Biography
2025 – Senior
Named to Preseason All-ASUN Team and recognized by D1Baseball in preseason as a Top 100 outfielder in the nation…ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Ranked sixth in ASUN in RBI (48) and tied for seventh in homers (10) at end of regular season while leading team in both categories…Also led team with 10 multi-RBI performances…Finished second on team in batting average (.281), hits (59), walks (30), total bases (98) and multi-hit games (15) while ranking third in slugging percentage (.467) and runs scored (41), fourth in on-base percentage (.383) and tied for fourth in doubles (nine)…In 30 ASUN games, batted .289 with six homers, 25 RBI and 20 runs scored…Started all 55 games…Went deep four times in a seven-game span May 7-16…Homered from both sides of the plate and doubled in going 3-for-3 with three RBI in 5-3 win over North Alabama (April 6)…Launched walk-off homer in 11th inning in 1-0 win over Central Arkansas (April 12)…Smacked a three-run homer and added an RBI single while accumulating a season-high five RBI against Morehead State (May 7)…Crushed 429-foot, two-run homer in 10-9 win over No. 21 Louisville (May 13)…Batted .364 and .333 in two ASUN series with North Alabama; .333 in first series with Austin Peay; .385 in second series with Central Arkansas; and .400 in second series with Lipscomb.
2024 – Junior
Named first-team All-ASUN…ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Led team in batting average (.348), home runs (14), RBI (49), hits (72), runs scored (50), triples (three), slugging percentage (.638), on-base percentage (.416) and total bases (132)…Tied for first on team in doubles (12), was second in walks (18) and tied for third in stolen bases (nine)...Also topped team in hitting streak (16), reached-base streak (16), multi-hit games (22) and multi-RBI games (12)…At end of regular season, tied for fourth in ASUN in triples, tied for seventh in hits, ranked eighth in total bases, ranked 11th in both batting average and slugging percentage, tied for 11th in homers, tied for 12th in RBI and tied for 13th in runs scored…In ASUN play, batted .363/.432/.653 with eight homers, eight doubles, two triples, six steals, 34 RBI and 32 runs scored…Started all 53 games in which he appeared…Carried a .990 fielding percentage primarily at first base…In ASUN series finale March 24 against Jacksonville, monster performance included season highs of three homers, six RBI, four hits and five runs scored…In the Jacksonville series, batted .533 (8-for-15) with four homers, a double, eight RBI and a 1.400 slugging percentage…In ASUN series against North Florida, batted .533 (8-for-15) with a homer, two doubles, eight RBI and seven runs scored…Launched two homers against No. 2 Tennessee on April 16…Went deep in three straight games from May 5-10, bracketing long balls against conference foes Eastern Kentucky and Lipscomb around a shot against Western Kentucky…Stole season-high three bases May 3 in ASUN series opener against Eastern Kentucky…His team-high 16-game hitting streak to end the season included seven multi-hit games.
2023 - Sophomore
ASUN Honor Roll recipient...Ranked second on team in total bases (77) and runs scored (26), tied for second in doubles (nine) and walks (17) and was fourth in batting average (.277), slugging percentage (.418), home runs (five) and hits (51)…Tied for team lead with 16 multi-hit games, responsible for a team-best 21-game reached-base streak and ranked second on team with a 15-game hitting streak…Made five appearances on the mound and posted a 1.50 ERA with 10 strikeouts in 6.0 innings pitched while boasting a .174 batting average against…Started all 49 games in which he appeared, with 41 of those in right field…Supplied season-high three RBI on the strength of a three-run homer against Western Kentucky on Feb. 28…From March 9-25, piled up seven multi-hit games over a 10-game stretch…Swatted season-high two doubles against Indiana on March 9…Homered in consecutive games against Evansville and Eastern Kentucky on March 15 and 17, and also struck out the side in 1.0 inning of work in the former contest…Went 4-for-9 in first two games against Lipscomb on April 21-22…Tossed a perfect inning of relief against Tennessee on April 25.
2022 - Freshman
In first season at Bellarmine, made 15 appearances on the mound and also recorded plate appearances in 15 games…Batted .320 with 16 hits, two doubles, one triple, two stolen bases, seven RBI and 11 runs scored…Had four multi-hit games and a five-game hitting streak…On the mound, struck out 17 batters in 22.0 innings pitched and his 4.91 ERA and .195 batting-average against were both best among the team’s relievers…In collegiate debut, struck out three in 1.2 scoreless innings against NJIT on Feb. 18…Fanned season-high five in 3.0 innings against Southeast Missouri State on Feb. 27…Fired 1.2 scoreless innings against Presbyterian on March 6 and a scoreless inning apiece against Morehead State on March 9, Central Arkansas on March 19, North Alabama on May 15 and Western Kentucky on May 17…Struck out four in 2.0 innings against No. 1 Tennessee on April 19…In April 9-10 series against North Alabama, went 6-for-13 with a double, triple, five RBI and six runs scored…Went 2-for-3 against Jacksonville State on April 14 and Lipscomb on May 8.
BEFORE BELLARMINE: Played high school baseball at Floyd Central in Indiana and was a three-year letter winner...Ranked as No. 2 second baseman in state of Indiana for the class of 2021 by Prep Baseball Report...Named first-team All-Area and finalist for Area Player of the Year by the News and Tribune...Recognized as first-team All-District and first-team All-Hoosier Hills Conference...Honored as Team MVP in leading squad to 22-8 record and sectional championship...Named Hoosier Hills Network Radio Player of the Game in sectional contests against Seymour and Jeffersonville, the latter after the championship game...Played summer ball for Legends Baseball Club National Team...Member of National Honor Society...Dad Jay played baseball and was head coach at Morehead State and also was drafted, played and was a hitting coach and a manager in the Cincinnati Reds minor league system...Mom Shelly played volleyball at Morehead State...Brother Ty played football at Washington University in St. Louis, while sister Kyley ran track at Liberty University.
