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ASU: Returns for his junior season after suffering an ankle injury last season and reaggravating it during spring workouts...solid offseason strength and conditioning gains put him in hunt for a role on the offensive line...looks to move from right tackle to left guard.
2002: Played in eight games, starting five at right tackle...suffered a severe ankle injury at Washington State but returned for Holiday Bowl.
2001: Played in two games...served in a backup role.
2000: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 graduate of St. Bonaventure High School...listed as the No. 36 player in the Farwest by SuperPrep Magazine in the 1999 preseason...a member of the Tacoma News Tribune's "Western 100" listing...listed as the No. 14 offensive lineman in the West by PrepStar Magazine...earned all-C.I.F., all-county and All-Tri Valley League while helping his team win the C.I.F. Championship...Tri Valley League Offensive Player of the Year...was All-Ventura County and Most Valuable Offensive Lineman of the Year in 1999...graded out at 97 percent and added 96 pancake blocks...bench presses 345, squats 600 pounds...had 15 pancake blocks versus St. Joseph-St. Maria and graded out at 99 percent...in 1999, St. Bonaventure High was Southern California C.I.F. Champions in Division XI (14-0)...lists most exciting experience in sports as winning the Southern California C.I.F. Title in the last 11 seconds with one of his blocks...lettered three times in football, twice in track and field and once in baseball...coached by Jon Mack and Tim Gutierrez.
PERSONAL: : Is majoring in interdisciplinary studies...interested in computer science...parents are Florencio and Edith...has two brothers and three sisters and 10 nephews and nieces ...hobbies include weightlifting and camping...born April 19, 1982 in Oxnard, Calif.
