sentences:  He attended Cooperstown Dreams Park as a teenager, and was a standout on the Blackman High School baseball and basketball teams.In his high school career, he compiled a 0.43 earned run average (ERA) and 151 strikeouts.He received the Rutherford County MVP Pitcher (2003 and 2004), the Co-District 7AAA Pitcher of the Year with Michael Alcorn his senior season, and the Rutherford County Male Athlete of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2004.