Personal
Born in Kansas City, Mo., ... parents are Greg and Kathy ... is an Eagle Scout ... played summer ball for the Barnstormers Traveling Academy ... served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mission to Italy ... married Ashley Gormley in August, 2008 ... majoring in business.
Before BYU
Prepped at Park Hill South High where he was coached by Steve Mcdaniel ... lettered four years academically ... was three-time all-conference ... was captain in both baseball and basketball ... led team in hits, average (.405), at bats, doubles, triples, steals ... was third in all-time doubles at Park Hill South ... lettered twice in basketball and led team to district championship.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
2005 .333 19-2 18 5 6 1 0 0 4 7 2 6 1-1
2008 .000 7-0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0
2009 .000 7-0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0-0
Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SV IP H R ER BB SO
2008 9.00 0-0 3 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 3 1 1
2009 12.60 1-0 8 0 0 0 5.0 7 8 7 5 5
2010 3.15 9-2 29 0 0 0 54.1 57 29 19 17 37
Started one game at second for an injured Sean McNaughton and started one game at third for an injured Brandon Taylor ... had a five-game hitting streak ... Academic All-MWC.
Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete ... made his pitching debut at Utah Valley the first part of May ... also pitched against Washington State and in the MWC Tournament against San Diego State.
Academic All-Mountain West Conference and MWC Scholar-Athlete.
Team co-captain ... Second Team All-Mountain West Conference ... Academic All-Mountain West Conference ... ranked among the NCAA leaders in pitching victories ... led team with a 9-2 record ... all nine wins came in relief, including "vulture" victories at UT Arlington, two vs. Utah and one against San Diego State in come-from-behind efforts ... won back-to-back victories at San Jose State with identical 11-5 scores ... nominated for CoSida Academic All-America ... had a 4-1 record in league games to lead the team.