Favorite college teams are the Clemson Tigers and Gonzaga University basketball team. Favorite professional team is the Seattle Seahawks.

Superstitions include wearing the color blue.

Won four AJGA tournaments and was named Washington Junior Golf Association Player of the Year. Helped his Bellarmine Prep team win state championships his junior and senior years, finishing second overall in both tournaments. Three-time first-team All-ACC

Winner of the 2009 Ben Hogan Award. Runner-up in 2007 and 2009 at the NCAA Championship, losing by two shots to USC's Jamie Lovemark in 2007 and by two to North Carolina State's Matt Hill in 2009. Had 20 top-10 and 28 top-20 finishes in his 32 career star

Two-time winner of the Southern Amateur.