Prep/Personal: Two-year letterwinner as a shortstop for Hersey...earned All-Mid-Suburban League, All-Area and All-Great Northwest Suburban First Team honors during his prep career...team's Most Valuable Player...hit .374 with seven homers, 10 doubles, 33 RBI, 32 runs scored and 12 stolen bases as a senior...hit .334 with seven doubles, 23 RBI, 21 runs scored and seven steals as a junior...two-time state champion and two-time regional qualifier for the Arlington Height American Legion squad...also excelled on the ice and on the links for Hersey, lettering four years on the hockey club and two years for the golf team...two-time hockey All-Star...helped the Hersey hockey team finish second in the state as a sophomore and make the Elite Eight as a junior...born January 31, 1989...son of Steve and Kim Ganek...pre-business major.