Personal
Born in Payson ... parents are Rod and Catherine ... father played for BYU baseball from 1969-72 ... is an Eagle Scout ... served a volunteer two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Mexico ... wife's name is Amberlee, sister of former BYU pitcher Bryce Searle ... member of the BYU Student Advisory Committee ... majoring in construction management.
Before BYU
Prepped at Spanish Fork High where he was first-team all-state and also academic all-state ... two-time first-team all-region ... region MVP in 1999 ... batted .464 with 44 RBI, nine doubles, nine triples and four homers as a senior ... coached by Jim Nelson ... played on the NABA state champion team.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
2000 .233 29-23 73 13 17 4 2 1 8 28 6 12 2-3
2003 .356 40-33 104 20 37 9 2 0 16 50 8 18 1-2
2004 .194 42-35 129 18 25 3 0 3 18 37 6 24 6-9
2005 .303 41-28 109 20 33 7 2 0 25 44 8 21 2-4
TOTAL .270 152-119 415 71 112 23 6 4 67 159 28 75 11-18