30-SOMETHING YEARS OLD, BORN IN SPARTA, IL.

GRADUATED FROM STEELVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 1990.

RECEIVED BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP FROM SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY.

STARTED PLAYING GUITAR IN 7TH OR 8TH GRADE, ABOUT 1984. PLAYED GUITAR, DRUMS, AND TRUMPET IN HIGH SCHOOL STAGE AND MARCHING BAND.

FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER IN THE METRO EAST AREA, CERTIFIED K-9 OFFICER.

NEWLYWED (ISH), MARRIED IN OCTOBER OF 2005
(BALL AND CHAINED IN MEXICO) .