Personal

• Born in in Santa Monica, Calif.
• Parents are Brian and Kathy Kamel
• Father played basketball at USC and mother was on ski team at Oregon
• Likes surfing
• Majoring in history

Before BYU

• Prepped at Harvard Westlake and Oaks Christian
• Coached by Tim Penprose
• Selected to all-tournament team in the Big League Dugout Classic
• Had the highest strikeout ratio per inning in the Mission League
• Lettered four years in high school
• Coached by John Larson at Oxnard College
• Was All-Western State Conference
• Was on the top MLB draft prospect list for the California region
• Had a 6-3 record in 67 innings, 1.48 ERA with 61 strikeouts
• Threw a no-hitter vs. LA Pierce College in 2014
• Recruited by New Mexico State, Iowa, Ole Miss, San Francisco, Washington, Cal State Northridge and Duke