Personal
Born in La Jolla, Calif., ... parents are Jeff and Leigh Ann ... father was a catcher at BYU from 1972-75 ... grandfather Karol G. Bills, played football and baseball in the late 1940s and early 1950s ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Orlando, Florida ... is an Eagle Scout ... younger brother Thomas was one of BYU's baseball signees for 2003 ... majoring in exercise science.
Before BYU
Prepped at Reno High where he lettered twice in baseball and once in soccer and cross country ... was Northern Nevada Player of the Year, all-state and honorable-mention All-America ... led state in home runs (20) and RBI (65) ... homer total was third in the nation ... cross country team won state championship ... coached by Pete Savage (Santa Clara) ... recruited by Stanford and Washington.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA1999 .244 22-10 41 9 10 3 0 5 11 28 3 3 0-02002 .226 32-20 84 13 19 2 0 5 14 36 13 25 0-12003 .231 21-6 39 7 9 1 0 2 10 16 2 13 0-02004 .268 40-20 97 20 26 6 0 4 18 44 9 27 6-6TOTALS .245 115-56 261 49 64 12 0 16 53 124 27 68 6-7