Valencia High School: Named first-team All-Empire League as a senior...collected second-team honors in 2006...also received the Cy Young Pitching Award...2-0 on the mound with a 3.00 ERA...struck out 20 in 18.2 innings...walked just six...allowed eight earned runs...batted .344 with 16 RBI...posted 31 hits, including five doubles and two home runs...also had six stolen bases...three-year letterwinner...played in the Connie Mack League with the OC Stars...team finished third...also competed with the O'Keiki Warriors.

Personal: Three-time scholar-athlete...member of the National Honors Society...a Distinguished Scholar, finishing in the top five-percent of his class...parents are Martin and Debra...has a sister, Jessica...business administration major.