Personal
Born in Cedar City ... parents are Stephen and Sage ... is an Eagle Scout ... served a Church mission to Moscow, Russia ... majoring in exercise science.
Before BYU
Prepped at Cedar High where he was coached by Mark Johnson ... was state MVP in 2000 ... was Region 9 MVP ... team won 3A championships ... was academic all-state in both basketball and baseball.
Other College
Helped Dixie College win the 2004 national title ... was the winning pitcher of the NJCAA World Series championship game, striking out seven in six innings of relief ... tallied a 4-1 record for the Rebels with two saves and a 3.25 ERA in 2004 ... was also on the NJCAA runner up team in 2001 ... was first team all-region in 2001 with a 9-0 record and a 0.89 ERA ... threw a perfect game in April 2001 ... had a 4.0 GPA in his final semester at Dixie ... coached by former BYU infielder Mike Littlewood.
Stats
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
2005 7.29 3-2 19 6 0 3 54.1 75 46 44 14 30
2006 7.56 1-1 18 3 0 0 41.2 57 42 35 18 30
TOTAL 7.41 4-3 37 9 0 3 96.0 132 88 79 32 60
Retired the first 11 batters he faced in his BYU debut in the upset at No. 19 UC Irvine ... the only Anteater runner to get on base was with two outs in the bottom of the ninth ... finished off the Anteaters striking out the last batter he faced for the save ... threw 47 pitches, 29 of which were strikes to earn Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week honors ... Academic All-MWC.
Named Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-MWC ... selected as a Cougar Club Scholar Athlete.