Editing Jon Garland (section)

==Early life==
Garland and his two sisters Kim and Kerrie Garland were raised in [[Granada Hills, Los Angeles]], by their mother, Vikki, after she divorced their father when Garland was young.<ref name="speed">{{cite news|last1=Henson|first1=Steve|title=Full Speed Ahead|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-05-sp-34880-story.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=5 March 1997}}</ref>

Garland played baseball at [[John F. Kennedy High School (Los Angeles, California)|John F. Kennedy High School]] in Granada Hills. As a senior, he was named a preseason [[All-American]] by ''[[Baseball America]]''.<ref name="speed" /> He was also named to the 1997 [[ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Baseball Team|All-America First Team]] by the [[American Baseball Coaches Association]] and [[Rawlings (company)|Rawlings]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1997 ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Teams|url=http://abca.prestosports.com/awards/all-americans/High_School/1997|website=abca.prestosports.com|access-date=22 January 2018|language=en|archive-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202430/http://abca.prestosports.com/awards/all-americans/High_School/1997|url-status=dead}}</ref> Garland committed to play [[college baseball]] for the [[USC Trojans baseball|USC Trojans]].<ref name="speed" />