Played two seasons at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (2000-2001) and then two seasons at New Mexico State (2002-2003)…as a senior hit 14 home runs and 12 doubles in 58 games while driving in 61…while in college played summer ball with the Everett Merchants….played four season of professional baseball in the Frontier League – Chillicothe Paints (2004-2005), Evansville Otters (2005-2006) and Florence Freedom (2006-2007) where he appeared in three All-Star games…has a .293 batting average with 50 home runs and 233 RBI’s in 378 professional games