Personal
Son of Randy and the late Sheryl Wiens ... father played for the Toronto Blue Jays ... enjoys all sports, hiking with his dog and going to Church ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Hawai`i ... is an Eagle Scout ... married Katie Corbett in August 2003 ... majoring in political science.
Before BYU
Was a two-sports athlete at Golden Valley High ... totaled five letters in baseball and basketball ... hit .430 and had 16 doubles, five triples, eight homers and had 24 stolen bases as a prep senior ... in 1998 he was voted MVP and Mr. American Legion, earned the Hammer Award and was named to the all-league team for baseball ... was all league in 1997 and 1998 in basketball and was the top shooter in the conference in 1997 ... team was Central California Conference Champions as a senior and Northern Section Champions as a junior ... coached by Scott Hague.
Other College
FRESHMAN - (1999): Helped the University of Nevada (Reno) to a 38-20 overall record and a 21-9 mark in the Big West Conference.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
1999* .171 36-17 70 10 12 3 0 0 7 15 5 16 0-0
2002 .318 63-63 242 43 77 14 3 3 32 106 22 47 9-15
2003 .405 53-52 220 50 89 25 4 4 55 134 20 25 21-28
2004 .247 54-51 182 32 45 11 3 3 23 71 30 41 16-17
TOTAL .312 206-183 714 135 223 53 10 10 117 326 77 129 46-60
* At University of Nevada (Reno)