Western Michigan University Athletics

2024: Academic All-MAC … Named the MAC Player of the Week on May 13 … Started all 55 games in center field for the Broncos … Served as WMU’s primary leadoff hitter … For the season, batted .264 with a .412 on-base percentage and a .425 slugging percentage … Led WMU with 15 stolen bases, tied for sixth in the conference … Finished third on the team and tied for seventh in the MAC with 56 runs scored … Drew 45 walks, second-most in the conference and tied for second-most in a season in program history … Had seven doubles, seven home runs and 39 RBIs … Tied for the team lead in triples (3) and sacrifice bunts (9) … The nine sacrifices tied for fourth-most in the MAC … Had 12 multi-hit games … Went 5-for-5 with a pair of home runs and became the first player in program history to hit for the cycle on May 10 against NIU … Tied the single-game program records for runs scored (5) and total bases (14) in that contest … The five hits, five runs and five RBIs were all career highs … Also had multiple home runs in the second game of a twin bill against Toledo which secured a WMU series win … Had a career-high three steals in an extra-inning win over Ohio … Posted a .965 fielding percentage in 142 chances.  

2023: Started all 49 games he played in, with 44 starts in left field, three in center field and two at DH … Served as WMU’s primary leadoff hitter … For the season, batted .276 with a .402 on-base percentage and a .375 slugging percentage … Led WMU with 16 stolen bases … Tied for second on the team with 40 runs scored … Was second on the Broncos in walks (34) and third in doubles (12) … Hit two of WMU’s three triples on the season … Batted .316 in conference play and ranked 14th in the MAC in league play with a .441 OBP … Tied for third in the league with 15 steals in conference play … Had 12 multi-hit games … Owned a 38-game on-base streak, the second-longest by a Bronco during the season … Launched his lone home run of the season, a two-run shot, as part of a season-high four-RBI game against Akron … Reached all six times he came to the plate, with a season-high four hits and a pair of walks, in the series-clinching win over Central Michigan on May 19.

Prior to WMU: Spent the 2022 season at Kellogg Community College ... In 50 games, batted .331 with a .429 on-base percentage ... Scored 54 runs and totaled 13 doubles, five triples, one home run, 32 RBIs and 19 stolen bases ... Also made one appearance on the mound ... MCCAA Academic All-Conference selection ... Played freshman season at Spring Arbor University in 2021 ... Started all 48 games for the Cougars and led the team in batting average (.335), hits (60) and RBIs (36) ... Tied for the team lead with 10 doubles, and was second in both runs scored (29) and stolen bases (15) ... Made a pair of appearances on the mound, including one start ... Tossed a total of 3.0 scoreless innings without allowing a hit and picked up one strikeout.

Personal: Parents are PJ and Julie Kitchen ... Majoring in Entrepreneurship.