Personal
- Parents are Wes and Kathleen Brinkerhoff
- Born in Cedar City, Utah
- Plans to major in athletic training
Before BYU
- Prepped at Canyon View High where he was coached by Jason Jacobsen
- Two-time first team Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune All-State
- Was second team all-state and honorable mention all-state by Salt Lake City newspapers as a sophomore
- Three-time First team All-Region 9
- Team captain as a senior and junior
- Had 174 strikeouts and an 18-8 record in his prep career
- Also lettered in basketball
- His FFA team won the state championship
- Was in the Range & Land Management club
- Was History and Spanish Junior of the Year and Math Freshman of the Year
- Played two years with the Utah Marshalls
- Was on the team that won the Phil Singer Summer Series
- Recruited by Dixie State, Kentucky and Salt Lake Community College