Personal
Born in San Diego ... parents are William and Celeste ... grandfather William Vargas, Sr., played minor league baseball in the United States before going to the Korean War, but now lives in Puerto Rico ... hobbies include racquetball, cooking and baking/catering, reading, gospel music, computer games and battleship ... majoring in philosophy and minoring in Italian and coaching.
Before BYU
Was two-time All-Mesa League and was perfect in stolen bases ... graduated with honors from Montgomery High where he was coached by Manuel Hermosillo ... selected to the San Diego Union Tribune All-Academic first-team ... batted .481 with 47 hits, 13 doubles and five triples in 2004 ... lettered twice in basketball and three times in baseball ... hit a three-run homer in the semi-final playoff game for his last official at bat in high school ... the Aztecs were league champions and posted a 21-11 overall record and an 8-2 league mark.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
2006 .208 40-14 53 13 11 1 0 1 7 15 9 13 3-3
2007 .295 39-39 129 27 38 8 3 2 16 58 11 38 3-5
2008 .313 52-52 201 52 63 19 3 7 40 109 28 34 9-15
2009 .190 12-3 21 4 4 0 1 0 1 6 0 5 0-0