 Green attended Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary School in Courtenay, British Columbia, and played high school baseball for the Parksville Royals of the British Columbia Premier Baseball League.He went on to play two years of collegiate baseball at Cypress College, where he was named a First Team Orange Empire Conference All-Star and Junior College 1st Team All-American.Green was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 25th round (745th pick) of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft.