Personal
Born in Sugar Land, Texas ... parents are Gifford and Wendy ... father was a quarterback with the Houston Oilers for six years before becoming a TV sportscaster in Houston ... father was an All-American football player at BYU and played basketball for the Cougars ... mother was a BYU cheerleader ... older brother Giff played basketball for BYU, too ... grandfather Stan Nielsen played basketball for BYU (1940-41) ... is an Eagle Scout ... recruited by Houston, TCU, Baylor, Vanderbilt, Rice and Duke ... married Taylor Porter in December, 2008 and they have a daughter who was born last August ... served a volunteer two-year Church mission to Puebla, Mexico ... serves as president of the Cougar Council representing all BYU student-athletes ... majoring in economics.
Before BYU
Was two-time first-team all-district and all-city at Clements High ... selected to the Minute Maid Classic All-Tournament Team ... coached by Herb Espinosa ... was English Student of the Year as a freshman ... was all-district and all-city in basketball, too ... played for the national, state and district champion Houston Heat, a team that won the World Wood Bat Championship.
Stats
Year Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB-SBA2006 .231 17-7 39 8 9 4 0 1 9 16 3 5 1-12009 .167 7-1 12 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 0-02010 .347 53-51 202 40 70 13 2 3 39 96 15 11 3-42011 .279 57-57 179 39 50 10 1 0 27 62 37 18 3-3