High School: Native of Belleville, N.J.... Three-sport letter-winner at Montclair Kimberly Academy in Montclair, N.J.... Four-year starter at shortstop for the Cougars, serving as captain as a senior... Also lettered in soccer and indoor track and field... Guided team to a Colonial Hills Conference and New Jersey Prep B North State championship as a senior... Named first-team All-Colonial Hills Conference and second team All-Prep School in 2008... Earned MKA's Community Service Award for serving as president of the school's Bookmobile... Also presented with the Klein Award for MKA's top student-athlete.