High School: Native of Merrick, N.Y.... Lettered in four different sports - baseball, basketball, football and soccer - at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, N.Y.... The first student-athlete in Cougar history to earn letters in four sports... Attained All-Conference status as an outfielder in baseball and All-County honors as a soccer goalie... Earned the Nassau County Sports Commission's James Regan Award winner for the top scholar-athlete in the county... Guided the Cougars to a conference championship as a senior... One of 14 student-athletes to win the school's Cougar Pride Award... A member of Math, Spanish and National Honor Societies.