• Matej
• Muza

• Event

  Throws

• Class

  Senior

• High School/Other

  Sportska Gymnazia

• Hometown

  Zagreb, Croatia

2009 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2009 Indoor: Finished runner-up in the weight throw with a toss of 66-10.75 at the ACC Championships … Racked up one victory and two other second-place efforts on the season in the weight throw … Won the VT Challenge, throwing a 62-02.50 … Placed second at the VT Elite and Final Qualifier with tosses of 65-06.25 and 65-04.25, respectively … Earned academic All-ACC honors during indoor season … Member of USTFCCCA All-Academic squad.

2008 Outdoor: Earned his second All-America honor with a fifth-place performance in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships, tossing a career-best 229-01 … Finished runner-up in the NCAA East Regional’s hammer throw with a throw of 217-05 … Placed second at the ACC Championships with a toss of 216-11in the event … Named to academic All-ACC team … Won the hammer throw at the Duke Invitational and the Liberty Twilight.

2008 Indoor: Redshirted.

2007 Outdoor: Marked a former personal-best of 67.81m (222’6”) in the hammer throw for second place at the ACC Championships … Finished second in the hammer throw at the UNC Elite Meet with a 67.18m (220’5”) mark … Took third place at the Texas Relays with a 66.98m (219’5”) effort.

2007 Indoor: Earned All-ACC honors in the weight throw with a third-place finish thanks to a 19.21m (63’0.25”) mark … Recorded a personal-best of 20.20m (66’3.25”) in the weight throw for fourth place at the VT Last Chance meet … Finished sixth in the weight throw with an 18.95m (62’2.25”) mark at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup.

2006 Outdoor: Represented Croatia at the World Junior Championships in Beijing, China … Earned All-America honors with his sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw ... Recorded a personal-best throw of 66.03m (216’7”) on fifth attempt ... Finished sixth at the NCAA East Region meet with a mark of 62.10m (203’9”) ... Recorded an NCAA Regional qualifying standard of 63.13m (207’1.50”) at the Hurricane Invitational ... Finished third at the Florida State Relays with an effort of 64.45m (211’5”) ... Finished fourth at the Texas Relays with a then-personal-best throw of 65.11m (213’7”) ... Had a personal-best throw of 65.15m (213’9”) to place fourth at the ACC Championships, which was the fourth-best mark in school history ... Won the Liberty Invitational with a throw of 64.31m (210’11”) ... Finished sixth at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of 63.25m (207’6”).

2006 Indoor: Recorded a throw of 19.63m (64’5”) for a fifth-place finish at the ACC Championships ... Earned a mark of 19.36m (64’6.25”) for his fifth-place performance at the Clemson Invitational in the weight throw ... Was fourth in the weight throw at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a mark of 19.55m (64’1.75”) ... Finished 10th in the weight throw at the Husker Invitational with a mark of 18.30m (60’0.5”) ... Recorded a NCAA provisional mark of 19.65m (64’5.75”) for a fourth-place finish at the Virginia Tech Challenge.

High School: One of the top junior hammer throwers in Croatia ... Held a then-personal-best mark of 61.04m (200’3”).

Personal: Born January 3, 1987 in Vinkovci, Croatia ... Son of Davor and Nevenka Muza ... Geography major.