Matt Gerbick

Position:
Jumps, Multis
Year:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Merrillville, Ind.
High School:
Andrean H.S.

2014-15 (R-SENIOR): Indoor: Placed second in long jump at the Hoosier Open with a career-best jump of 7.17m (23-6.25)…won long jump in the dual meet against Purdue with a jump of 7.06m (23-2)…finished 10^th at the Big Ten Championships in high jump, clearing 2.03m (6-8). Outdoor: Won high jump at the Kip Janvrin Open with a clearance of 2.01m (6-7)…placed fifth in long jump at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge with a season-best jump of 6.98m (22-11).

2013-14 (R-JUNIOR): Indoor: finished in eighth-place in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with 5190 points, the fifth best point total in school history...finished in second-place in the high jump at the Gladstein Invitational with a mark of 2.08m (6-9.75). Outdoor: finished in third-place at the Charlotte 49er Classic in the high jump with a clearance of 2.05m (6-8.75)...competed on the Hoosiers 4X100-meter relay team that finished in fourth-place at the Kentucky Relays.

2012-13 (SOPHOMORE): Indoor: finished in third-place in the heptathlon at the Gladstein Invitational with 4,975 points...took first in the high jump at the Gladstein Invitational with a clearance of 2.06 meters (6-9)...Outdoor: finished in 13^th place at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the decathlon with a score of 6,350 points, again finishing first in the high jump with a mark of 2.03 meters (6-8).

FRESHMAN (2012): Indoor: Competed unattached. Outdoor: Competed unattached.

2010-11 (REDSHIRT):Indoor: Redshirted. Outdoor: Redshirted.

PREP: Earned team MVP honors three years for Rick Torres at Andrean ... recorded career bests of 6-10 in the high jump and 23-6.5 in the long jump ... took third at the state meet in both the high jump and long jump ... holds Andrean's school record ... also competed in cross country.

PERSONAL: Son of Phil and Shannon Gerbick ... has a brother, Justin, and a sister, Lauren ... born September 30, 1991 ... exploratory major.