High School: Was a three-sport athlete at Deerfield Windsor, lettering in baseball, basketball and soccer … garnered all-state honors in all three sports while graduating with honors and a 3.7 GPA … was named to the GISA-AAA All-State team as a junior and a senior … named the GISA-AAA Regional Player of the Year … set single season and career records for batting average at his high school.

Personal: Son of Mike Boyd and Jill Taylor … has an older sister, Meghan, 28, and a step brother, Vince, 17 … enrolled in the Pre Med program at Mercer … born on December 9, 1990 in Albany Ga. … lists the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks as his favorite sports teams … his favorite TV show is Sports Center and his favorite musician is Lil Wayne.