PEPPERDINE 2007: Batted .261 over 54 games at first base as a sophomore ... Made 51 starts ... Led the team and was fourth in the WCC in home runs with seven ... Finished fourth on the squad in RBI with 27 ... Notched three-hit efforts vs. USC (2/13), vs. Minnesota (3/16) and vs. Loyola Marymount (4/6) ... Registered a career-high eight-game hitting stream from 4/30-5/18 ... Tallied eight multi-hit games and seven two-RBI contests ... Two of his home runs came in separate games against UCLA ...  Homered in his first collegiate game at UNLV ... Played with Vienna of the Clark Griffith League during summer 2007.

PEPPERDINE 2006: Practiced with the team but did not appear in any games as a freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Green Valley High School, located in Henderson, Nev., in 2005 ... A two-year letterwinner ... Named the Sunrise Division’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 ... Named a Sunrise Conference All-Star as a senior and led Green Valley to the division championship in 2005 ... Batted .336 with four home runs, 27 runs scored and 36 RBI as a senior, and hit .403 as a junior ... Graduated in the top five percent of his class.

PERSONAL: Born in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Son of Tom and Stacey Heroy ... Has two brothers, Brandon and Dylan ... Majoring in advertising ... Chose Pepperdine because “the great combination of baseball and athletics and the small school atmosphere appealed to me.”

FAVORITES: Hobbies include fishing ... Lists his sports hero as Tiger Woods ... Favorite pro baseball player is Don Mattingly ... Favorite pro baseball team is the New York Yankees ... Favorite book is the Bible ... Favorite movie is Wedding Crashers ... Favorite TV show is Entourage ... Favorite food is steak and eggs ... Favorite thing about baseball is “it’s a game that is ever-changing. It’s full or surprises and excitement.”