2016 (Senior) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 47 games and started 42 – 28 at designated hitter and 14 at first base... Hit fourth 29 times and was third, fourth or fifth in the lineup in each of his starts... Led the Penguins with a .274 batting average and 29 RBIs... Added 19 runs scored, seven doubles and a triple... Batted .289 with 16 RBIs, eight more than any other Penguin, in Horizon League play... Hit .333 with runners in scoring position... Did not commit an error in 124 chances in the field... Posted two hits eight times and registered three hits on three occasions... Led YSU with seven multiple-RBI games... Had a season-long seven-game hitting streakfrom March 18-26... Had three hits at Western Kentucky (2/20), at Milwaukee (5/7) and against Valparaiso (5/13)... One of those three hits against Valpo was a walkoff double in the ninth inning... Drove in three runs against Pittsburgh (4/20), Oakland (4/23), Canisiuis (4/29) and Milwaukee (5/7).
Akron: Had Akron’s second-best batting average at .294 and ranked third on the squad with 28 RBIs in 2015 as a redshirt-junior… Added 19 runs scored, seven doubles and five steals… Was strong defensively with just two errors in 278 chances… Played in a total of 96 games for the Zips over the 2012, 2013 and 2015 seasons.
High School: Earned three letters at nearby South Range High School… Was named First-Team All-Inter-Tri County League as a junior and senior, and he was a second-team pick as a sophomore… Batted .445 with 27 RBIs and 12 steals as the Raiders’ offensive MVP his senior year… Batted .465 as a junior… Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Parents are George and Gerri... Has two brothers (George and Greg)... His father played baseball at Youngstown State from 1973-75... His brother George played baseball at Findlay, and his brother Greg played at Kent State and reached the Triple-A level in the Chicago Cubs organization... YSU teammate Anthony Rohan is his cousin... Major is marketing.
