Personal
Son of Randy and the late Sheryl Wiens ... father played for the Toronto Blue Jays ... enjoys all sports, hiking with his dog and going to Church ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Hawai`i ... is an Eagle Scout ... married Katie Corbett in August 2003 ... majoring in political science.
Before BYU
Was a two-sports athlete at Golden Valley High ... totaled five letters in baseball and basketball ... hit .430 and had 16 doubles, five triples, eight homers and had 24 stolen bases as a prep senior ... in 1998 he was voted MVP and Mr. American Legion, earned the Hammer Award and was named to the all-league team for baseball ... was all league in 1997 and 1998 in basketball and was the top shooter in the conference in 1997 ... team was Central California Conference Champions as a senior and Northern Section Champions as a junior ... coached by Scott Hague.
Other College
FRESHMAN - (1999): Helped the University of Nevada (Reno) to a 38-20 overall record and a 21-9 mark in the Big West Conference.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
1999* .171 36-17 70 10 12 3 0 0 7 15 5 16 0-0
2002 .318 63-63 242 43 77 14 3 3 32 106 22 47 9-15
2003 .405 53-52 220 50 89 25 4 4 55 134 20 25 21-28
2004 .247 54-51 182 32 45 11 3 3 23 71 30 41 16-17
TOTAL .312 206-183 714 135 223 53 10 10 117 326 77 129 46-60
* At University of Nevada (Reno)
Selected to the All-Mountain West Tournament Team ... made several outstanding defensive plays for BYU in that tournament, including a diving stab in the hole, a great play behind second base and backhanding a ball in the grass, deep in the hole to his right in the championship game against San Diego State ... had a 16-game hitting streak which ended at the end of the season ... hit the game-winning RBI in the ninth-inning of the final game at Hawai`i which was televised on the Islands in a 4-3 victory ... hit two doubles in the final game at San Diego State ... homered and tripled in the first game against Southern Utah in Provo ... hit a pair of doubles and turned a pair of double plays, including a one-out play with two on against Maine in the NCAA tournament.
Third team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball magazine ... CollegeBaseballInsider.com Preseason All-American Honorable Mention ... elected team co-captain with Adam Wilkes ... moved from shortstop to third after beginning the season as a designated hitter due to arm surgery ... threw out three runners at home from third in one game against UNLV on March 19 ... after only playing once in the outfield at the University of Nevada, he came off the bench to enter left field and dove to make the first out of a 10th inning victory against Utah ... went 4-for-5 against San Diego State on May 12 with three RBI ... went 3-for-4 against Air Force on May 21 with three runs scored ... shared the team stolen base lead of 16 with Wade Vest ... tied with Jeff Hiestand for the team lead in walks with 30 ... second on the team with three triples ... hit .247 with three home runs and 23 RBI.