Prior to coming to Samford, Landon founded a non-profit student service organization, Bless Blairsville.  He is a University of Georgia Merit Scholar, Crosland Scholar and a Lipscomb University Summer Scholar graduate.   

In high school, he was a two-time All-Region basketball player, straight A student with a 98.87 unweighted GPA, Georgia recipient of the Kiwanis Hayden SLP Student Leadership Award and a Junior Board member for United Community Bank.    

While attending Samford, Landon intends to study Public Administration along with earning a minor in Social Entrepreneurship. After graduation, Landon aspires to work as an executive in a non-profit organization.  He believes strongly in servant leadership, impacting his local community and playing in as many Fantasy Football leagues as possible.