Honors and Awards
2013 Indoor All-ACC Third Team
2013 Outdoor All-ACC First Team
2013 Indoor USTFCCCA second team All-America
2013 Track:
Indoor: Placed third in the pole vault at the ACC Championships … Set the school record and qualified for the NCAA Championships simultaneously with a vault of 17’10¼” for second place at the VT Final Qualifier … Placed 12th at the NCAA Championships (17’8½). Outdoor: Won the pole vault in five consecutive meets … Took first in the vault (17’5½”) at the ACC Championships … Recorded his season-best vault at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a height of 17’6½”.
2012 Track:
Indoor: Jumped to a first-place finish with a mark of 4.90 meters at the Orange and White Classic … Earned fifth place in the pole vault (4.87 meters) at the Kentucky Invite … Vaulted 5.05 meters for fifth place at the Vulcan Invite … Posted a distance of 5.15 meters at the ACC Championships for fourth place. Outdoor: Finished third at the UCF Invite (5.20m) … Earned 10th place at the ACC Championships by jumping 4.80 meters … Placed 15th with a mark of 5.27 meters at the NCAA East Regional.
2011 Track:
Indoor: Finishedsecond at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational with a height of 5.05 meters … Posted a height of 5.02m at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet to finish eighth … Earned a season-best height of 5.11 meters to place sixth in the ACC Championships. Outdoor: Posted a height of 4.95 meters in the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational to earn first place … Earnedsecond place with a height of 4.75m at the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Invitational … Vaulted a height of 5.05 meters to finish second at the Auburn Tiger Classic … Placed third in the FSU Seminole Invitational with a height of 5.05m.
2010 Track:
Indoor: Earned a first-place finish in the pole vault with a mark of 4.75 meters at the Roaring Tiger … Placed second in the pole vault at the Clemson Invitational, vaulting 4.40 meters … At the ACC Championships, tied season-best mark at 4.75 meters, good for 11th place. Outdoor: At the Georgia/Georgia Tech Dual Meet, finished third in the pole vault with a height of 4.60 meters … Finished in 11th at the ACC Championships after posting a height of 4.65 meters in the pole vault … Finished second with 4.55 meters in the pole vault at the GT/Clemson/KSU Double Dual Meet … Tied for fourth place in the pole vault at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a height of 4.60 meters.
2009 Track:
Did not compete.
High School:
Four-year letterwinner in track & field at Brookwood High School … Holds the school record in the pole vault … Finishedfirst in the state in Division 5-A … Graduated in the top-five percent of his class while receiving a letter of recognition.
Personal:
Full name is Aaron Josiah Unterberger … Born July 12, 1989 in Oxnard, Calif. … Has two siblings (Cameron and Tiana). … Majoring inindustrial engineering.