Named first team Class 3A All-State as a senior at RUSK HIGH SCHOOL.......Also named All-District......Went 9-2 with a 1.13 earned run average as a senior.......Allowed only 40 hits in 80 2/3 innings....... Struck out 135 batters..... Pitched two no-hitters.......Hit .337 with three home runs and 19 runs batted in.......Was All-District as a junior after earning honorable mention as a sophomore....... Named second team All-East Texas Baseball........Chosen for both the Ryan Simmons All-Star Classic and the Texas High School Baseball Coaches' Association All-Star Game....... Named to the All-Tournament Team at both the Crockett Baseball Classic and at the Tri-Cities Tournament ......... Received the Rusk Quarterback Club Baseball Award, as well as the E.M. Whitehead Award ........Named first team All-District as a quarterback and second team All-District as a punter for the RHS football team....... Named honorable mention All-East Texas as a quarterback.....Chosen Academic All-District and Academic All-State in baseball........Named second team All-District and Academic All-District in football.

Born January 30, 1985…Son of Terry and Judy Linder… Has a brother, T.J..... Majoring in Accounting at UTPA.