Personal
Got his start in baseball by having rock-throwing contests with his brother Jack ... a geology major
Before BYU
Prepped at Highland Park High in St. Paul, where he was the leading pitcher in the conference three years in a row .. also MVP and all-state in both basketball and baseball for two consecutive years.
Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG IP H R ER BB SO
1976 6.47 3-4 14 7 1 48.7 66 36 35 34 22
1977 4.75 5-4 11 10 1 66.3 91 46-35 26 61
1978 3.95 6-2 10 10 6 73.0 69 34-32 35 61
1979 4.46 8-2 18 14 8 101.1 116 65-50 43 81
Drafted in 10th round by the Minnesota Twins ... All-Western Athletic Conference Northern Division ... Academic All-WAC ... won the Cougar Club Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award ... tri-captain ... his 14-strikeout performance against Lewis Clark State in the Banana Belt Tourney ranked him second in school records for one game.
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the ninth round ... set Western Athletic Conference Northern Divsion record for surrendering 116 hits in a season ... co-captain.