Personal

Born in Santa Clara, Calif., ... parents are Larry and Barbara ... father played football for BYU in 1950-52 ... older brother Ryan was a second team All-WAC quarterback for BYU in 1992 (ACL injury), recorded 15 saves in 57 appearances from 1991-93 ... Ryan was drafted by the California Angels and played for them at the major league level in 1996 ... served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Goiania, Brazil ... plays the piano ... majoring in secondary education.

Before BYU

Lettered three times and was two-time all-league in baseball ... also all-league in football and soccer at Monta Vista High where he was athlete of the year ... lettered three times in football and once in soccer ... went on a South American tour with his high school choir ... drafted by the Houston Astros out of high school ... was a quarterback...had only two errors at second base in two years, including one errorless season... coached by Dave Vieira.