John grew up in Durant Oklahoma where he went to church with Country Superstar Reba McEntire and High School with Pulitzer and Tony Award winner Tracey Letts.
John was Valedictorian of his High School class and went to Baylor on a Presidential Scholarship.
John was selected as one of the Most Memorable Alumni of the 1990s by the Baylor Millennium committee and the Baylor Alumni Association along with Olympic Medalist Michael Johnson.