2008 Indoor Track: Competed in three indoor meets...capped indoor season with a fourth-place finish in the shot put at the Southland Conference Championship (2/22) with a school-record mark of 16.71m (54’10")...won the shot at the Houston Invitational and was second at the Leonard Hilton Memorial...2008 Outdoor Track: Continued to shine in the discus advancing to the NCAA Championship meet for the second straight season...placed 22nd in the nation with a mark of 49.61m (162’10")...advanced to the championship after placing second at the NCAA South Central Region meet with a mark of 54.49m (178’9")...finished first three times in the discus at the Rice Bayou Classic (3/29), Texas Invitational (3/22) and UTSA Relays (3/15)...mark of 57.25 (187’10") at Texas Relays (4/5) was second best in the league...also strong in the shot put placing no worse than fifth...broke his own school record with a mark of 16.49m (54’1-1/4") to place second at the Texas Invitational (3/29)...throw was fifth longest in conference...first broke his prior record at the with a mark of 16.33m (53’7") at the Rice Bayou Classic (3/22)...Summer 2007: Second in the discus at the Jamaican National Championships with a mark of 54.86 meters (180’)...ninth in the discus at the Pan Am Games with a distance of 50.51m (165’8")...first Islander to compete in the Pan Am Games...2007 Indoor Track: Broke the school record in the shot put at the Leonard Hilton Memorial (1/19) with a mark of 16.10m (52’10")...seventh at the Southland Conference Indoor meet (2/17) with a distance of 15.84m (51’11-3/4")...2007 Outdoor Track: Added three meters to his school record in the discus...had best throw at the NCAA Midwest Regionals with a mark of 57.69m (189’3") to advance to the NCAA Championship after missing several weeks due to injury...mark was the best by a Southland Conference athlete last season...had a mark of 57.09m (187’4") in the prelims to advance to the finals at the NCAA meet (6/6)...finished 11th in the country with a mark of 50.00m (164’) in the finals...qualified for the regionals by winning the Texas State Open (3/9) with a mark of 56.03m (183’10")...had the team’s top mark in the shot put with a throw of 16.14m (52’11-1/2") to win the Texas Invite (3/24)...mark was the 11th best in the conference...unable to compete at conference meet due to injury... Earned USTFCCCA Academic All-Americas in track and field...2006 Indoor Track: Competed twice in the shot put bettering the school record each time...putted the shot 14.13m (46’4-1/4") at the Leonard Hilton Memorial (1/20) before surpassing it with a throw of 15.06 (49’5") at the RunSport All-Comers Meet (2/11)...2006 Outdoor Track: Rewrote the record book in the discus and shot put...posted the nine best discus throws in school history...finished in the top six at eight meets...twice broke 54 meters including a throw of 54.45m (178’8") at the Houston Invite (5/6) to qualify for the NCAA regional where he was 17th with a throw of 50.35m (165’2")...recorded the five-best throws in the shot...had a put of 16.33m at the Rice Bayou Classic (3/31).

In High School: Competed at Mannings High in Jamaica for Courtney Hughes...team was 10th at the Jamaica Boys and and Girls National Championships in 2005...won three Western titles....represented country at Junior Pan-Am Games finishing fourth in the discus and sixth in the shot...double gold medal winner in the shot put and discus at the 2004 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Personal: Born Hickel Hassan Woolery in Westmoreland, Jamaica on May 7, 1986...son of Sherman Woolery and Hyalinth Baker...biology major.