Cervenak\'s mother is from a city in the former Czechoslovakia, which is now in Czech republic.\n', '

While a college student, Cervenak played for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks in 1998, an independent team, as a teammate of Aaron Heilman. He made an appearance in the annual Midnight Sun Game. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Cervenak was not drafted in 1999. This led him to sign with the Chillicothe Paints of the Frontier League, where he played into the 2000 season.\n', '

Cervenak was signed out of the Frontier League by the New York Yankees organization, playing 38 games and batting .329 at Single-A Greensboro over the rest of the year. He spent all of 2001 and 2002 at Double-A Norwich, hitting 21 home runs and tallying 91 RBI in the last year of his Yankees career. He was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the Rule 5 draft at the end of the 2002 season. Cervenak remained at Norwich for the 2003 and 2004 seasons, now a member of the Giants\' farm system. He batted .270 with 20 home runs and 91 RBI in 2003 when he was named to the All-Star team, and he won the minor league triple crown in 2004. He led the Giants organization in batting average (.328), home runs (26), and RBIs (98) between Norwich and Triple-A Fresno. The Giants sent him to the Arizona Fall League to aid his development at the end of the season. He was named a post-season All-Star for the 2004 season.\n', '

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