Personal

Parents are Tom and Barbara ...father was a four-year letterman as a swimmer at the University of Utah ... brother Dave plays volleyball for BYU ... is an Eagle Scout ... served an LDS Church mission to Barcelona, Spain ...majoring in public relations with a Spanish minor.

Before BYU

Prepped at Durango High where he was a Wendy's High School Heisman Award Nominee and student body vice president ... lettered twice in baseball ... two-time all-conference and all-state ... led state in ERA as a senior at 0.80 ... was American Legion Rookie of the Year ... had a prep ERA of 0.99 with a 19-1 record ... coached by Mike Gomez (Southern Utah).

Summary

Made 13 appearances in 24.2 innings for a team-best 4.01 ERA in 1998 ... was Academic All-WAC in 1998.