Biography
2024: CSC Academic All-District … Academic All-MAC … Played in 49 games and made 47 starts behind the plate for the Broncos … Batted .281 with a .374 on-base percentage and a .444 slugging percentage … Scored 31 runs, had 10 doubles, six home runs and 24 RBIs … Had 15 multi-hit games … Launched a game-tying, two-run homer in the eighth inning of the Opening Day comeback win against Michigan … Tied career high with three hits on April 6 at Ohio … Went 3-for-3 plus a walk and hit by pitch in the MAC Tournament Championship Game against Ball State … Posted a .986 fielding percentage in 417 chances … Threw out 15 runners trying to steal, second-most in the MAC … Totaled 377 putouts, seventh-most in the league.
2023: Academic All-MAC … Started all 46 games he played in behind the plate for the Broncos … Hit .237 for the season with a .381 on-base percentage and a .396 slugging percentage … Was hit by a pitch 13 times, ninth-most in the MAC … Totaled 22 runs scored, 10 doubles, four home runs, 21 RBIs and 21 walks … Hit .269 in MAC play … Had six multi-hit games … Tied his career high with three hits three times (vs EMU, at Toledo, vs Ohio) … Tallied three hits, including a go-ahead home run, and tied career high with four RBIs in series-opening win over Ohio on May 12 … Threw out 19 runners trying to steal, fourth-most in the MAC … Owned a .997 fielding percentage, seventh-best in the conference … Finished eighth in the league with 326 putouts.
2022: Academic All-MAC ... Played in 29 games, starting 22 ... Hit .279 with a .361 on-base percentage and a .453 slugging percentage ... Scored 16 runs, had nine doubles, a pair of home runs and 16 RBIs ... Had six multi-hit and four multi-RBI games ...Threw out four runners trying to steal ... Had a career-high three hits, including a home run, two walks, scored twice and tied career high with four RBIs in a win at Bowling Green on April 23 ... The next day, had a pair of doubles and drove in two more runs.
2021: Started 25 games ... Recorded a .153 batting average with a .383 on-base percentage and a .339 slugging percentage ... Posted 11 runs scored with eight RBIs, five doubles and two home runs ... Registered three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games ... Homered twice, scored a career-high three times and had a career-high four RBIs on March 21 at Ball State ... Went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, two RBIs and a pair of doubles on March 28 vs Eastern Michigan.
2020: Started 14 games ... Registered a .233 batting average ... Recorded seven RBIs, two doubles and 11 runs scored ... Ranked third on the team with 11 walks ... Owned a .421 on-base percentage ... Notched three multi-hit and multi-RBI games ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored vs. Army ... Season canceled after 15 games due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Plainfield North High School, where he was teammates with Bronco right-hander Brady Miller ... For his prep career, had a .340 batting average, .495 on-base percentage, six home runs, 35 doubles and 23 hit by pitches ... Guided the team to a State Championship in 2018 and a runner-up appearance in 2017 ... Also won three straight regional championships ... Delivered two walk-off hits in the 2018 Regional ... Was a three-time All-Conference and All-Area selection ... Member of the High Honor Roll and the National Honor Society.
Personal: Parents are Frank and Audrey ... Has two siblings, Rachel and Adam ... Graduated from WMU in April of 2023 with a degree in Entrepreneurship.
