High School: Lettered three times on the hardwood for Patrick Henry High … Played under the watchful eye of head coach Kent Seemann … Named First-Team All-Northwest Ohio Athletic League and All-District Seven … Selected as Third-Team Northwest Ohio All-District performer … Member of Academic Honor Roll and National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Ervin and Lori Tietje … Brother of fellow DC teammates Kevin and Kyle Tietje … Cousin of current DC volleyball player Jessica Tietje and former DC football standout Chris Tietje … Majoring in business administration.