He attended Jeffersonville High School and grew up swimming for Keith Gast at Pacesetter Aquatics.

Quickly escalating into a full-time commitment, he was passionate about swimming, but never saw much opportunity in it until a meteoric rise between his freshman and sophomore year at Jeffersonville High School in Indiana.

He was a member of the school and meet record setting Big Ten champion 200-yard medley relay unit.

At the BIG TEN Championships at the University of Michigan, He took the 100 backstroke title in a time of 45.92, breaking the Canham Natatorium record of 46.48 set by Michael Phelps in 2005.

He earned first team All-Big Ten and was the first Indiana University swimmer to win three individual swimming titles since Chuck Sharpe in 1980.