Personal
- Parents are Steve and Heidi
- Grandfather, Gordon Matthews, ran track at Arizona State
- Uncle, Mitchell Hoopes, played football at Arizona and played in Super Bowl X with the Dallas Cowboys
- Eagle Scout
Before BYU
- All-CIF
- All-State
- Three-time All-League
- Three-time league champion
- Career batting average of .405
- Perfect 27-of-27 in stolen bases
- Pitched as a closer senior year, finishing with 23 strikeouts in 13 innings
- Played scout ball for the Seattle Mariners
- Recruited by Duke, Cal State Fullerton, Stanford, UC Irvine and Columbia
