High School: Three-year letterman at Jesuit High where he played third base and pitched for coach Dave Moreau...helped lead the Blue Jays to the playoffs all three years he played, including a state championship victory as a senior...as a senior, earned all-District 9-5A honors and All-Orleans recognition with the Blue Jays and claimed all-district honors in American Legion ball...as a junior, hit .420...also lettered twice in football where he earned all-state, all-metro, All-Orleans and all-district honors...off the diamond, was a member of the Student Council.

Personal: Born Corey Edwin Penedo on March 5, 1984 in Metairie, La...son of Gregory and Melinda Penedo...has one brother, Chad, and one sister, Christine...cousin, Jeff Lipari, played collegiate baseball at LSU and UNO...proposed major is exercise science.