High School:
Lettered in football, basketball, and volleyball at Glenbard West High School … Two-year football captain … Team MVP as a senior ...  All-state selection as a senior by Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Daily Herald, and the Illinois Coaches Association… Two-time West Suburban Silver Conference selection … Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior … Two-time academic all-state … National Honor Society … Leadership Foundation Award … Spanish Honor Society... J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundation member ... National Merit Commended Student ... Illinois State Scholar.