Personal
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Born in Cedar City, Utah
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Parents are Randy and Roxanne Wilstead
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Father played first base at Utah Valley before transferring to the BYU baseball team from 1989-90 and was captain and two-time All-Western Athletic Conference; played for Montreal Expo organization (13th round of the 1990 MLB Draft).
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Uncle Judd Wilstead played for the Milwaukee Brewers organization
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Brother Kody signed football letter of intent with BYU as a quarterback
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Served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Bacolod, Philippines
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Majoring in economics
Before BYU
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Prepped at Pineview High School where he was coached by his father
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Honorable mention Rawlings All-America for the West region
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Second team All-State by the Deseret News
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Batted .527 with seven home runs, 13 doubles, four triples and 44 RBI during his senior season in which he was named team MVP
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Three-time first team All-Region 9 in both baseball and football and once in basketball
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Lettered three years in baseball and football and once in basketball
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First team All-State by Salt Lake Tribune and second team All-State by Deseret News as a tight end in football
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U.S. Army Scholar Athlete for Washington County School District
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MVP of the Gates field World Series, getting walk off single vs. future BYU teammate Hayden Nielsen.
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Recruited by UNLV, Cal-Berkeley, Kentucky, UC Davis, Iowa, Wichita State, Utah Valley, SLCC and College of Southern Nevada
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
2012 # .231 20-2 26 3 6 2 0 0 4 8 3 3 1-1
#Statistics from UNLV