HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Barlow High School in Gresham, OR...Lettered four years in baseball and two years in basketball...USA Today Honorable Mention All-America...Named Most Outstanding Pitcher in the Oregon State High School All-Star Game in 2000...First-Team All-State selection as a senior....Named Pitcher-of-the-Year in the league...Two-time first-team All-League selection...Named Honorable Mention All-State as a junior...Second-Team All-Conference as a sophomore.

PERSONAL: Born November 1, 1981...Parents are Jim and Becky Stone...Has one brother and one sister...Has yet to declare a major...Favorite team is the Seattle Mariners.