Pre BSC: A three-year letterwinner for Coaches Brad Pager and Tom Webb Brian Lindner at Fellowship Christian High in Marietta, Ga...earned Roswell Neighbor Athlete of the Week (4/16/12) while leading the Paladins in wins (24-8), ERA, strikouts and innings pitched as a senior...named Most Improved and had the team's third best average .394 as a junior...selected the team's Rookie of the Year and was a Second-Team All-Region selection as a freshman...class Salutatorian...

Personal: Born January 24, 1994... Son of Alan, who played collegiate baseball for SAA member Oglethorpe Unviersity from 1984-1988, and Melinda Royalty...majoring in chemistry.