He has a Certificate III in bricklaying from the Holmesglen Institute of TAFE in Moorabbin, Victoria, and has three children named Keeley, Willow, Hudson.

He suffered severe injuries, including fractures in his neck and back, and crushing his spinal cord, rendering him paraplegic.

[5] Wrist bands were sold, and a boot camp and an online auction held to raise money for an $8,000 basketball wheelchair.

[7] He made his international debut with the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team (known as the Rollers) in April 2014 in a tour of the Netherlands and Belgium.

[8] Later that year he was part of the Rollers team that won gold at the 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship.