Bergen Catholic: Three-year letter-winner at Bergen Catholic and was one of the Garden State's top junior golfers ... ranked No. 20 among members of the class of 2012 and No. 41 among all high school golfers by Polo Golf Rankings ... ranked 111th in the class of 2012 and 223rd among all high school golfers by National Junior Golf Scoreboard ... ranked No. 2 among all New Jersey juniors, No. 53 in the overall class of 2012 and No. 121 among all junior golfers in the nation by Golfweek ... had a monster junior year in 2011, winning the individual title of the 2011 NJSIAA/MGA Tournament of Champions at Neshanic Vallley Golf Course after carding seven birdies en route to a 5-under 67 ... 67 was the second-lowest score in New Jersey state championships history ... was a 2011 AJGA Rolex All-American Honorable Mention, 2011 AJGA HP Scholastic All-American, 2011 FCWT Academic All-American and The Star-Ledger 2011 New Jersey State Player of the Year ... garnered first-team all-league, all-county and all-state honors each of the past three seasons ... competed in seven AJGA events in 2011-12 with three top-3 finishes and one victory ... won the 2011 AJGA Northern Virginia Junior title after matching his career best with a 67 in the final round.

Personal: Son of Eleanor and Andrew Shih ... was a member of the National Honor Society, Latin Honor Society and Math Honor Society ... made the principal's list at Bergen Catholic all four years ... was an Edmund Rice Scholar ... born in Ridgewood, N.J.