Senior (2017): Started all 28 games he played in at catcher during his senior year… Batted .263 with two home runs, 18 RBIs and 17 runs scored… Batted .282 (11-for-39) with runners in scoring position… Had an 11-game hitting streak from March 14 through April 7, the longest by a Spartan during the 2017 season… Had five multiple-hit games and four multiple RBI contests… Threw out 12 base stealers on 45 attempts against, with one pickoff… Hit a three-run home run in his final collegiate at bat to help the Spartans defeat Baldwin Wallace University 8-5 in 10 innings on May 7, finishing the game one-for-three with four runs batted in… Named the UAA Hitter of the Week on April 3 after batting .538 with three runs, six RBIs, and a home run over a four-game series sweep against Brandeis… Hit the first home run of his career on April 1 against Brandeis as part of a two-for-three, three RBI game… Notched a season-high three hits against N.C. Wesleyan on March 16… Received UAA Spring All-Academic Recognition… Started 94 games and played in 105 total over his career, batting .276 with two home runs, 48 runs batted in, 13 doubles and five triples.
Junior (2016): Played in 34 games during the season, making 32 starts at catcher… Finished the season with a .245 batting average, including a career-high four triples… Scored 16 runs and drove in 12 during the year, whole stealing three bases on four attempts… Drove in three runs in a 13-7 win against Wooster on April 16… Went two-for-six with a double and a triple against Manchester on February 27th… Earned UAA All-Academic honors.
Sophomore (2015): Played in 30 games during his sophomore season, making 28 starts…hit .290 (29-for-100) with seven doubles and a triple…scored 18 runs and drove in 16, while stealing six bases on eight attempts…hit .340 (17-for-50) with the bases empty and notched a .467 on base percentage when leading off an inning…went two-for-three with four RBIs and a pair of doubles against Denison on March 29…picked up a season-high three hits in five at bats against DePauw on April 25…earned UAA All-Academic recognition.
Freshman (2014): Saw action in 13 games and earned six starts at catcher as a freshman…batted .400 in 25 at-bats with two RBI…reached base safely in four straight plate appearances to open career...collected two hits in a game twice…posted season highs of two runs scored and two RBI in game two of a doubleheader versus Westminster on April 5.
Personal: Earned a total of seven varsity letters with three in baseball and two each in football and basketball at Tecumseh High School…two-time All-South Easton Conference selection…also 2012 all-county and 2013 all-district on the diamond…two-year Academic All-Michigan honoree…four-year recipient of Academic Excellence Award…son of Bill and Colleen Eldred.