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2012 Outdoor: Finished fourth at the ACC Championship in the shot put with a season best mark of 57-11.75 (17.67m) … Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in shot put (56-11.75, 17.35m) … Won the shot at the Duke Twilight (57-4.75, 17.49m) … Second at Clemson’s Tiger Qualifier in the shot put (57-8.5, 17.59m) … Notched a sixth place showing at the Florida Relays shot put (57-9.5, 17.61m) … Also competed in the discus throw at the ACC Meet (146-2, 44.55m) … Runner-up in the shot put in his season debut at the UCF Invitational (54-7.25, 16.64m).

2012 Indoor: Earned All-ACC honors, finishing in third place at the ACC Championship in the shot put with a season best mark of 57-11.25 (17.66m) … Runner-up at the VT Challenge’s shot put (56-6.75, 17.24m) … Debuted at the VT Elite Meet with a throw of 53-9.75 (16.40m) ... Named Academic All-ACC.

High School: Graduated from Gimnasium Samobor … Posted prep best marks of 56-10.25 (17.33m) in the shot put and 150-11 (46.00m) in the discus ... Competed in the shot put at the IAAF Junior World Track & Field Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada in 2010, finishing 13th in the preliminary round ... Finished seventh at the European Junior Championships in Tallin, Estonia in the shot put in July of 2011.

Personal: Born on March 3, 1992 in Zagreb, Croatia … Son of Ksenija and Zeljko Mustafic … Has one brother, Lovro and a sister, Eva … Plans to major in university studies.