2021 (Junior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 55 games, 53 of which he started at shortstop… Batted second in 49 of his starts and in the leadoff spot four times… Named Second-Team All-Horizon League… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Named to the 2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District® Baseball Team… Selected as one of 30 semifinalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, which honors the nation's top shortstop… Batted .321 and slugged .497 with 12 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 28 RBIs… Recorded 51 runs scored, 93 total bases, a team-high 33 walks, a .423 on-base percentage and 23 stolen bases in 26 attempts… Led the Horizon League with eight sacrifice flies and six sacrifice bunts while ranking second in stolen bases… Eight sacrifice flies set a new school record and were the most by a Penguin since 2014… His 23 steals rank as the eighth most in a season in school history… Ranked second in the Horizon League and 23rd nationally in stolen bases… Ranked second on the team with 20 multi-hit games… Posted a .981 fielding percentage with just four errors in 207 chances at shortstop… Hit safely in 10 straight games from Feb. 21 to March 12… Reached base safely in 13 consecutive games at one point… Batted .347 against left-handed pitching… Went 2-for-4 two runs scored, a walk, an RBI and two stolen bases at Nicholls (2/26)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, two runs scored, a walk and a stolen base at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/5)… Went 2-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and a stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader against St. Bonaventure (3/20)… Went 2-for-2 with three runs scored, three walks, two RBIs and a stolen base against St. Bonaventure (3/21)… Went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, three runs scored, two walks, two RBIs and a stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader against UIC (4/3)… Went 2-for-3 with a double, a run scored, three RBIs and three stolen bases in the second game of a doubleheader against UIC (4/3)… Went 2-for-3 with a home run, two runs scored, two walks, three RBIs and a stolen base at Northern Kentucky (4/18)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run and three runs scored at UIC (5/2)… Went 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored, two RBIs and a stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader against Milwaukee (5/22)… Went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored against Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament (5/27).
2020 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats: Started all 14 games at shortstop – Batted second in the lineup in 12 of his starts… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Named Horizon League Batter of the Week on March 2… Tied for the team lead and ranked sixth in the Horizon League with 16 hits… Batted .291 and slugged .345 with a home run and four RBIs in 55 at-bats… Tied for second on the team with 19 total bases… Tied for third on the squad with six walks and seven runs scored… Posted a .371 on-base percentage and three stolen bases in four attempts… Ranked second on the team and tied for seventh in the Horizon League in steals… Tied for the team lead and tied for second in the Horizon League with two sacrifice bunts… Committed three errors in 51 chances in the field… Led the Penguins with six multi-hit games… Reached base safely in each of YSU’s first 13 games… Batted .364 with runners in scoring position… Hit two singles and a scored a run at College of Charleston (2/23)… Had two hits including his first career home run at Abilene Christian (2/28)… Had a career-high four hits and a season-high two RBIs at Abilene Christian (2/29)… Singled, scored a run, drove in a run and matched a career high with two steals at Pittsburgh (3/4)… Notched a pair of singles, a run scored, a walk and a stolen base at N.C. Central (3/8).
2019 (Freshman) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 49 games, 48 of which he started at shortstop — Batted second in the lineup in 41 of his starts… Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team… Ranked third on the team with a .266 batting average and 49 hits in 184 at-bats… Finished with eight doubles, two triples, 20 RBIs, 27 walks and nine stolen bases… Only three freshmen in the Horizon League had a higher batting average or more RBIs… Ranked fourth on the team with 61 total bases and fifth with a .322 slugging percentage and .366 on-base percentage… Finished the season tied for the league lead with seven sacrifice bunts… Hit .245 with five doubles and 13 RBIs in league action… Ended the campaign on a season-best nine-game hitting streak (May 5-22)… Recorded 13 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI performances… Batted .378 with runners in scoring position and .300 against left-handed pitching… Committed 15 errors in 206 chances in the field and was credited with 126 assists… Notched two hits including an RBI triple in the second game of a doubleheader at Miami (Ohio) on March 10… Had two hits including the walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning against Pittsburgh (3/27)… Went 3-for-4 with two walks, two runs scored and two steals while scoring the game-winning run against Kent State (4/3)… Had two hits including a triple, drove in three runs and scored three times at Penn State (4/9)… Went 2-for-2 with an RBI, two runs scored and two stolen bases against Toledo (4/10)... Matched season highs with three hits including two doubles and three RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Northern Kentucky (4/18).
High School: Ranked the 59th overall prospect in Ohio by Prep Baseball Report and the 50th overall prospect in the state by Perfect Game… Was a four-year varsity letterman and two-year captain for the Tallmadge Blue Devils… Helped lead his team to three district titles, two regional crowns and one state championship... Named Suburban League Player of the Year as a senior... Also named First-Team All-Suburban League, First-Team All-District and a 2018 Ohio Division II Second-Team All-Star by Prep Baseball Report... Selected as a Mizuno All-Ohio All-Star... Batted .400 with 20 RBIs and 39 runs as a captain for the 2017 team that won the Ohio Division II State Championship… Named a 2017 Ohio Division II Honorable Mention All-Star by Prep Baseball Report… Named to the 2017 OHSAA Top-22 All-Tournament Team by Prep Baseball Report… Named Second-Team All-Suburban League in 2017… Three-year Suburban League Scholar Athlete… Coached by Kenny Linn at Tallmadge High School… Coached by Chris Steinborn of the Mashfactory Elite, one of the top teams in the area, during the summer.
Personal: Parents are George and Carmie... Major is business economics... Recipient of the 2020-21 Robert & Marilyn O'Leary Scholarship.
