As a junior golfer, Kribel was a member of the Castlewood Country Club Junior Golf Program, a program that produced several professional golfers including Paula Creamer, Dana Dormann, Pat Hurst, and Todd Fischer.

[1] He attended Amador Valley High School, won two NCGA Northern California High School Boys Individual Championships,[2] and went on to play his collegiate golf at Stanford University where he was a teammate of Tiger Woods.

[3] At Stanford, Kribel was a 4-time NCAA All-American, was named 1st team all Pac-10 Conference four times, and was Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1999.

Amateur, Kribel won medalist honors shooting a 4-under-par 136.

[4] His best finish on the PGA Tour was 4th place at the 2004 John Deere Classic, and his best finish on the Web.com Tour was 2nd place at the 2002 Hershey Open.