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Career Notes: Finished his YSU career ranking tied for 11th in program history with 18 career home runs and 17th with 100 career RBIs… .363 career batting average in Horizon League play ranks as the fourth-highest mark in school history… Concluded his YSU career ranking 15th in program history with a .487 career slugging percentage… Represents the highest career mark by a Penguin since 2009-10.
2023 (Senior): Played in and started 53 games at third base… Batted second in the lineup in 36 of his starts while batting in the third spot 15 times and in the leadoff spot twice… Named Second-Team All-Horizon League… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Honorable Mention Team… Named Horizon League Batter of the Week on May 9… Batted .288 and slugged .486 with 64 hits, 15 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and 43 RBIs… Recorded 43 runs scored, 18 walks, a team-high 108 total bases, a .349 on-base percentage and seven stolen bases in nine attempts… ranked ninth in the Horizon League in doubles and 10th in runs scored… Put together an eight-game hitting streak from April 6 to April 18… Hit safely in seven straight games from May 5 to May 14… Reached base safely in 15 consecutive contests at one point… Ranked second on the team with 20 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances… Batted .299 against right-handed pitching and .339 with runners in scoring position… Committed 12 errors in 141 chances for a .915 fielding percentage… Credited with 82 assists and 47 putouts… Batted .339 and slugged .621 with 12 doubles, one triple, seven home runs and 35 RBIs over 29 starts in Horizon League play… Went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored in the season opener vs. Illinois (2/17)… Went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk and two runs scored vs. Illinois (2/18)… Went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs at Wake Forest (2/19)… Went 2-for-6 with a double and two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Baylor (3/4)… Went 3-for-4 with a grand slam, a walk, six RBIs and four runs scored vs. Oakland (3/16)… Went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and two runs scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/31)… Went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base at Wright State (4/14)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored at Oakland (4/21)… Went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and four runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/29)… Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBIs and a run scored at Purdue Fort Wayne (5/5)… Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, a walk, three RBIs and three runs scored at Purdue Fort Wayne (5/7)… Went 2-for-6 with a home run, a double and five RBIs at Northern Kentucky (5/13)… Went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double and two RBIs vs. Wright State (5/19).
2022 (Junior): Played in and started all 57 games… Only Penguin to start all 57 games… Set new single-season school records for games played and starts… Made 45 starts at second base and 12 at third base… Named First-Team All-Horizon League… Became just the second YSU infielder to earn First-Team All-Horizon League honors since Drew Dosch in 2013… Led the Penguins with a .357 batting average, 79 hits, 16 doubles, seven home runs, 41 RBIs, 36 runs scored, a .543 slugging percentage, a .434 on-base percentage, a .977 OPS, 120 total bases and 221 at bats… Recorded two triples, 27 walks and seven stolen bases in eight attempts… Finished the season ranking second in the Horizon League in batting average and hits, fourth in at bats, tied for fourth in doubles, fifth in OPS, seventh in on-base percentage, ninth in slugging percentage and ninth in RBIs… Batted .382 and slugged .573 with 12 doubles, three home runs and 23 RBIs over 28 starts in Horizon League play… Committed 12 errors in 226 chances in the field for a .947 fielding percentage… Led the team with 23 multi-hit games and 10 games with multiple RBIs… Hit safely in 10 straight games from April 9 to April 24… Put together another 10-game hitting streak from May 8 to May 25… Reached base safely in 18 consecutive contests at one point… Batted .438 against left-handed pitching and .386 with runners in scoring position… 79 hits tied for the sixth most in a season in program history… Became the first Penguin since Drew Dosch in 2012 to record at least 79 hits in a campaign… Became the first Penguin since Jeremy Banks in 2012 to record at least 16 doubles in a season… Went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored at Bethune-Cookman (2/20)… Went 2-for-5 with a solo home run at UT Rio Grande Valley (3/4)… Went 1-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs at Pittsburgh (3/16)… Went 4-for-5 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/20)… Went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Ohio State (4/5)… Went 4-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBIs vs. Niagara (4/12)… Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs vs. Milwaukee (4/14)… Went 4-for-6 with a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/15)… Went 4-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader at Milwaukee (4/24)… Went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader at Northern Kentucky (5/15)… Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored vs. UIC (5/20)… Went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs vs. UIC (5/21)… Went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Tournament (5/25)… Went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored vs. Oakland in the Horizon League Tournament (5/27).
2021 (Sophomore): Played in 30 games, 17 of which he started – nine at third base, four at first base, three as the designated hitter and one at second base… Batted .297 and slugged .378 with one double, one triple, one home run and 12 RBIs… Recorded 14 runs scored, 28 total bases, eight walks, a .379 on-base percentage and six stolen bases in six attempts… Committed seven errors in 75 chances in the field for a .907 fielding percentage… Notched six multi-hit games and three multi-RBI performances… Batted .308 with runners in scoring position… Went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base in the season opener at Troy (2/19)… Went 4-for-5 with a double, a home run, three runs scored and two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/7)… Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Wright State (3/13)… Went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI against St. Bonaventure (3/21)… Went 2-for-2 with two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against Wright State (3/27)… Went 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader at Milwaukee (4/9)… Went 3-for-6 with a run scored and an RBI in the second game of a doubleheader against Milwaukee (5/22)… Went 2-for-2 with a triple, two walks, a run scored, two RBIs and a stolen base against Milwaukee (5/23).
2020 (Freshman): Played in nine games and made six starts – three at second base and three at third base… Batted .185 and slugged .333 with a double, a home run and four RBIs in 27 at-bats… Recorded two walks, two runs scored, nine total bases and two stolen bases in two attempts… Committed one error in 34 chances in the field and was credited with 24 assists… Had a season-high two hits including a three-run home run and a season-high three RBIs in his collegiate debut at Houston (2/16)… Doubled and scored a run at College of Charleston (2/21)… Singled and stole a base at Abilene Christian (2/29)… Singled, walked and drove in a run at Pittsburgh (3/4).
High School: Earned eight varsity letters… Named all-conference in baseball as a sophomore and junior… Scored more than 1,000 points in basketball… Scored the most points by a sophomore in school history… Coached by Rich Murray at Poland Seminary… Played summer ball for Duraedge under Terry Dobson.
Personal: Parents are Mike and Kathy... Brother Padraig is also a member of the YSU baseball team... Major is business administration... Recipient of the 2022-23 Ice Castle "Fun" Scholarship.
