Personal

Born in Boise, Idaho ... parents are Emil and Peggy ... father is a coach at Eagle High and played baseball in the Cincinnati Reds organization ... served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission to Korea.

Before BYU

At Eagle High he was the 2004 Scholar Athlete and academic all-conference in football, basketball and baseball ... was first team all-state and all-conference ... selected to the Idaho Junior Olympic team (2001) and the Team Idaho Western United States (2003) ... set the school record with a .500 batting average ... team won the 2003 state championship ... was team captain ... earned the white letter for lettering in three sports ... lettered three times in football and basketball ... was all-conference in football and basketball ... coached by Frank Wright ... selected to the senior team for Idaho in 2003 ... named to the 2003 and 2004 Pacific Northwest Championship teams ... named to Baseball Northwest Top Prospect list and Pacific Northwest Elite Baseball Elite Showcase team ...