Personal
Born in Sandy ... parents are Bill and Linda ... played in the Northwest Collegiate Baseball League during the summer of 1999 ... in the summer of 2000 played in the Arizona Collegiate Baseball League where he batted .350... served an LDS Church mission to the Czech Republic ... majoring in sociology.
Before BYU
Prepped at Alta High where he was the National Freedom Foundation recipient...captained baseball team as a junior and senior and was first team all-state and all-region...won gold medal with the U.S. Olympic Festival fast pitch softball team in 1995.
Summary
Started at second, short and third last season ... started 30 of his 45 games and batted .289 ... had a six-game hitting streak at the beginning of the season.
Other College
Transferred from Dixie College where the team had a 25-game winning streak...batted .406 for the Rebels...coached by former Cougar Mike Littlewood...batted .350 at Utah Valley State College as a freshman when the team won the region and was one game away from the JC World Series...coached by Steve Gardner at UVSC.