HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Bishop Manogue high school in Reno, Nev....earned three varsity letters in baseball under coach Charles Oppio and one letter in football under Paul Mills...selected first team All-State 4A North accolades as a junior and senior...owned a 1.79 earned-run average in 31 innings pitched and in addition striking out 40 batters as a junior...threw both a perfect game and a no-hitter...transitioned to first base and contributed to the Miners offense during senior campaign...compiled a league-leading .511 batting average with 15 doubles, four triples and eight home runs.

Misc.: Maintained a 3.6 high school grade-point average...received All-State 4A Academics and National Honors Society accolades...received the Sr. Carmen Baca Award for the most service hours given (600-plus services hours)...comes from a family with history of playing NCAA Division I sports...grandfather, Andrew, lettered in soccer and track and field at the University of San Francisco from 1953-56...aunts, Denise and Michelle, played volleyball at the University of the Pacific and University of Nevada, respectively...Denise also played women's basketball at Pacific.