Nickname: "Y"
Height: 5-11
Weight: 179 pounds
Birthplace: Worcester, Mass.
High School: Doherty High School ('07)
College: Quinsigamond Community College
Coaches: Dan Chuang & Fabio Takahashi
Dojang: T-BOS CW Taekwondo (Cambridge, MA) / XCEL Taekwondo (Hanover, MA)
WTF World Ranking on 9/1/12: T-161st (-87kg)
Also competes in track and football in high school...hobbies are the Asian Club, basketball, football and watching ESPN and NBA games...his sister Imani, and brother Elijah also compete in Taekwondo...favorite foods are "pretty much everything" including shrimp, pasta, chicken, burgers, donuts and cake brownies...before a competition he prefers toast with butter or a bagel with cream cheese...favorite athletes are Chinedum Osuji, Fabio Takahashi, Michael Jordan, Jim Brown, Bill Russell and Magic Johnson...favorite movies are Miracle and Spiderman 2...enjoys listening to rap, hip hop, reggae and R&B...lists Ireland as his favorite country visited for competition.
Did You Know?: Jayson likes to nap before he fights...he loves milk, but it has to be skim...he is part of the Asian Club at his high school, although he is not Asian.
Quotable Jayson Grant: "I would like to thank all the people who have been there for me for the good times and the bad. I want to thank my family for committing so much time and energy in to me and also driving and flying me everywhere. I want to thank all the people in XCEl and t-Bos Tae Kwon Do for helping me to be able to move up to the next level. I also thank the instructors at Worcester Tae Kwon Do Academy for giving me a strong foundation. Without all your support I know I would not be at this level today. Thank you to the Simon Olympic Endowment for financial support they have provided me. I am truly humbled by your belief in my talent."
Awards:
-2011 William E. Simon Olympic Endowment recipient
-2008 NCTA Outstanding Freshman Male Athlete of the Year
Competition Record:
2011 U.S. National Team Trials (Middle): 2nd
2010 2012 Olympic Team Trials 1 (Light/Welter): 5th
2010 2011 Pan Am Games Team Trials (Light/Welter): 2nd
2010 USAT National Championships (Middle): GOLD
2010 AAU Team Trials (Middle): 1st
2010 AAU Nationals (Middle): 3rd
2010 USAT York National Qualifier (Welter): GOLD
2009 Korea Open (Middle): GOLD
2009 World University Games (Middle): round of 32
2009 World University Games Team Member (Middle)
2009 World University Games Trials (Middle): 1st
2009 U.S. National Team Trials (Middle): 3rd
2009 Pan Am University Championships (Middle): GOLD
2009 National Collegiate Championships (Middle): GOLD
2009 National Team Qualifier (Middle): 3rd
2008 Pan Am Championships Team Member (Welter)
2008 U.S. Senior Nationals (Welter): BRONZE
2008 Collegiate World Trials (Welter): 2nd
2008 Collegiate Nationals (Welter): GOLD
2008 York National Qualifier (Welter): GOLD
2007 Toronto Open: SILVER
2007 Olympic Trials (Light/Welter): 4th
2007 U.S. Senior Nationals (Welter): SILVER
2007 Pan Am Games Trials (Light/Welter): 3rd
2006 U.S. Senior Nationals (Welter): GOLD
2006 U.S. Cup Senior Player of the Year
2006 Pan American Open: GOLD
2006 Senior National Team Trials (Light): 3rd
2005 Junior Olympics (Lt. Middle): SILVER
2005 AAU Senior Nationals (Light): SILVER
2005 AAU Team Trials(Lt. Middle): GOLD
2005 AAU National Team Member (Jr. Lt. Middle)
2005 U.S. Cup Junior Player of the Year
2005 U.S. Cup (Sr. Light): GOLD
2005 U.S. Cup (Jr. Lt. Middle): GOLD
2005 Senior Nationals (Light): BRONZE
2004 East Coast Open (Junior): GOLD
2004 AAU Nationals (Junior): GOLD
2004 AAU Team Trials (Junior): GOLD
2004 AAU National Team Member (Junior)
2004 U.S. Cup: GOLD
2004 U.S. Cup Team Member (Junior)
2004 Irish Open (Jr. Middle): GOLD
2003 U.S. Cup: GOLD
2003 U.S. Cup Junior Player of the Year
2003 U.S. Cup Team Member
2003 Germany Park Pokal (Jr. Lt. Middle): BRONZE
last updated 9/13/12