Personal
Born in San Diego ... parents are Thomas and Eva ... played for the San Diego Sox and was MVP in the all-star game and also MVP of that team in 2003 ... majoring in sociology.
Before BYU
Prepped at Montgomery High where he was coached by Manuel Hermosillo ... was selected as the most improved player in 2001 ... honorable mention all-league in 2002.
Other College
At Southwestern College he was an All-PCC player in 2003, when he batted .325 and his team won the PCC Championship ... was honorable mention as a defensive player in 2004 and batted .294 ... coached by Jerry Bartow.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA
2005 .330 42-26 115 28 38 9 0 1 22 50 9 18 3-3
2006 .287 35-31 108 14 31 6 3 3 22 52 6 20 5-7
TOTAL: .309 77-57 223 42 69 15 3 4 44 102 15 38 8-10
Hit game-winning RBI vs. Southern Utah (a double, New Mexico State (a sac-fly and a homer) and Washington (homer) ... suffered a sublexed shoulder with 24 games remaining, which limited his playing time ... made a leaping catch in the tournament victory over UNLV.