Waihanga i tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero He tangata nō New Jersey, he paetahi hoki o Bishop George Ahr High School (i Edison, NJ), i maka e ia he poitūkohu kore ki Connecticut i te 26 o Maehe, 2005.
O te akoranga, he putanga atu matatini o te rerenga ko "He New Jersey taketake, me te paetahi o Pihopa George Ahr High School (i Edison, NJ), i tīpakohia e ia e te New York Mets i roto i te rauna tuarua (62nd katoa) o te 2006 amateur draft i roto i Villanova University. "