Personal
- Served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alabama
- Parents are Jim and Janice
- Has three brothers and two sisters
Mission Viejo High School
- Played for Troy Roelen at Mission Viejo
- As a senior averaged 15.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 5.0 blocks while Mission Viejo finished 29-3 overall and 7-1 in league play
- Posted season highs of 29 points, 25 rebounds and 11 blocks
- Named MaxPreps All-State Division II Second Team, All-CIF Southern Section Team Division 2AA, Orange County Register All-County Team
- Named MVP of the 2010 Diablo Inferno Tournament where he averaged 14 points, 12 rebounds and 8 blocks
- As a junior averaged 9.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 4.5 blocks
- Named first-team All-South Coast Conference