2 at the Big West Challenge Cup to finish sixth ... Named Academic All-Conference ... Awarded USTFCCA All-Academic honors.
Indoor: Finished sixth in the high jump (6-8 1/4) and seventh in the triple jump (45-10 3/4) at the MPSF Championships ... Opened season by placing third in the high jump and seventh in the triple jump at the Nevada Invitational ... Named as an MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete.
2024 (Senior)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Finished third in the high jump at the MPSF Championships (6-7) ... Season-best in the high jump of 6-8 3/4 came at the Air Force Lindeman Classic to begin the season ... Entered the Don Kirby Invitational, but did not clear a height.
Prior to LBSU: Transferred to Long Beach State from Auburn with one season of eligibility remaining … Competed in the indoor and outdoor high jump for three seasons with the Tigers … A two-time NCAA regional qualifier in the outdoor high jump … Set a new best with a clearance of 7-0 1/4 at the Texas Tech Open where he claimed the meet championship in 2023 … A two-time member of the Athletic Directors Honor Roll and a SEC Academic Team selection.
High School: Competed for four years in track and field at Helena High School … Won the Alabama state championship in the high jump.
Personal: A Hospitality Management major.
Women's Volleyball Postgame Press Conference vs SDSU
Sunday, September 14
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Oregon
Saturday, September 13
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs UCLA
Tuesday, September 02
Women's Volleyball Post Game Press Conference vs Oregon State
Monday, September 01
