Before Brown: A four-year letterwinner as a pitcher and third baseman at Lake Park High School … team captain as a senior … a two-time All-Conference and Academic All-Conference selection … named All-Area in 2012.

Personal: May 14, 1995 … son of Karen and Chris Taugner … has two sisters, Megan and Kelly … hobbies include fishing, golfing and boating … plans to major in economics.