NIL Opportunities
Career Notes: Concluded his career as the only player in YSU history to have at least 80 hits in two different seasons… 166 hits in 2023-24 are the most ever by a Penguin in consecutive seasons… Finished his career ranking 12th in program history with 121 career runs scored and tied for 17th with 188 career hits.
2024 (R-Senior): Played in and started all 60 games at shortstop… Batted in the leadoff spot in all 60 of his starts… Set new single-season school records with 60 games played and 60 starts… Named First-Team All-Horizon League… Named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team… Batted .350 and slugged .439 with 86 hits, 15 doubles, two triples, one home run and 26 RBIs… Recorded 48 runs scored, 29 walks, 108 total bases, a .421 on-base percentage and eight stolen bases in 13 attempts… 86 hits rank as the second most in a season in program history and were the most by a Penguin since 2007… Put together a season-best 10-game hitting streak from May 8-23… Reached base safely in 13 consecutive contests at one point… Led the team with 27 multi-hit games while recording five multi-RBI performances… Batted .306 against left-handed pitching and .353 with runners in scoring position… Committed 13 errors in 253 chances for a .949 fielding percentage… Credited with 149 assists and 91 putouts… Batted .333 and slugged .460 with 42 hits, nine doubles, two triples, one home run and nine RBIs over 30 games played in Horizon League action… Went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and a stolen bases at College of Charleston (2/24)… Went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a walk and four runs scored at Pitt (3/13)… Went 3-for-6 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored at Wright State (4/5)… Went 3-for-5 with three RBIs vs. Toledo (4/9)… Went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk and two runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/14)… Went 3-for-5 with a double and a stolen base vs. Kent State (4/23)… Went 3-for-5 with a triple, a home run and three RBIs vs. Oakland (4/27)… Went 3-for-6 with two runs scored vs. Oakland in the Horizon League Tournament (5/22)… Went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Tournament (5/23).
2023 (R-Junior): Played in and started 52 games at shortstop… Batted in the leadoff spot in all 52 of his starts… Named Second-Team All-Horizon League… Named to the ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region Second Team… Named Horizon League Co-Batter of the Week on Feb. 28… Batted .362 and slugged .452 with 80 hits, 17 doubles, one home run and 29 RBIs… Recorded 50 runs scored, 24 walks, 100 total bases, a .437 on-base percentage and 10 stolen bases in 17 attempts… Led the Horizon League in hits while ranking second in batting average, fifth in doubles and on-base percentage and sixth in runs scored… 80 hits tied for the third most in a season in program history and were the most by a Penguin since 2010… 50 runs scored tied for the eighth most in a single season in school history… .362 batting average was the highest mark by a Penguin since 2015… Hit safely in 43 of his final 49 games… Put together a season-best 15-game hitting streak from April 15 to May 18… Hit safely in nine straight games from Feb. 19 to March 5… Hit safely in eight straight contests from March 10 to March 24… Hit safely in seven consecutive games from April 4 to April 14… Reached base safely in 17 straight contests at one point… Led the team with 22 multi-hit games while having six games with multiple RBIs… Batted .375 against left-handed pitching and .400 with runners in scoring position… Committed seven errors in 102 chances for a .931 fielding percentage… Credited with 61 assists and 34 putouts… Batted .350 and slugged .444 with eight doubles, one home run and 16 RBIs over 27 starts in Horizon League play… Went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk and a run scored at Memphis (2/24)… Went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and a run scored in the first game of a doubleheader at Memphis (2/25)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, a walk and an RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Baylor (3/4)… Went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, three runs scored and two stolen bases at Kansas State (3/10)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, a walk, an RBI and four runs scored vs. Oakland (3/16)… Went 4-for-5 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader at Milwaukee (3/24)… Went 3-for-6 with three RBIs and a run scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (4/1)… Went 3-for-6 with a double and two runs scored vs. Pitt (4/4)… Went 2-for-5 with a double, a walk and four RBIs at Pitt (4/10)… Went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Toledo (4/11)… Went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and two runs scored at Penn State (4/18)… Went 3-for-4 and scored twice vs. Bowling Green (5/9)… Went 3-for-6 with a double and a run scored at Northern Kentucky (5/13)… Went 1-for-2 with a home run, two walks, three RBIs and three runs scored vs. Wright State (5/20).
2022 (R-Sophomore): Played in 39 games and made 25 starts… Made 17 starts at shortstop, six at second base and two as the designated hitter… Batted .183 and slugged .204 with two doubles and 11 RBIs… Recorded 14 runs scored, eight walks, 19 total bases and a .245 on-base percentage… Tied for the team lead with seven sacrifice bunts… Batted .214 with six hits in 28 at bats over 14 games played and five starts in Horizon League play… Committed seven errors in 87 chances in the field for a .920 fielding percentage… Credited with 40 assists and 40 putouts… Recorded four multi-hit games and three games with multiple RBIs… Went 2-for-3 at Belmont (2/27)… Went 1-for-2 with an RBI at Oakland (4/1)… Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored vs. Milwaukee (4/16)… Went 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. UIC (5/20)… Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored vs. UIC (5/21)… Went 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored vs. Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League Tournament (5/25)… Went 1-for-3 with a double and a sacrifice bunt vs. Oakland in the Horizon League Tournament (5/26)… Went 1-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored vs. Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League Tournament (5/27).
2021 (R-Freshman): Played in 18 games, six of which he started – three at second base and three at shortstop… Batted .192 and slugged .269 with two doubles and one RBI… Recorded nine runs scored, seven total bases, two walks, a .250 on-base percentage and one stolen base in one attempt… Tied for the team and Horizon League lead with six sacrifice bunts… Committed one error in 19 chances in the field for a .947 fielding percentage… Singled and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader at Troy (2/20)… Singled, walked and scored twice at Nicholls (2/28)… Hit an RBI double and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader against Wright State (3/27)… Went 1-for-2 with a walk, a run scored and a stolen base in the second game of a doubleheader against Purdue Fort Wayne (5/8)… Doubled and scored twice in the second game of a doubleheader against Milwaukee (5/22).
2020 (Freshman): Did not see action in any games... Redshirted.
High School: Won a district championship as a sophomore… Pitched four no-hitters during summer ball… Batted .400 as a sophomore… Honorable mention selection on the 2018 All-Sentinel Baseball Team as a junior… Earned four varsity letters… Ranked as the third-best second baseman in the state of Pennsylvania… Coached by Scott Lackey at Cedar Cliff… Played summer ball for West Hills under Jason Malatak.
Personal: Parents are Dan and Trina... Has a sister (Morgan)... Major is general studies.
