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Career Notes: Finished his career ranking tied for third in program history with 104 career walks… Finished his career ranking tied for 11th in YSU history with 18 career home runs and 14th with 109 career RBIs… Finished his career ranking tied for fifth in program history with 12 career sacrifice flies… Became the fifth player in YSU history to be a three-time Horizon League All-Academic Team honoree… Became the third Penguin since 2013 to be named Academic All-District.
2023 (Sixth Year): Played in and started all 55 games… Made 42 starts as the designated hitter and 13 at first base… Named First-Team All-Horizon League… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team… Became the first YSU player to earn all-league honors as a designated hitter since 2012… Batted .274 and slugged .487 with 54 hits, 13 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and a team-high 53 RBIs… Recorded 35 runs scored, 36 walks, 96 total bases, six sacrifice flies and a .382 on-base percentage… 53 RBIs tied for the third most in a season in program history… Became just the second Penguin since 2010 to record at least 50 RBIs in a season… Six sacrifice flies tied for the second most in a season in program history… 36 walks tied for the seventh most in a season in school history… Tied for the Horizon League lead in sacrifice flies while ranking fifth in walks and sixth in RBIs… Put together an eight-game hitting streak from April 8 to April 20… Reached base safely in 12 straight games at one point… Recorded 14 multi-hit games and led the team with 12 multi-RBI performances… Batted .303 with runners in scoring position… Committed two errors in 99 chances for a .980 fielding percentage… Credited with 12 assists and 85 putouts… Batted .241 and slugged .435 with six doubles, five home runs and 25 RBIs over 29 starts in Horizon League play… Went 3-for-4 with a home run, two doubles and two runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader at Memphis (2/25)… Went 3-for-5 with a double and four RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Baylor (3/4)… Went 1-for-2 with a home run, three walks, two RBIs and three runs scored in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Oakland (3/17)… Went 2-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs at Bowling Green (3/22)… Went 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and two runs scored at Pitt (4/10)… Went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored at Penn State (4/18)… Went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs vs. Milwaukee (4/29)… Went 3-for-5 with a home run at Northern Kentucky (5/13)… Went 2-for-6 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored at Northern Kentucky (5/14)… Went 2-for-4 with four RBIs vs. Wright State (5/20).
2022 (R-Senior): Played in 57 games and made 56 starts… Made 54 starts at first base and two as the designated hitter… One of two Penguins to play in all 57 games… Joined his brother Braeden in setting a new YSU single-season record for games played… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Batted .219 and slugged .339 with 11 doubles, four home runs and 30 RBIs… Recorded 23 runs scored, 46 walks, 65 total bases, a .373 on-base percentage and four stolen bases in seven attempts… Led the Horizon League and ranked 41st nationally in walks… 46 walks rank as the second most in a season in program history and the most by a Penguin since Steve Mefferd set the single-season record with 52 walks in 2001… Drew at least one walk in 29 different games and recorded multiple free passes in 14 different contests… Batted .233 and slugged .369 with eight doubles, two home runs and 19 RBIs over 28 starts in Horizon League play… Committed six errors in 395 chances in the field for a .985 fielding percentage… Recorded 10 multi-hit games and five games with multiple RBIs… Hit safely in seven straight games from March 30 to April 8… Reached base safely in 11 consecutive contests at one point… Batted .283 with runners in scoring position… Went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in the season opener at Bethune-Cookman (2/18)… Went 1-for-2 with a double, three walks and a run scored at UT Rio Grande Valley (3/4)… Went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a run scored and a stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader at UT Rio Grande Valley (3/5)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/20)… Went 2-for-4 with a double and a home run at Michigan State (3/30)… Went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI at Oakland (4/2)… Went 3-for-6 with four RBIs and a run scored vs. Milwaukee (4/15)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/16)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. UIC (5/20)… Went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Tournament (5/25)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League Tournament (5/27).
2021 (R-Junior): Played in 47 games, 35 of which he started – 28 as the designated hitter and seven at first base… Named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team… Batted .268 and slugged .409 with three doubles, five home runs and 25 RBIs… Recorded 17 runs scored, 52 total bases, 18 walks, a .356 on-base percentage and three stolen bases in five attempts… Committed one error in 39 chances in the field for a .974 fielding percentage… Notched seven multi-hit games and six multi-RBI performances… Hit safely in five straight games from April 17 to April 24… Went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk and two runs scored at Troy (2/21)… Went 1-for-3 with a home run in the first game of a doubleheader at Wright State (3/13)… Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in the second game of a doubleheader at Wright State (3/13)… Went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored, three RBIs and a stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader against UIC (4/3)… Went 2-for-5 with a walk, three runs scored and an RBI at Northern Kentucky (4/18)… Went 2-for-4 with a home run at UIC (5/2)… Went 3-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against Purdue Fort Wayne (5/7)… Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader against Purdue Fort Wayne (5/8)… Went 1-for-3 with a home run, two walks and two RBIs at Bellarmine (5/14).
2020 (R-Sophomore): Played in seven games and made two starts as the designated hitter… Posted a team-high .417 batting average with five hits including a double and one RBI in 12 at-bats… Led the team with a .563 on-base percentage and ranked second with a .500 slugging percentage… Recorded four walks, two runs scored and six total bases… Reached base safely in all seven games he played in… Went 3-for-4 as a pinch hitter… Singled and scored a run in the season opener at Houston (2/14)… Hit a pinch-hit single and scored a run at Houston (2/16)… Hit the go-ahead, pinch-hit RBI double at Pittsburgh (3/4)… Had a season-high two hits with a pair of singles against Bowling Green (3/10).
Mercyhurst North East: Batted .360 and slugged .400 with a .467 on-base percentage in 25 at-bats over eight games played in 2018… Awarded a medical redshirt after having his freshman season cut short due to injury... Came back to lead the Saints with a .361 batting average and .602 slugging percentage over 133 at-bats in 41 games in 2019… Also led the team in hits (48), home runs (7), RBIs (34), walks (36), runs scored (37) and OBP (.497)… Recorded seven doubles, two triples and five stolen bases... Named First-Team All-Region, First-Team All-OCCAC and to the OCCAC All-Freshman Team… Coach was Jake Marinelli.
High School: Played for Richard Murray and Ryan Gesacion at Poland Seminary High School… Earned AAC Player of the Year honors and was a two-time First-Team All-AAC selection for the Bulldogs.
Personal: Parents are Mike and Kathy... Brother Braeden is also a member of the YSU baseball team... Graduated with his bachelor's degree in business administration... Currently enrolled in the Master of Business Administration program.
