Residence:
        Bacliff, TX

    Occupations:
 
 

Home drop zone:
    Skydive Spaceland and Skydive Houston

First jump:
    October, 1985 at Skydive Spaceland, Houston, TX (S/L)

Total jumps to date:
    2000+

Licenses, awards, ratings & other numbers:
    USPA-******, AFF JM ****

Skydiving specialties:
    RW, Big way RW formations, CRW

Accomplishments: (note: both deaf/hearing in Italic)

• Silent Free Fall 4 Way team member at Nationals in 1987 and 1994
• Successfully completed 20-Way (a straight line of 5 diamonds) on Fred's 200th jump, Muskegoo, OK in Aug, 1987
• Became 1st and only DEAF AFF Jumpmaster in U.S. (and World)
• First Deaf ever to make a BASE jump in U.S. in middle of 1980
• Texas Super Scrambles 4-Way Scrambles, 1st place, 1990
• Texas Super Scrambles 4-Way Scrambles, 1st place, 1991
• Tx State 72-Way Attempt
• World Record All-Deaf 12-Way, Sept 1, 2001
• World Record All-Deaf 14-Way, Sept 2, 2001
• MS State Record All-Deaf 7-Point 4-Way, Feb 2002
• MS State Record All-Deaf 8-Point 5-Way, Feb 2002
• World Record all-Deaf Big-Way RW 15-Way, Sept 13, 2003
• World Record all-Deaf Night RW 7-Way, Sept 13, 2003
• World Record all-Deaf 4 Way RW 18 points, Sept 13, 2003
• POPS Texas Record 2-point 42-way, Rosharon, TX, July 16, 2005
• World Record all-Deaf RW Sequential 3 point 10 Way, October 14, 2005
• World Record all-Deaf Big-Way RW 16-Way, October 15, 2005
• World Record all-Deaf Night RW Sequential 3 point 8 Way, October 15, 2005
• Demo at alma mater, Austin, TX, June 10, 2006