Before Yale: Spent his first two years at Lee County High School before transferring to Deerfield-Windsor School, where he lettered his final two seasons ... An honors graduate with a 4.3 grade-point average (4.0 scale) ... Led Deerfield-Windsor to the state finals in his senior season ... Led the Knights with a 9-3 record on the mound with a 1.85 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 61 innings pitched ... At the plate, he recorded a .603 batting average with nine home runs and 49 RBIs. The average, home runs and his 15 home runs in his two seasons are all Deerfield-Windsor school records ... Named the Ray Knight Player of the Year, the Georgia Independent School Association Player of the Year, the Region Player of the Year and a two-time All-State selection ... Batted .550 in his two seasons on Lee County High's ninth grade and B-teams.

At Yale: Resident of Saybrook College. Undeclared major.