HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter as a first baseman for Kevin Brown at Fletcher High School...as a senior, he earned all-district and all-Gateway Conference honors and was named Fletcher HS "Athlete of the Year" after leading the Senators to a conference title and the state playoffs...batted .450 with three home runs and 30 RBI on the year...as a junior, he batted .250 with three home runs and 15 RBI...in AAU play, he batted .620 with the Jacksonville Bombsquad...graduated ninth in his senior class...member of the National Honor Society and was a Wendy's High School Heisman Scholar Athlete of the Year nominee as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born Dec. 12, 1988, in Philadelphia...son of Kevin and Teresa...has a sister, Colleen; and a brother, Christopher...sister, Colleen, is a swimmer at Florida Atlantic...cousin, Ryan Hayes, played baseball at Philadelphia University from 2004-07...major is biology.