Prior to A&M-Commerce: A three-year letterwinner as a member of the track and field team at Lakeview Centennial High School...advanced to the regionals as a senior in the 800-meter run...also played on the football team as a senior...recipient of UIL Scholar and Citizenship Awards.

Personal: Born November 23, 1989...son of Robert and Marian Balthazar...brother, Robert played basketball as a freshman at Morehouse College...an accounting major.