At Verbum Dei High School, in L.A. Jason lead his team to the 2nd round of the C.I.F. playoffs and losing to the mighty Oaks Christian. They went 9-3. It was the first year of Varsity football since 2000. His QB was a Sophomore and was named first team all area by the L.A. Times. They were 5th in the state in rushing, his leading rusher had 1,100 on only 93 carries, and they had over 5,000 yards total offense.

San Bernardino Valley Junior College-Jason was in the top 10 in total offense and his QB was first team all conference, 2nd team all state, and 5th in the state of California in every category. His TE was 1st team All-American, 1st team all state, and earned a full athletic scholarship to BYU. Jason put 6 sophomores in college that season on full athletic scholarships.