NIL Opportunities
2024 (Junior): Played in and started 58 games… Made 36 starts at catcher, 18 at first base and four as the designated hitter… Named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team… Batted .284 and slugged .483 with 60 hits, 10 doubles, four triples, eight home runs and a team-high 44 RBIs… Recorded 30 runs scored, 22 walks, 102 total bases, a .366 on-base percentage and three stolen bases in four attempts… Reached base safely in 13 consecutive contests at one point… Recorded 18 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI performances… Batted .297 with runners in scoring position… Committed 12 errors in 379 chances for a .968 fielding percentage… Credited with 31 assists and 336 putouts… Batted .291 and slugged .436 with 32 hits, six doubles, two triples, two home runs and 16 RBIs over 29 games played in Horizon League action… Went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs at Louisville (3/2)… Went 3-for-3 with an RBI at Louisville (3/3)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, four RBIs and three runs scored at Ohio (3/5)… Hit a grand slam at Georgia Tech (3/9)… Went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI vs. Oakland (3/22)… Went 2-for-5 with a double and a triple at Wright State (4/5)… Went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs at Purdue Fort Wayne (4/19)… Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs vs. Kent State (4/23)… Went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Akron (4/24)… Went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs scored at Northern Kentucky (5/3)… Went 4-for-5 with a home run, five RBIs and two runs scored vs. Oakland in the Horizon League Tournament (5/22)… Went 4-for-5 with a triple, two home runs, four RBIs and three runs scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Tournament (5/23).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 43 games and made 39 starts behind the plate… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Batted .287 and slugged .475 with 35 hits, eight doubles, five home runs and 25 RBIs… Recorded 24 runs scored, 20 walks, 58 total bases, a .408 on-base percentage and one stolen base in four attempts… Put together an eight-game hitting streak from April 30 to May 14… Reached base safely in 10 straight contests at one point… Recorded 10 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI performances… Batted .308 with runners in scoring position… Committed six errors in 290 chances for a .979 fielding percentage… Credited with 34 assists and 250 putouts… Threw out 10 baserunners attempting to steal… Batted .315 and slugged .521 with six doubles, three home runs and 14 RBIs over 23 games played and 21 starts in Horizon League play… Went 1-for-3 with a home run in the season opener vs. Illinois (2/17)… Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs at Memphis (2/24)… Went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBIs at Toledo (3/28)… Went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs vs. Northern Kentucky (4/6)… Went 2-for-3 with a double, a home run, a walk, four RBIs and two runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/30)… Went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored at Purdue Fort Wayne (5/5)… Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two walks, an RBI and a run scored at Purdue Fort Wayne (5/6)… Went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored vs. Wright State (5/20)… Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a walk vs. Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament (5/24).
2022 (Freshman): Played in 27 games and made 14 starts… Made eight starts at catcher and six as the designated hitter… Batted .145 and slugged .291 with two doubles, two home runs and four RBIs… Recorded 13 runs scored, nine walks, 16 total bases, a .319 on-base percentage and one stolen base in one attempt… Batted .115 with three hits in 26 at bats over 14 games played and six starts in Horizon League play… Committed two errors in 99 chances for a .980 fielding percentage… Credited with four assists and 93 putouts… Threw out two runners attempting to steal… Went 1-for-3 with a run scored in his collegiate debut at Bethune-Cookman (2/19)… Went 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs and two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at UT Rio Grande Valley (3/5)… Went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored in the second game of a doubleheader at New Orleans (3/12)… Went 1-for-1 with a solo home run at Pittsburgh (3/16)… Went 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored vs. UIC (5/21).
High School: Three-year letterwinner at Cardinal Mooney High School… Named a team captain his senior year... Ranked the No. 83 overall prospect in the state of Ohio… Ranked the No. 11 catcher in Ohio… Coached by Al Franceschelli and Spencer Olesh at Cardinal Mooney… Played summer ball for the Lake Erie Warhawks under Adrian Abrahamowicz and Phil Brua... Earned honorable mention all-state honors from Prep Baseball Report in 2021... Named to the 2021 All-YSN Baseball Team... Played summer ball for the Midwest Ironbirds under Eric Cormell.
Personal: Parents are Shelly Pelles, John Pelles and Bob Francis... Has two sisters (Carley and Alaina)... Major is business administration... Recipient of the 2022-23 Coach Steve J. Barbato Scholarship and the 2022-23 Stephen Bartolin, Sr. Scholarship.
