Background:
Son of Suzie and Stan ... Earned three lettters in baseball at Spring Branch Memorial High School ... Three-time academic all-district ... Academic all-state as a senior ... Three-time all district including a first team selection as a senior ... Greater Houston third team ... Boy Scout, Eagle Scout, Scout Memorial Mustangs Outreach Bunch ... Former high-school teammates playing at the college level include Josh Mihalec (Baylor), Nick Bergmann (Texas A&M), Jacob Dahlstrand (Houston/ Boston Red Sox), Michael Rateree (Rice), Michael Paul Cokinos (Houston), Jeremy Rathjen (RIce), Kyle Guest (Texas at Dallas) and Hunter Sorenson (Denison).