High School: four-year letterwinner in baseball, two-year letterwinner in football and one letter in basketball ... awarded the Newcomer of the Year award as a freshman ... First Team All-Region, honorable mention All-State as a sophomore ... First Team All-Region, Offensive Player of the Year, Second Team All-State as a junior ... Short Stop of the Year, First Team All-Region and Second Team All-State as a senior ... graduated with a 3.7 grade point average ... Personal: son of Gary Vernier and Lorena Quiroz Lobera ... business and accounting major.