Personal
Born in Salt Lake City ... parents are Jeril and Marsha ... is an Eagle Scout ... played two summers for the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod League ... married Malissa Ring ... majoring in sociology with a minor in business.
Before BYU
Was all-league and all-state in both basketball and baseball for Murray High ... Utah Gatorade Player of the Year in baseball, drafted i the 41st round by the Minnesota Twins ... set prep records in home runs, RBI and batting average ... team was league champ in both sports.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA 1995 .413 58-56 208 57 86 17 0 11 65 136 23 29 7-9 1996 .391 54-54 202 59 79 15 0 16 68 142 35 29 1-2 1997 .374 50-50 182 49 68 9 0 10 47 107 20 28 3-6 1998 .377 51-50 191 58 72 18 0 11 43 121 23 27 3-4
Named to Baseball America magazine's Freshman All-America team and to the Mizuna Freshman All-America team and to the Mizuno Freshman All-America team by Collegiate Baseball magazine ... selected honorable mention Super Smith Team by the National Baseball Writers Association ... WAC Eastern Division Freshman of the Year as a rightfielder, designated hitter and first baseman ... was WAC Player of the Week against Air Force ... led team in batting average, runs, hits, doubles, homers and RBI ... was second in the WAC in hits and RBI ... was 13th in the NCAA in batting average (.413) ... hit a pair of homers in one game against Air Force and Regis.
Hit a grand slam and 15 doubles (ranked 35th in NCAA) ... tied school record with seven at bats against Wyoming ... was the WAC's leading returnee in hits and RBI.
Hit two homers in the season finale against Utah.
First-team All-WAC ... WAC Player of the Week against Air Force and Utah ... broke five WAC records for conference games only ... hit three consecutive homers against Utah ... part of a triple play against Southern Utah with the bases loaded when Mark Smith threw to him from right field for out number two and Winget threw to Chris Circuit for the third out.