Personal
Born in Orange, Calif., ... parents are Blair and Dena ... served a Church mission to Brazil ... married Sara Finlinson in December 2003 ... majoring in international relations ... favorite foods are baby back ribs and butter pecan ice cream ... sports hero is Jackie Robinson because he overcame discrimination in athletic competition to open the door for all.
Before BYU
Prepped at El Toro High where he was coached by Tom McCaffrey ... second team all-CIF ... team captain and team MVP ... first team all-county ... Sea View League MVP ... recruited by Washington St., UNLV, Utah and Hawai`i.
Other College
SOPHOMORE - (2002): At Saddleback Junior College, he was coached by Jack Hodges ... first team All-Orange Empire Conference ... first team All-Southern California ... batted .391 with 21 doubles, 51 RBI and 11 homers ... team tri-MVP.
FRESHMAN - (1999): Played at Saddleback Junior College.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
2002* .391 40-35 184 64 72 21 1 11 51 128 20 27
2003 .347 28-9 49 12 17 5 1 0 10 24 4 5 0-1
2004 .237 34-16 76 15 18 6 0 1 7 27 7 16 2-3
TOTAL .278 62-25 126 27 35 11 1 1 17 51 11 21 2-4
* At Saddleback Junior College, not included in career totals.
Hit .237 with six doubles and seven RBI as a utility player ... saw time as a third baseman and second baseman ... went 2-for-4 in back to back games against Air Force ... hit four of his six doubles in three consecutive games against Air Force ... appeared in 34 games and started 16 of them.