2000: Persuasion All-American candidate...Could be a starter or a closer.

1999: Earned TPX Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Honors...Set the new single season Gaucho save record with 10...Finished the season with 41.1 innings and 21 appearances out of the bullpen...Had a better than 2:1 strikeout to walk ratio...Finished second on the team with a 5.01 earned run average...Opposing teams batted under .300 against him

1998: Redshirted for the Gauchos.

High School: Played for Kelley Nicholson at Loyola High School...Went 7-4 with a 2.10 ERA and 83 strikeouts as a senior...Hit .415 during his high school career...Hit .430 with two homeruns and 32 RBI as a senior...Named All-Mission League as a junior and senior...Won Mission League as a junior...Led team to CIF semifinals with three straight victories...Threw a complete game 3 hitter vs. #3 ranked Chaminade as a senior...Also played soccer and football.

Personal: Born June 26, 1979 in Arcadia, CA...Favorite team is the L.A. Dodgers...Also recruited by Cal, Stanford, Tulane, USF, and LMU...Nicknamed "Q"...Undecided on a major...Would like to become a lawyer...Son of Victor and Regina Quiroz.