High School: Three-year letterwinner and senior captain at Upper Arlington High School, a Columbus-area school in Ohio that plays in the largest classification of OHSAA Football...helped lead the Golden Bears to a 10-3 record and an OHSAA Division 1 regional semifinal appearance as a senior starting linebacker, finishing with 89 tackles, 9 for loss, 5 sacks, an interception and four pass breakups...earned second team All-Ohio honors as a senior, as well as 1st Team All-District and All-OCC Central Division honors...two sport athlete who also lettered for two seasons in baseball...strong student who earned Academic All-Ohio honors as a senior, was a National Merit Scholar Finalist, an AP Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society at Upper Arlington...active volunteer who was a 3x Presidental Volunteer Service Award recipient, giving back to his community through his local church, school and youth sports leagues...parents are John Petzinger, a Class of 2000 Hillsdale graduate, and Heather Petzinger.