2009: Played in 42 games and started 35 - 26 atcatcher and nine at DH... Batted .316 with 24 RBIs, a career-highfour home runs, and 16 runs scored... Hit safely in the final eightgames of the year and in 12 of the final 13... Batted .457 withseven RBIs and six runs scored over the final eight games... Hit.382 and drove in 16 runs in his last 18 games... Had 14 multi-hitgames, six multi-RBI games and one multi-run game... Hit solo homeruns in each of the last two games of the season against Buffalo(5/13) and Butler in the Horizon League Tournament (5/19)... Alsohit a solo homer at Towson (3/7) and a three-run shot against KentState (4/22)... His three RBIs against the Golden Flashes were aseason high... Hit three doubles in three games from April 5-14...doubled twice at Kent State (4/14) as part of a 3-for-4 day...Scored twice and knocked in two against Buffalo... Went 3-for-5against Butler in the league tournament.
2008: Batted .323 with 13 doubles, a home runand 32 RBIs... Was hit by a pitch a team-high 13 times... Batted.361 with eight doubles against Horizon League opponents... His 35hits in league games ranked sixth in the circuit... Played in allbut one game (55) and started 49 - 22 at catcher, five at firstbase and 22 at designated hitter... Hit .315 against lefties, .327against right-handers, .333 with runners in scoring position and.429 at home... Had 16 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games...Had a nine-game hitting streak from April 25 to May 10... Also hitsafely in six straight from April 1 to April 5... Batted .500 overthe stretch... Had a career-high four hits in five at bats againstMilwaukee (April 20)... Had three hits four different times,including back-to-back games against Kent State and Milwaukee (May13 and 15)... hit his first career home run at West Virginia (May12)... Scored two runs in four games... Registered three RBIsagainst UIC (April 12) and at Milwaukee (May 16)... Doubled twiceagainst UIC (April 12) and Kent State (May 13)... Had doubles inthree-straight games on April 19 and 20.
Okaloosa Walton College: Hit .275 with 11 RBIsand 10 runs scored in 31 games for the Raiders.
High School: Was a three-year letterwinner andteam captain two years for the Spartans... Was a First-TeamAll-Federal League selection as a senior and honorable mention pickas a junior... Earned the Courageous Athlete Award... Also playedfootball... Played summer baseball for the Youngstown Metros alongwith current teammates Tom Clayton, Corey Vukovic and C.J.Morris... Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Awarded the Judith Ann Ritz MemorialScholarship for the 2009-10 academic year... Son of Doug and KarenPorter... Has one sister (Adrienne)... Is the grandson of YSU Hallof Fame member and former women’s basketball coach EdDiGregorio... Major is advertising/public relations... Born June18, 1987.
