At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his third season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Football team, where he has played on both sides of the ball as a linebacker, fullback, offensive guard, and nose tackle...Also competes on the Claremont Colleges rugby club team, where he serves as team captain…2015 Preseason All-America selection by USA College Football.
2014: First-team All-SCIAC...Started all nine games at offensive guard, and played both ways in the season finale against CMS, seeing action at nose tackle as well...Part of an offensive line that was named to the D3football.com National Team of the Week after leading the way for 670 yards of total offense against La Verne, the second most in program history...Had two tackles against CMS in one possession as the nose tackle.
2013: Began the year as a fullback, carrying the ball six times in the first two games, while catching three passes...Switched to defense as a nose tackle and finished with 19 tackles, including a high of six in an overtime win over Whittier...Had a key third-down sack to stall La Verne's final drive in a 31-23 Sagehens win.
2012: Began the year as a linebacker, but converted to fullback after the first two games...Had eight tackles and a fumble recovery on defense, and 28 carries for 87 yards and a touchdown on offense...Scored a touchdown at La Verne...Also caught five passes for 20 yards coming out of the backfield.
High School: Attended Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach, California…Named an NHHS Scholar-Athlete, as well as capturing the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award…Earned All-Sunset League honors in football…Also helped his freshman team to a conference championship…Was MVP of the Back Bay Rugby Club's U19 team, which he led to a 14-1 record and a Southern California finalists appearance…Was second in the Sunset League in both the shot put and discus his freshman year…Earned the Newport Mesa Unified School District Starfish Award for outstanding service to his community…National Honors Society and AP Scholar award recipient…NHHS Academic Award of Excellence recipient (4.0+ GPA) for six semesters.
Personal: Attending Pomona College, where he majors in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE), specializing in politics, with a minor in history…Likely focusing his thesis on US Business Law...Lists 1D1: Theory of Money as the most interesting course he has taken at Pomona...Has two brothers, who graduated from UCLA and USC…Worked in the summer of 2015 at Gordian Dynamics, a Healthcare IT firm, writing the company's business and marketing plans, creating marketing pieces, re-designing the website, re-writing the messaging and creating thought leadership pieces...Spent summer of 2014 working for the US's #2 ranked communications and PR company, the Abernathy MacGregor Group, working on a wide range of projects including IPO's, corporate restructures, bankruptcies, and M&A work...Had a summer internship in 2013 at Rutan & Tucker Law firm...Lists Ray Lewis as his favorite athlete…Nicknamed “Freight”…Favorite books are Friday Night Lights, Band of Brothers and Bleachers…Band of Brothers is also his favorite movie…Alexander the Great is the historical figure he most admires…Plans to attend either Officer Candidate School (OCS) or Law School after graduation…Earned Beach City Service League “Commander Award” for 60+ hours of community service…Member of the Claremont Christian Athletes...Chose Pomona because it “provides me with the opportunity to pursue top notch academics within a liberal arts setting, while playing multiple college sports.”
