Team Elite member ... Athens Banner-Herald Player-of-the-Year as a senior ... team captain as a senior ... member of the region champions as a senior ... all-region selection as a sophomore, junior and senior ... won the team’s best pitcher award as a sophomore and senior ... won the team’s best hitter award as a junior and senior ... lettered four times in baseball and two times in basketball at Oconee County High School, where he was coached by Tom Gooch.