High School: Otsego High School, Tontogany, Ohio, where he was First Team All-SLL and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior and senior; First Team All-Wood County and First Team All-District as a sophomore, junior and senior; Second Team All-SLL as a sophomore; First Team All-Blade DH and Team Player of the Year as a senior; and had the highest team batting average as a sophomore, junior and senior.