Pre-BSC: Attended Dunwoody HS in Dunwoody, Ga. where he played baseball for Coach Chan English... was named to the DeKalb County All-Star team his junior and senior seasons... was also named DeKalb All-County in 2013... also played football and was a member of the diving team... earned All-County honors in football his junior and senior year and was named All-County diving and All-County diving MVP his senior year... named to the Academic All-Conference and was a member of the German National Honors Society.

Personal: Son of Dana Gaines and Jack Gaines... born Sept. 6, 1994... has a younger sister, Mackenzie... both of his grandfathers played collegiate football, one at William & Mary and the other at Georgia Tech... plans to major in business administration.