Personal
Born in Royal Oak, Mich., ... is an Eagle Scout ... served an LDS Church mission to Taejon, Korea ... parents are Paul and Leslie ... majoring in public relations (pre-law) and minoring in Korean and business management.
Before BYU
Prepped at Walton High where he lettered three times in baseball and football ... team won state title in 1992 ... two-time team captain, two-time recipient of coaches' award and three-time recipient of team's best defensive player award ... placed second in the 1995 AAU World Series ... recruited by Princeton and Oglethorpe College ... coached by Dennis Jordan (Tennessee).
Summary
Redshirted at BYU in 1996 and was a reserve on the 1999 team ... selected as baseball student athlete of the year for 2000 ... batted .250.