Biography
2024: CSC Academic All-District … All-MAC First Team … All-MAC Defensive Team … All-MAC Tournament Team … Academic All-MAC … Named MAC Co-Player of the Week for the Opening Week of the season … Started all 55 games at first base for the Broncos … Won the MAC batting title with a .387 average (27th in NCAA DI) … Set WMU single-season records for hits (86) and runs scored (67) … Ranked second on the Broncos and third in the MAC with a .478 on-base percentage … Totaled 15 doubles, second on the team and tied for ninth in the conference … Drew 39 walks, second-most on the team and tied for sixth in the MAC … Launched 10 home runs … Collected 133 total bases, fourth-most in a single season in program history … Was seventh in the league in OPS (1.077) and 12th in slugging percentage (.599) … Had 23 multi-hit games, tied for second-most on the team … Became Western Michigan’s career home runs leader with a game-winning blast in the 10th inning against Michigan on Feb. 17 … Went 4-for-4 with two walks in that win over the Wolverines and tied the school’s single-game record with five runs scored … Notched four more hits in game two of that day’s doubleheader against Michigan … Had three hits, including a pair of home runs, and tied career high with six RBIs at Notre Dame … Owned a .998 fielding percentage, which ranked fifth in the MAC … Had a total of 456 chances, second-most in the conference … Led the league with 434 putouts … Contributed to 35 double plays, second-most in the league … Concluded WMU career as the program’s career home run leader with 38 … Ranked second all-time in both career runs scored (162) and RBIs (165) … Also closed out career in the top-10 all-time in hits, doubles, total bases and slugging percentage.
2023: CSC Academic All-District … All-MAC Second Team … All-MAC Tournament Team … Academic All-MAC … Named MAC Player of the Week three times and a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on May 1 … Was one of two Broncos to start every game, starting 51 at first base and one at third base … Tied WMU’s single-season home run record with 18 … Led WMU in batting average (.306), hits (64), runs scored (53), home runs (18), RBIs (59), total bases (129) and slugging percentage (.617) … His 18 home runs ranked second in the MAC and 59 RBIs were third in the league … The 59 RBIs were the third-most in a single season in program history … Finished third on the Broncos in both walks (32) and on-base percentage (.403) … In conference play, hit .333 and led the MAC in both home runs (11) and RBIs (39) … Had 17 multi-hit games, second-most on the team, and a team-leading 14 multi-RBI games … Drove in four or more runs seven times … Posted the longest on-base streak (44) and longest hit streak (10) by a Bronco in 2023 … Hit multiple home runs three times … Had a career-high five hits, including a pair of home runs, and drove in a career-high six runs in a win over Bucknell on March 4 … Blasted two home runs, had four RBIs and scored three times in a sweep-clinching win at Toledo on April 30 … Hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth against Ohio on May 13, WMU’s first walk-off home run since 2018 … Went deep twice in the first game of the MAC Tournament at No. 1 seed Kent State to tie both the WMU single-season and career home run records … Owned a .993 fielding percentage, which ranked 11th in the MAC … Contributed to a league-leading 41 of WMU’s conference-best 49 double plays … Finished fourth in the league with 392 putouts.
2022: All-MAC Second Team ... All-MAC Defensive Team ... Academic All-MAC ... Named a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on April 25 ... Played in all 54 games, starting 53 ... Batted .315 with a .400 on-base percentage and a .548 slugging percentage (18th MAC) ... Led WMU and tied for sixth in the MAC with 52 RBIs ... Was second on WMU with 10 home runs and fourth with 16 doubles ... Tied for 11th in the MAC in both categories ... Tied for third on the team with 42 runs scored ... Had 19 multi-hit games, 10 multi-RBI games and one multi-homer game ... First collegiate homer was a ninth-inning grand slam in the Opening Weekend victory over Bradley ... Hit a walk-off double to give the Broncos a win in their MAC opener against Toledo ... Hit his second grand slam as part of a season-high five-RBI game in a win over Ball State ... Four days later, hit a pair of home runs as part of a three-hit game at Bowling Green ... Tied season highs with three runs scored and five RBIs in that game against BGSU ... Collected four hits, including a pair of doubles, and drove in three runs in game one against Kent State ... Scored eight times in the four-game set against KSU ... Posted a .997 fielding percentage and was a part of a league-leading 38 double plays.
2021: Appeared in nine games ... Made collegiate debut at Cincinnati ... Collected his first career hit, a pinch-hit single, at Northern Illinois.
High School: Three-year letterwinner and starter for coach Craig Tomczak (retired) and Steve Colombe at Metea Valley High School ... Two-time All-Conference, All-Area, Illinois HS All-State and PBR All-State selection (2018, 2019) ... Led area in home runs, extra-base hits and RBIs in 2019 ... Ranked 49th overall and the second-best third baseman in the state of Illinois by Prep Baseball Report ... Two-time Academic All-Conference honoree (2018, 2019) ... Played summer ball for Naperville Renegades and coach Jay Butler.
Personal: Parents are Shelly and Mike ... Has a sister, Halle ... Graduated from WMU in April of 2024 with a degree in Finance.
