Collin Pate

Collin Pate clears the pole vault at the 2026 Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hoover, Ala.
Prev School:
Tennessee
High School:
Hoover

Collin Pate TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• ACC Indoor Silver Medalist, Pole Vault (2026)
• All-ACC Indoor First Team, Pole Vault (2026)

2025-26
Indoor:
• Competed in the pole vault at four meets after joining the team in January
• Finished in a tie for the silver at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best mark of 5.25m (17-2.75)
• Posted a clearance of 5.15m (16-10.75) in his Louisville debut to take third at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational
• Finished as the runner-up at the Bellarmine Open with a final bar of 4.95m (16-2.75)

2024-25 (Tennessee):
• Competed at three outdoor meets in the pole vault during his lone season with the Volunteers

High School:
• Five-time AHSAA state champion in the men's pole vault, winning three outdoor titles and two indoor titles
• Helped lead Hoover to six straight AHSAA 7A state championship team titles, winning all three indoor and outdoor meets from 2022-2024
• Selected as the Class 7A, Region 3 Bryant-Jordan Scholar Athlete during his senior year of high school