After H.S. I left for Sault St.Marie, MI to wrestle. 1 1/2 yrs. later I found out that cutting weight, sleeping between practices, and skipping class were not benificial to my grades. I found myself back here "taking a break" for next 3 yrs. and working. I ran into Steve Allen one night and he hooked me up with his wrestling coach at Missouri Valley so I did that for about 3 months, got injured, had surgery, stopped wrestling, graduated with a degree in Biology.
Came back here and put my degree to work by installing sprinkler systems for Doug Gibson for the next 4 yrs.
In 2002 I met my wonderful wife, Jaana. We got married in 2004, had our little girl, Anna, in 2005, and I have to say it's been the happiest years I've had so far.
I am currently working at Hercules Tires, (again, putting that hard earned education to work for me) in the accounting office.