 He'd received multiple college offers to play football and basketball, but the only school interested in him as a baseball player was Division II Quincy University, where he earned Great Lakes Valley Conference Freshman of the Year honors in , and in , was named to the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference team and was the GLVC Player of the Year.He’s the school’s all-time leader in hits (212), doubles (48) and runs (170).He’s second all-time in home runs (32) and third in batting average (.377) and runs batted in (147).