I attended Western Dubuque High School in Epworth, Iowa.  I was involved in Student Council, Future Business Leaders of America, National Honor Society, and baseball.  I assisted in leading the team to our first state appearance in 24 years during my senior season.  During high school I also participated in a wooden bat league for my home town of Rickardsville.  I am now majoring in Finance at Wartburg College, and I intend to graduate after only three years.  I played Wartburg Baseball for my first two years but an elbow injury has ended my career.  I was on the team that won the tenth and the eleventh straight IIAC Conference Titles. The fact that my elbow is injured led me to the opportunity to overload my classes and graduate in three years.  I am graduating in May.

I was born in the small town of Sherrill, Iowa in a farming community.  My parents moved to their current residence of Rickardsville, Iowa when I was two.  Rickardsville is a small town of about 160 people. I have lived all my life on a farm, and it has taught me many things.  Living on the farm has taught me how to work hard and responsibility.  I was also taught responsibility by being the oldest of seven kids.  I have one brother and five sisters, and my youngest two sisters are twins.