Senior (2021): Named to the D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region and All-University Athletic Association teams… Recorded the best season of his career, leading the team with a .420 batting average (29-for-69) and 27 runs batted in… Scored 18 runs and tallied nine doubles, two triples, three home runs and three stolen base on as many attempts… Finished the year slugging a team-high .739 (sixth in team history) with a .469 on base percentage… Played in 21 games, including 18 as a starter in the outfield… Hit .523 (23-of-44) with runners on base and .483 (14-of-29) with runners in scoring position… Finished the year with nine multiple hit games and six multiple RBI efforts… Named the UAA Athlete of the Week on April 5 after batting .474 (9-for-19) with nine RBIs, four doubles, a triple and two home runs during six games against Hiram and Wittenberg… Received the honor again and was named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week on May 4 after going six-for-eight with two runs scored, three doubles, seven RBIs and a walk during a doubleheader sweep of Franciscan… Went three-for-four with three RBIs and was a double shy of the cycle against Oberlin on April 10… Picked up six hits in 10 at bats and drove in three runs against Wooster in the final game of his collegiate career… Received UAA Spring All-Academic recognition… Finished his time as a Spartan with a career .360 batting average (eight-best in CWRU history), four home runs and 58 RBIs over 79 games played and 64 starts.
Junior (2020): Appeared in nine games during his junior season, making four starts in left field and two starts in right field… Hit .227 (five-for-22) with one RBI and a pair of walks… Batted .500 (two-for-four) against left-handed pitchers… Went one-for-four with an RBI against Earlham on February 23… Was two-for-four against 10th-ranked Wooster on March 1… Added a one-for-one performance with a pair of walks against Roger Williams on March 9… Received Spring UAA All-Academic Recognition… His .335 career batting average at the end of his junior season ranks as the 17th-best mark in program history.
Sophomore (2019): Played in 31 games during his sophomore season including 29 as a starter… Hit .324 with one home run and 22 RBIs, while scoring 22 runs… Added five doubles and a home run to slug .402 for the season… Registered seven walks and a .391 on base percentage… Saw his batting average climb to .383 (23-for-60) with runners on base and .375 (15-for-40) with runners in scoring position… Totaled 10 multiple hit games and four multiple RBI games… Had a season-long seven game hitting streak between March 11 and March 23… Started all four postseason games for the Spartans and hit .333 (four-for-12) with three runs scored and two RBIs… Went three-for-five with three runs, four RBIs and the first home run of his career against Wooster on April 18… Had two or more hits in five-straight games from March 13 through March 23, including a three-for-three game against Western New England.
First-Year (2018): Played in 18 games during his freshman season, including 11 in a starting role… Saw time at first base, in the outfield, and as the team’s designated hitter… Hit .408 (20-for-49) with five doubles, while scoring eight runs and driving in eight runs… Also walked four times to raise his on base percentage to .444, while slugging .510… Was two-for-three with the bases loaded during the year and four-for-five as a pinch hitter… Collected 10 hits in 18 at bats (.556) with two outs… Registered a seven game hitting streak from April 21 to May 5… Had five multiple-hit games and three multiple RBI affairs… Picked up his first collegiate hit and RBIs as a pinch hitter during the Spartans’ win over Trinity (Conn.) on March 11… Was two-for-four with two doubles against Marietta on April 29… Added a three-for-five day with a double against John Carroll on May 1… Also had three hits in the team’s season finale against Chicago, going three-for-three with two runs, two RBIs and a walk… Finished conference play batting .538 (seven-for-13) with two runs, a double and an RBI.
Personal: Was a four-year member of the Aurora High School baseball team, serving as a team captain during his senior year... Was coached by Michael Brancazio... Led his team to three district championships and three conference titles, while making it to the state final four in 2015... Was a four-year varsity starter, batting .312 over his career... Four-time all-conference first team selection and an all-district honorable mention in 2017... OHSAA Courage Award Winner in 2017... Four-time Suburban League Scholar Athlete... Member of the National Honors Society and graduated high school Summa Cum Laude with an honors diploma... Was also a three-year letterwinner for football... Born September 24... Son of Jeff and Lisa.
