High School: First Team All-Conference (2008). …All-District (2006, 2007, 2008). …Lettered four years in soccer and one year in basketball. … In 2006 his team was an Ohio State Tournament semifinalist.

Personal: Parents are Irene and Doug Salmen. …His father played hockey at Miami (Ohio) University. …Has two sisters, Kelsie, 20; and Alison, 15.