UC San Diego

AS A SENIOR IN 2023
Spring Big West All-Academic Team.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022
Big West All-Academic ... Achieved a podium finish in the shot put on seven occasions ... Set a personal best in the discus (168' 6") at the Triton Invitational (4/9), the seventh-best mark in program history ... Climbed to second on the UC San Diego all-time shot put charts with a personal best mark of 56' 0" at the Titan Tune-Up (5/6).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021
Big West All-Academic ... Finish sixth overall in the shot put (46' 4") at the Matador Invite (4/23) ... Placed ninth overall in the discuss with a personal-best toss of 144' 7" at the Long Beach Invite (4/17) ... Came in second at the Triton Quadrangular in the shot put with a mark of 49' 4.5" (4/10). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020
CCAA All-Academic ... Finished third overall in the shot put with a toss of 53' 1.75", which was fifth best in program history, at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/7) ... Also came in 11th in the discus (140' 4") at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (3/7). 

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Canyon Crest High School ... Field Team MVP ... Avocado West League All-Academic ... Team Captain ... All-CIF Shot put ... Recorded personal bests in the shot put (53' 3.75") and discus (151 '8") ... Helped lead the Ravens to a CIF-Championship his senior year ... Also competed in wrestling.

PERSONAL
Born March 2 in San Ramon ... Parents are Thomas Amankonah and Petrea Monson ... Mechanical engineering major at Sixth College ... Aspires to work with military technology ... Most memorable moment competing was winning CIF Championships his senior year of high school ... Favorite UC San Diego moment is throwing 16.2 meters (53' 1.75") in the shot put at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge on home turf ... Hobbies include playing Dungeons and Dragons, surfing and martial arts ... Favorite athlete is mixed martial artist Tony Ferguson ... Lists Black Dynamite as his favorite movie ... Listens to Metallica, Oingo Boingo, Tool and Cypress Hills ... Loves Mediterranean food ... Most people do not know that he can speak Japanese and maintains a photography website ... Uses Instagram.