Bishop O'Dowd High School: Two-time All-Hayward Area Athletic League honoree...named All-Eastbay in 2006...team captured league titles in 2006 and 2006...squad was the NCS runner-up in 2007 and reached the quarterfinals in 2007... at one time posted a 10-0 league record over two seasons...pitched in the championship games in 2006 and 2007...was 7-4 as a senior...pitched 50.2 innings, striking out 63...held a 2.01 ERA...allowed just 15 earned runs on 31 hits...one save...selected to play in the 2007 California All-Star game...competed in the 2006 Bay Area World Series...member of the 2005 Amateur Athletic Union National championship team.

Personal: Grandfather, Henry Rodriguez was one of the first Mexican-American pilots in World War II...great-uncle Martin Rodriguez was drafted by St. Louis as a pitcher...parents are Brian and Marilyn...has a sister, Alexandra...undecided major.