Personal
- Born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Parents are Steve and Candy Beachler and Roxanne Porter
- Majoring in History Teaching
Before BYU
- Two-time High School All-American in the shot put
- Set the Nebraska high school record as a senior with a throw of 52'09.50"
- Three-time state champion at Fremont High
- 1996 and 1997 Gatorade regional Player of the Year
- 1997 USATF Junior Olympic champion
- Former state powerlifting champion
- Member of National Honor Society for two years
Other College
- 1998: Red-shirted season at Nebraska due to knee surgery.
- 1999: Indoor All-American in the shot put while at the University of Nebraska. . . fourth in the Big 12 indoors and third in outdoors