HIGH SCHOOL: Was a 40th-round pick of the Oakland Athletics in the MLB First-Year Player Draft last June ... four-year letterwinner, three-time captain and three-time team MVP for coach Steve Cavnar at Regis Jesuit ... led squad to a 17-4 record and a league championship in senior campaign ... named All-Centennial League First Team three times ... Denver Post 5A All-State honorable mention as a junior and senior ... named a Baseball America Preseason All-American before senior season ... hit .542 in final year with seven jacks and 35 runs scored ... played two years of football as well, serving as a captain as a junior ... first team academic all-state for football and baseball ... selected to try out for the 18U national team ... tresurer for National Honor Society ... president of local FCA. PERSONAL: Eyeing an economics major ... son of Dan and Jackie and has one brother and sister ... born Oct. 4, 1990 in Cleveland, Ohio ... father is the general manager for the Colorado Rockies and played collegiately at Rollins ... avid outdoorsman particularly enjoys fly fishing.