Was the college teammate of fellow TOUR player Carl Pettersson at North Carolina State University.

Recorded his first hole-in-one when he was age 8.

Donated his first-place share of approximately $20,000 at the November 2005 Nelson Mandela Invitational to a deaf girl from the Carel du Toit School for the Hearing Impaired in Tygerberg, South Africa, who needed implant surgery. "It put into perspective what life is all about–and it's not about all those putts I'm able to put away or miss at the crucial stages of an event, but life in general," he said.

NCAA East Regional Individual Champion (1997).

Was T7 in 1998 NCAAs.

Won 1997 U.S. Public Links Championship.

NCAA East Regional Individual Champion (1996).

1997 ACC Player of the Year.

Was T5 at 1996 NCAA Championship.

1996 CGAA National Freshman of the Year.

Won 1997 Cardinal Amateur (Greensboro, N.C.) when he played 54 holes without a bogey and finished 15-under-par 195 for a tournament record.