Personal

Born in Salt Lake City ... parents are Barry and Patrice ... has a taller, left-handed pitching brother ... got started in baseball while living in California up until age 12, then moved to Salt Lake City.

At BYU

SOPHOMORE: Victories came at Santa Clara, at UNLV, vs. UNLV in the MWC Tournament in Provo, and vs. Maine in the NCAA Regional at Los Angeles ... pitched well in BYU's victory at the University of Pacific ... allowed only one hit through the first six innings at UNLV ... got his save in the 7-5 victory over UNLV in Provo ... his defense and pitching brought BYU back into the extra-inning game against New Mexico in Provo, including a dive to his knees to throw out a Lobo, then struck out the next two batters, including UNM's homerun hitter ... was BYU's primary pitcher in the 12-12 tie at Washington ... struck out five UNLV batters in relief to record a victory in the longest game in MWC Tournament history, four hours and three minutes. FRESHMAN: Recorded two saves as a freshman, one at No. 30-ranked Oral Roberts and the other at San Diego State ... had 17 appearances and four starts which led to a 3-1 record and a 7.44 ERA ... his victories were against UNLV, New Mexico and Southern Utah.

Before BYU

Prepped at Olympus High, where he was coached by Dave Wiseman ... member of the honor roll ... two-time all-state and three-time all-region ... drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 27th round ... had a 1.45 ERA with 88 strikeouts in 54 innings, including 17 strikeouts in one game ... posted an 8-0 record with a 1.55 ERA in 2000 ... was recruited by San Diego State and Utah.

Stats

Year    ERA  W-L APP  GS  CG  SV    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
2001   7.44  3-1  17   4   0   2  42.1  52  44  35  12  35
2002   6.59  4-4  16   8   0   1  72.1  83  65  53  35  32
2003  27.00  0-1   1   0   0   0   1.1   4   5   4   0   1