Prep/Personal: Named to the Chicago Sun-Times All-Area First Team after batting .405 with five homers and 47, while recording a mark of 5-1 on the bump with 38 strikeouts in 12 appearances, helping Minooka to the Suburban Prairie South conference and Regional titles...recorded numerous honors as a junior, including All-Suburban Prairie South First Team and MVP, All-Area First Team, Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Team, Chicago Tribune Special Mention team, Chicagoland All-Area All-Star team and WJOL Player of the Year after batting .444 with five homers and 44 RBI, while notching a mark of 8-1 on the hill with an ERA of 2.28 to push the Indians to the conference championship...competed on the varsity squad as a sophomore and was named Team MVP and All-Conference after batting .370 with a .583 slugging percentage...named to the Minooka Honor Roll as a sophomore and senior...graduated with high honors...named to the `Who's Who Among American Students" in the nation...born March 1, 1987...son of John and Debbie Scheidt...major is business.