Graduated from LaGrange College, in LaGrange, Georgia, in May 2007. Graduated from Heirway Christian Academy in Douglasville, Georgia in 2003. Son of Vicki Laverty and Todd Laverty, brother of Chris Hollingsworth and Jordan Laverty, brother-in-law of Jocelyn Hollingsworth, and uncle of Ansley Hollingsworth and Blake Hollingsworth. Met Oscar-winner Sidney Poitier in October 2006 at a benefit for Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.
