High School: Byom was a four-time letterwinner in track and field as well as a three-time letterwinner in both basketball and football... Byom was an all-state performer twice in the high jump and in 2007 finished as the state runner-up in the indoor high jump ... He was captain of both his football and basketball teams and earned all-conference accolades in both sports....

Personal: Byom was born on April 15, 1989 to Hillard and Karen Byom... Has a sister, Christina, 16, and a brother, Heath, 13... Byom plans to major in Biomedical Sciences.