Personal
Born in Santa Monica, Calif., ... parents are David and Anne ... grandfather Alvin Jacinto played for the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants and with former BYU Baseball Coach Glen Tuckett with the Salt Lake Bees ... father David swam and played water polo for BYU, uncles Scott, Brett and Mark Favero were swimmers for BYU and uncle Rex Favero swam for UCLA ... is an Eagle Scout ... served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Brazil ... majoring in business management.
Before BYU
Prepped at LaCosta High where he was student body vice president and won the Norma Jean Academic Scholarship ... lettered three times in baseball and once in soccer ... was all-conference and all-academic ... was team MVP ... had a 7-1 record with a 1.88 ERA and a .450 batting average ... was a third baseman for most of his prep career ... recruited by Michigan and UNLV ... coached by Justin Machado (Cal-Sonoma).
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO
2004 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
1999 11.52 1-1 11 4 0 1 27.1 43 38 35 23 20
2002 7.83 2-3 14 9 0 0 56.1 77 57 49 28 42
2003 4.14 10-5 18 13 4 0 113.0 101 58 52 38 83
2004 5.55 3-9 21 14 1 3 94.0 110 67 58 21 70
TOTAL 6.01 16-18 64 40 5 4 290.2 331 220 194 110 215
Had 11 appearances for the Cougars in 1999 and posted a 1-1 record with an 11.52 ERA in 27.1 innings.
Was the third pitcher in the starting rotation ... his first victory came in relief at Hawai`i in a game televised live on the Islands ... his second victory came at the University of Washington, getting him off to a 2-0 start ... had a 10-5 lead in a game over San Diego State in Provo, later suspended for completion in San Diego ... struck out five players in three innings of relief at the University of Pacific ... had good performances at Air Force and against New Mexico in Provo.