Personal
Parents are Alvars and Gloria...attended the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley for 1979-80...younger brother Darrel and Duane both drafted as pitchers by the Seattle Mariners...majoring in physical education.
Before BYU
Honorable mention all-state and all-conference linebacker and fullback...his team was conference champions...he lettered in football, basketball and baseball...coached by Sherm Pruit (Colorado).