PREP/PERSONAL
Kansas 5A Player of the Year ... two-time first team All-Kansas first baseman ... batted .444 and drove in 24 runs as a senior ... excelled on the mound as well, going 7-2 with a 2.18 ERA in 55 innings ... posted a 7-1 mark, 1.91 ERA in 66 innings as a junior; adding a .411 batting clip ... led Blue Valley High School to the state title game in 2012 and a third-place finish in 2011 ... also lettered in basketball ... the son of Marvin and Susan Bell ... born on October 29, 1993 ... has a sister, Meredith ... majoring in Pre-History.