Personal

• Parents are Jeff and Alisa and has two sisters and two brothers
• Brother Kyle played as a freshman for BYU in 2010-11 and is currently serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Russia
• Wife's name is Tatum
• Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Australia
• Sports hero is Larry Bird
• Recruited by North Carolina, N.C. State, West Virginia, Oregon State, Idaho State, USC, Arizona, Arizona State, Utah State, Air Force, Washington State, Colorado, Colorado State and Utah

Before BYU

Provo High School

• Named the 2007 Gatorade Utah Boys' Basketball Player of the Year after helping his team win the state title with 27 points in the championship game
• As a senior was first-team all-state and received Deseret News 4A and All-Valley MVP honors
• Averaged 16.6 points and 12 rebounds per game despite playing most of the season with a fracture in his right index finger
• Averaged 14.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game to go along with 38 steals and 28 blocks while shooting 56 percent from the field as a junior
• As a junior earned first-team all-state honors after leading his team to the state championship game, scoring 20 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field
• Also named All-Valley Co-MVP by the Deseret News, All-Valley First Team by the Provo Daily Herald and first-team Region 7 in a vote of area coaches
• A member of the state championship team as a freshman
• Coached by Craig Drury

AAU

• Played on the Utah Pump-N-Run AAU team, the top-rated team in the state
• Coached by John Palica and Michael O'Conner
• Helped his team finish in the Final Four of the prestigious Adidas Super 64 Tournament in Las Vegas