Eric Robert Milton was born August 4, 1975 in State College, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Bellefonte High School in 1993, where he played baseball and basketball. Milton attended the University of Maryland, where in 1996 he was a pre-season All-American. In 1996 threw a no-hitter for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League. Currently, he supports the American Diabetes Association and Garth Brooks' Teammates For Kids Foundation.