2010-2011 at Defiance: Started 10 games and played in 24 for Defiance … Ranked third on team with 49.3-percent clip from the field and 38 offensive rebounds … Rated fourth on squad with 7.8 points and 4.6 rebounds per night … Also ended among the top-20 players in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in offensive and total rebounds … Led Jackets on the glass eight times … Reached double figures in scoring in eight games … Pulled down a career-high 12 boards and posted lone double-double at Rose-Hulman on December 4 … Notched a career-high 20 points against Manchester on February 3 … Saw numbers climb to 9.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per night while in the starting lineup … Also excelled in non-HCAC action, with 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per outing … Ended season just seven swats shy of fifth on DC’s all-time blocks list … Named to National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court for excellence in the classroom.

2009-2010 at Defiance: Played in all 29 games for the Jackets … Set new single-season highs with 242 points, 153 rebounds and 29 blocks … Led team in blocks and ranked sixth in the HCAC … Ranked second on DC with 55.0-percent clip from the floor and 5.3 rebounds per game, while ending sixth and 11th  in the league in those respective statistics … Ended fourth on the roster with 8.3 points per night … Shot 67.5 percent and netted 10.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game at home … Led Defiance in blocks in 18 games … Topped DC in rebounding in five contests … Scored 10-or-more points 11 times … Logged pair of double-doubles … Named to the Purple and Gold and the Domino’s New Year’s Classic All-Tournament Teams.

2008-2009 at Defiance: Saw time in 25 games and earned 10 starts … Scored a season-high 17 points and hit four-of-four trifectas in first collegiate start … Ranked third on the team with 12 blocks … Ranked 15th in HCAC with 0.48 blocks per game … Scored at least eight point in eight contests … Saw scoring average climb to 5.6 points per game at home.

High School: Three-time letterwinner for head coach Kent Seemann at Patrick Henry High … Named Third-Team All-Ohio … Earned First-Team All-Northwest Ohio Athletic League and all-district honors … Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Ervin and Lori Tietje … Brother of fellow DC teammates Kevin and Kent Tietje … Cousin of current DC volleyball player Jessica Tietje and former DC football standout Chris Tietje … Majoring in health and physical education with a minor in wellness and corporate fitness.