James Tolleson

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Hendersonville, N.C.
High School:
Hendersonville

Prior to Davidson: Four-year letter winner in outdoor track, and three-year letter winner on the indoor track team ... Helped lead Hendersonville High School to back-to-back North Carolina 1A Team State Championships (2008-09) ... Two-time State Champion in 4x400-meter relay ... Nike Outdoor Nationals Qualifier in the 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relays ... Was an All-Region performer in 200-meters, 400-meters, 4x200-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay all four years of high school ... Named to the All-State Team in 400m and 4x400m relays as a senior ... Two-time recipient of the Ron Brown Award for all-around excellence in track & field ... Part of the school-record-holding 4x400m relay team (3:19.28) ... Has a personal-best time of 49.78 in the 400-meters and a 4x200-meter relay personal-record mark of 1:29.00.

Personal: Son of Robin and Jocelyn Tolleson ... Has one sister, Millie ... Was the winner of the Jim Pardue Award for highest GPA among senior athletes ... AP Environmental Science Award honoree ... Won the Chicora C. Westmoreland Award for Excellence in English and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award ... National Honor Society member ... Graduated fourth in his high school class ... Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship and US Army Scholar Athlete Award Scholarship recipient.