Personal
Parents are James and Glenda ... grandfather was a scout for 30 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers ... father played baseball for the University of Arizona ... is an Eagle Scout ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Russia ... married Erin Nelson in July of 2002, she was an All-American soccer player at the University of Arizona ... majoring in Russian with a minor in zoology.
Before BYU
Prepped at Sabino where he was honored with the Presidential Academic Award, the Sons of American Revolution Award, Arizona Scholar Athlete, and Arizona Most Effective Leader Award ... was All-Southern Arizona and a member of the 1997 state championship team ... lettered three times in baseball and twice in basketball ... recruited by Arizona, Stanford and Virginia ... coached by Mike Bejarano.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
1999 .304 19-4 23 2 7 0 1 0 2 9 3 8 1-2
2002 .179 22-6 28 4 5 1 0 0 4 6 6 7 1-1
2003 .254 30-19 71 12 18 1 0 0 9 19 5 12 0-0
2004 .256 28-23 82 14 21 1 1 0 9 24 7 16 1-2
TOTAL .250 99-52 204 32 51 3 2 0 24 58 21 43 3-5