Personal

Parents are Jerry and Judy ...father played football and baseball for Western Oregon State College ...brother Travis played baseball for BYU in 1986, sister Tera played volleyball for Lewis Clark State, and brother TJ plays baseball currently for Western Oregon State College ... served an LDS Church mission to Phoenix, Arizona... married Holly Gibbons who currently runs track for BYU ... majoring in psychology with a business minor.

Before BYU

Prepped at Pendleton High where he was a three-time scholar-athlete ... was all-league and league MVP ... batted .488 as a senior ... first-team all-state ... team captain who lettered three years in football, basketball and baseball ...was all-state and two-time first-team all-conference in football and had over 5,000 yards passing and 53 TDs as a quarterback ...was league MVP as a quarterback and one of USA Today's Oregon Top 12 Football Players ... coached by Lyle Phelps and Steve Cary.

Summary

Started 19 of his 44 games in 2000 and batted .344 with six homers and nine doubles ... was 5-7 in stolen bases ... led team in slugging at .667.

Other College

Transferred from Ricks College where he was team captain, all-region, played in the region all-star game, hit .380 with 11 homers and 52 RBI...coached by Jerry Schlegelmilch.