I spent all of my early years at Holland Christian Schools. I went to lower elementary at South Side, not the current building but the old building. I then ventured to Maplewood, which is now South Side, for grades 3rd, 4th & 5th. After elementary school there was only one middle school and that is were I went. Middle school was were I began playing school sports. I was involved in basketball, soccer and softball, they didn't have a baseball team at that time.

After all of that I finally made it to Holland Christian High School, were I was proud to be a Maroon for 4 years. I played a number of sports which included, soccer, basketball and baseball.

I graduated in 1998