Career Notes: Finished his career tied for fifth in program history with 22 career home runs and tied for eighth with 79 career walks... His 42 walks and 13 home runs in 2018 ranked as the second most in a single season in school history… Became the only Penguin to ever record 10-plus homers and 40-plus walks in the same season... Became one of six players in school history to hit at least eight homers in two different seasons.
2018 (Senior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in and started 55 games — 38 in center field, 11 in left and six as the designated hitter…Batted in the leadoff spot in 44 of his starts… Named First-Team All-Horizon League… Named a National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball and the Horizon League Co-Batter of the Week on May 14 after a week in which he batted .500 and hit four home runs… Made four errors in 128 chances in the field... Finished the season ranked in the top 10 of the Horizon League in eight different offensive categories… Led the team and set career highs with 13 home runs, 42 walks, 49 runs scored and 114 total bases… Ranked second among starters with a career-best .292 batting average, 62 hits, nine doubles, 26 RBIs, a .538 slugging percentage and a .417 on-base percentage… Added a career-high 13 stolen bases in 17 attempts… Led the team with 17 multi-hit games… His 42 walks and 13 home runs ranked second in the league and as the second most in a single season in school history… Became the only Penguin to ever record 10-plus homers and 40-plus walks in the same season… One of just two Penguins to record at least 12 homers and 13 stolen bases in the same campaign… His 49 runs tied for the sixth most in a season in program history… Batted .316 and slugged .553 with seven home runs in Horizon League play… Hit eight blasts over his final 12 games of the regular season… Became one of just six players in school history to hit at least eight homers in two different seasons…. Hit five leadoff homers and went yard twice in the same game on two different occasions… Recorded three hits and was a double shy of the cycle at Pittsburgh (4/3)... Had three hits including a home run and drove in a season-high three runs against Niagara (4/24)... Notched three hits including two home runs as well as three runs scored and three RBIs at Toledo (5/8)... Recorded a season-high four hits including a home run with two RBIs, two runs scored and a steal at Northern Kentucky (5/11)... Hit a pair of solo home runs at UIC (5/19)... Went on a 10-game hitting streak from the second game of a doubleheader against Northern Kentucky on March 24 through April 10.
2017 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 50 games, 47 of which he started – 34 in center field, 10 in right, two in left and one as a designated hitter... Batted .272 and led the team with 12 doubles… ranked second among starters with eight home runs, 30 RBIs, 90 total bases and a .489 slugging percentage… His eight home runs tied for the 14th-most by a Penguin in program history... Hit .288 with runners in scoring position… Had one error in 128 chances in the field... Hit .262 in Horizon League play... Registered 27 hits in 28 games… Hit a grand slam in game two of a doubleheader against Wright State (5/6)… registered three hits including a home run and drove in four runs at Kent State (4/4)… Went on a seven-game hitting streak that stretched from March 28 to April 9… then went on an eight-game streak between April 22 and May 5.
2016 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 45 games, 34 of which he started in the outfield – 15 in right field, 12 in left and seven in center... Batted .257 with 13 runs scored, four doubles and a home run... Ranked second among starters with a .365 on-base percentage... Had one error in 66 chances in the field... Hit .263 in Horizon League play... Registered two hits in eight games, including three straight against Northern Kentucky, Kent State and Valparaiso in May... Drove in three runs in game one of a doubleheader against Oakland (4/23)... Hit his home run at Belmont (3/5).
2015 (Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 26 games while making 11 starts – 10 in the outfield and one at designated hitter... Batted .075 with three runs scored... Hit .087 in 14 Horizon League contests... Two of his hits came in a start against Oakland on May 1... Scored his first run as a pinch-runner at Akron (3/24)... Singled and scored at Kent State (3/31).
High School: Earned three letters and was a team captain one year... Named all-region and was a two-time all-district honoree... Finished his career with a .337 batting average and a .908 OPS... Added 61 RBIs and 56 stolen bases... Helped lead the Bulldogs to regional titles as a sophomore and junior and district titals as a junior and senior... Was one of four C.D. Hylton players to sign an NLI to play at the Division I level... Was named to the DeMarini Stars Bomb Squad in 2013... Named Honorable Mention All-Atlantic Region by Perfect Game... Also played basketball and was on the swimming team... Was a three-year academic lettter winner.
Personal: Parents are Ted and Ginger... Has a sister (Alyx)... Academic interest is exercise science... Played high school baseball with fellow Penguin Joe King.
