Before Princeton

Second Baptist: Four-year letterwinner in baseball at Second Baptist ... batted .447 as a senior playing SS/RHP with 31 runs scored, 14 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 31 RBI and a .825 slugging percentage in 2012 ... named Louisville Slugger Pre-Season High School All-American Team Honorable Mention in 2012 ... Under Armour Pre-Season All American in 2011-2012 ... ranked by Perfect Game "Top 1000" in 2011 ... 2012 TPSCA All Star "South" Team ... 2012 HABCA All Star "North Team" ... named All-Houston Private School-4A Hitter of the Year in 2012 ... lead Houston TAPPS 4A in Home Runs in 2012 ... 2012 Houston Astros All Greater Houston Preseason High School Team ... Varsity H.S. team captain in 2012 ... earned the Golden Eagle Award in 2012 ... 2012 TAPPS 4A First Team All-State Baseball ... 2012 TAPPS 4A-District 4 All-District MVP ...  2012 TAPPS 4A-District 4 First Team All-District Shortstop ... earned TAPPS 4A Academic All-State in 2011 and 2012 ... 2011 TAPPS 4A State All-Tournament Shortstop ... selected to Texas Ranger Area Code tryouts in 2011 ... named H5AB Pre-Season "All Houston" Team in 2011 ... named Houston Top 10 Power Hitters in 2011 ... 2010 TAPPS 4A All-State Honorable Mention.

Persona: Full name is William Eugene Arendt III, born July 19, 1994 ... youngest child of Bill and Rossana Arendt ...  has two older sisters, Gigi and Christi ... Fall 2012 enrolled in first year of BSE at Princeton, pursuing a graduate degree in engineering ... graduated Summa Cum Laude ... 2012 National Hispanic Recognition Scholar ... 2012 Science National Honor Society ... 2011-2012 AP Scholar ... 2011 Florence Weaver National Honor Society ... 2010 HOBY Leadership Award-Hugh O'Brian ... 2010-2012 Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica ... earned the Christian Leadership Award four consecutive years 2009-2012.