Tabbed 21st among Baseball America's top 50 college sophomores...90th on the Baseball America's top 100 college prospects list...2007: Utilized redshirt year...was 1-5 with the Hyannis Mets...pitched 38.2 innings...yielded 16 earned runs on 32 hits for a 3.72 ERA...named a Pitcher of the Week in the Cape Cod League in 2007.

Pepperdine: Pitched 16.1 innings for the Waves as a freshman...struck out 13 batters...walked eight, allowed 22 hits...finished the season 1-1 with a 7.16 ERA...played the Central Illinois Collegiate League with the Danville Dans, who finished first in league...named one of the Top 10 pro prospects from the CICL by Baseball America...received the Pitcher of the Year Award...also earned the Pitcher of the First Half Season Award...10 appearances...5-1 with a league-leading 1.52 ERA...held opposing batters to a .183 clip...second in the league with 69 strikeouts and was first with an 11.65 strikeout-per-nine-inning average...struck out more than 10 batters in three games...posted a 5:1 strikeout to walk ratio.

La Habra High School: First-team all-area, All-CIF and All-Orange County as a senior...tabbed an Orange County All-Star and an all-area all-star...two-time team Most Valuable Player...received the "Mr. Hustle Award"...voted the 2004 Freeway League Most Valuable Player...team captured a league championship in 2004...also lettered in water polo...2005 All-American...two-time All-CIF honors...all-county selection...also named league and team MVP that same year...2004 All-CIF choice...league champs junior season.

Personal: Parents are Mark and Shelley...father, Mark, played baseball at UC Irvine in 1980 and 1981...has two sisters, Andrea and Samantha...majoring in social ecology.