COLLEGE: Attended Shoreline CC last fall quarter and transferred to Western winter quarter.

HIGH SCHOOL: Team co-captain and Most Improved award winner as senior at Shorewood High School ... Started and lettered three years for Thunderbirds ... Also lettered three years in baseball ... Honoroble mention all-Western Conference South Division as senior and junior ... Played on teams that reached district playoffs as sophomore and senior.

PERSONAL: Plans to major in education ... His uncle, Toby Butler, was NASCAR truck series driver.