Was on the same University of Notre Dame Track & Field team as Best Selling Author Nicholas Sparks and Screenwriter Jeff Van Wie.
Was known to frequent British Racecourses with Racing Journalist/TV pundit Eddie "The Shoe" Fremantle as well as professional gamblers "Fast" Phil Wiggins and Jimmy "The Jobber" Douglas-Mann.
Graduated from San Marcos High School, Santa Barbara, California. High School friends with the Village People's Eric Anzalone, Tony Award winner Cady Huffman, and Assistant-Secretary General, United Nations Robert Orr. Other San Marcos graduates include Anthony Edwards, Eric Stoltz, Kathy Ireland.