Early Life and Amateur Career
Choi was born in Hwasun County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea on March 19, 1979. He graduated from Gwangju Jaeil High School in Gwangju, South Korea, in 1998. He attended the Korea University in 1998 and was a member of the South Korea national baseball team that finished second in the 1998 Baseball World Cup. He was scouted and signed by Leon Lee, the father of Baltimore Orioles first baseman Derrek Lee. Coincidentally, he later was traded to the Marlins for Lee.
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