High School: Attended Bentonville High School … rated as the No. 2 overall prospect and No. 1 right-handed pitcher in Arkansas, and No. 84 RHP nationally by Perfect Game … ranked the No. 3 player and No. 2 RHP in Arkansas and the No. 68 RHP nationally by Prep Baseball Report … 2020 Area Code Games participant … earned Arkansas all-state and MaxPreps All-America honors after registering a 1.74 ERA and a .408 batting average … posted a 1.85 ERA over two high school seasons, including a 1.62 mark as a sophomore in 2019 … earned all-state honors after his sophomore season … did not play in 2020 due to COVID-19 … also earned all-conference honors as a freshman after posting a 2.08 ERA … high school coach was Todd Abbott … also competed in football, basketball and track for the Tigers.