Personal
Born in Philadelphia ... parents are Nick and Margaret ... father pitched at Drexel University ... served a Church mission to Portugal...majoring in psychology with a minor in coaching.
Before BYU
Prepped at Marple Newtown in Newtown Square, Pa., ... lettered four times in baseball, three in basketball and two in football ... three-time all-league and two-time all-county/area in baseball ... coached by Ray Johnston.
Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
1999 0.00 0-0 3 0 0 0 3.2 2 0 0 1 0
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO
1999 .286 26-12 49 10 14 3 0 1 10 20 8 5
2002 .325 62-59 243 36 79 17 1 5 57 113 17 25
2003 .316 45-34 133 30 42 10 0 5 26 67 22 22
2004 .268 42-41 157 30 42 8 2 2 21 60 18 23
TOTAL .304 175-146 582 106 177 38 3 13 114 259 65 75
Played in 26 games in 1999 and started 12 of them ... had three pitching appearances for 3.2 innings with a 0.00 ERA ... batted .286 and hit the game-winning two-run homer in the final inning against Southern Utah for a 9-8 victory.
Scored the go-ahead run in the one-run win vs. Utah in the MWC Tournament, going 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit double in the bottom of the eighth inning ... earlier in the season at home, the second baseman knocked the Utes around in the three-game series for four RBI, going 4-for-6 with two doubles and a home run.
Had 15 multiple hit games.