Personal

Pronunciation: Padgett.  Born in Yucaipa, Calif., ... parents are Tim and Julie Padgett ... likes to golf ... serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Mexico City.

Before BYU

A two-sport player at Yucaipa High School in Southern California ... was Division II First Team All-CIF Southern Section as a senior ... in 2010 he batted .434 with 41 RBI, 12 doubles and five triples ... was the recipient of the Yucaipa Ken Hubbs award in baseball and football and the Marty Rouse award ... was three-time All-Citrus Belt League and two-time All-County for Riverside/San Bernardino ... as a junior he hit .443 with 47 hits and 44 RBI ... also started as QB for the football team at Yucaipa ... fielded .981 in over 200 chances in 2009 ... coached by Jeff Stout ... threw for over 1,000 yards and had 9 TD as a senior ... CalHiSports.com first team All-State for California ... Div II Second Team All-CIF Southern Section as a junior ... SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA #35 FOLLOW LIST, HS Game Time first team all-state ... played on Yucaipa Thunderbird team ranked USATODAY #4 in the nation ... played with Royals scout team and the Nighthawks summer travel team ... high school teammate of current Cougar missionary and pitcher Adam Miller ... same high school as former Cougars, Kent Walton, Adam Miller, Ryan Chambers, Jeff Brown, Clayton Carson, and current Oakland A's outfielder Matt Carson.

Stats

Year    Avg.   G-GS   AB    R    H   2B   3B   HR   RBI    TB   BB   SO  SB-SBA
2011   .000    7-0     6    0    0    0    0    0     0     0    0    3   0-0