Personal
Born in Quebec, Canada where his father was playing for the Montreal Expos ... parents are Vance (Coach at BYU) and Sharon ... brother Tim played three years for BYU ... grandfather Vernon was the 1960 Cy Young Winner for the Pittsburgh Pirates ... uncles played baseball and basketball for BYU ... is an Eagle Scout ... served a Church mission to London, England ... graduated with a degree in sociology.
Before BYU
Prepped at Provo High where he was coached by former Cougar Lance Moore ... was team captain, co-MVP with teammate Bryce Ayoso who also signed with BYU ... was all-region and all-state ... batted .429 with eight stolen bases, eight doubles and three triples ... lettered three times in baseball.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA2005 .346 26-10 52 11 18 1 1 0 6 21 3 12 0-02008 .267 39-26 105 28 28 4 0 0 10 32 7 17 8-102009 .259 49-48 201 27 52 14 2 2 27 76 10 43 18-202010 .471 4-4 17 5 8 1 1 0 1 11 0 4 4-52011 .258 56-55 217 37 56 5 0 1 17 64 18 43 17-20