HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons of varsity baseball for coach Derek Hanssen at Westbrook High School … Team captain during senior year … Named second team All-Conference in 2012 … Received Academic All-State accolades as a senior … Had a 6-2 record during senior season with a 1.72 ERA … Finished high school career with a 12-5 record overall … Team advanced to Class S semifinals in 2012, while making it to the quarterfinals in 2010 … Won the Connecticut Congressional Award in 2012 … Received Yale Book Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Personal Integrity in 2011.

PERSONAL: Son of Walt and Kate Comment … has two brothers (Fletcher and Nathan) … Majoring in History and Political Science.