Personal
- Born in in Santa Monica, Calif.
- Parents are Brian and Kathy Kamel
- Father played basketball at USC and mother was on ski team at Oregon
- Likes surfing
- Majoring in history
Before BYU
- Prepped at Harvard Westlake and Oaks Christian
- Coached by Tim Penprose
- Selected to all-tournament team in the Big League Dugout Classic
- Had the highest strikeout ratio per inning in the Mission League
- Lettered four years in high school
- Coached by John Larson at Oxnard College
- Was All-Western State Conference
- Was on the top MLB draft prospect list for the California region
- Had a 6-3 record in 67 innings, 1.48 ERA with 61 strikeouts
- Threw a no-hitter vs. LA Pierce College in 2014
- Recruited by New Mexico State, Iowa, Ole Miss, San Francisco, Washington, Cal State Northridge and Duke