Drafted in the eighth round (227th overall pick) by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2018 MLB Draft … Named to four all-American teams his senior season … Also earned all-region honors in 2018 … Finished his career ranked third in CCU history in walks with 146, fifth in home runs with 34, sixth in runs scored with 175, 11th in games played with 214 and 13th in stolen bases with 53 steals … Was the only player in the nation to rank among the NCAA top-10 in walks, runs scored and home runs in his senior season (2018).
2018 (Senior): Drafted in the eighth round (227th overall pick) by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2018 MLB Draft … Tabbed a first-team all-American by Perfect Game/Rawlings … Named an ABCA second-team all-American … Recognized as a third-team all-American by Collegiate Baseball … An ABCA all-Atlantic Region first team selection … Named first-team all-Sun Belt and earned a spot on the Sun Belt all-tournament team … Tabbed the Sun Belt Player of the Week on May 22 … Played in all 62 games on the season, making 61 starts … Hit .305 for the season, which ranked second on the team … Led the team with 20 home runs and 81 runs scored … Totaled 20 doubles, 57 RBIs and a total of 69 base hits on the season … Posted a team-best .646 slugging percentage and a .454 on-base percentage … Stole a team-high 23 bases on the season (23-of-27) … Walked 63 times compared to just 55 strikeouts … Tied for third on the team with 19 multi-hit games … Led the team with 17 multi-RBI games … Had a season-high five-game hitting streak multiple times … Posted a season-best 26-game on-base streak and closed his career out by reaching base safely in each of his last 10 games as a Chant … Led the Sun Belt in home runs (20), walks (63), total bases (146) and was second in the league in runs scored (81) and slugging percentage (.646) … Opened up the season going 1-for-2 with a home run, three walks, an RBI and three runs scored in the win over Virginia Tech (Feb. 16) … Went 1-for-4 with a double in wins over No. 18 Oklahoma (Feb. 17) and Kansas State (Feb. 18) … Was also 1-for-4 versus No. 17 Indiana (Feb. 19) and in both contests against Illinois (Feb. 23 and 24) … Hit a two-run home run in the loss to the Fighting Illini (Feb. 24) … Was a perfect 2-for-2 with a home run, a double, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in the win over West Virginia (Feb. 25) … Walked three times, stole two bases and scored three times in the win against VCU (Feb. 25) … Stole three bases, walked twice and scored three runs in the 10-5 win over UNC Wilmington (Feb. 28) … Had an RBI double versus Ball State (March 2) and went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, three RBIs and two runs scored against Maryland (March 3) … Was 2-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored in the win over Radford (May 4) … Went 3-for-5 with a double, a walk, an RBI and three runs scored in the home win versus Wake Forest (March 7) … Combined to go 4-for-6 with a home run, a double, four walks, two RBIs and four runs scored in back-to-back games versus Ohio State (March 10-11) … Went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in back-to-back games against High Point (March 11) and UConn (March 12) … Had three base hits, 3-for-14, with a double, three walks, four RBIs, three runs scored and two stolen bases in the three-game series sweep at Arkansas State (March 16-18) … Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the home win over No. 10 Clemson (March 20) … Scored five runs and had one hit each in all three games in the three-game series sweep of No. 30 Texas State (March 23-24) … Totaled five extra base hits – two home runs and three doubles – in going 5-for-13 with four RBIs, four runs scored and two walks in the three-game Sun Belt series at Georgia Southern (March 29-31) … Hit two home runs and drove in five RBIs, going 3-for-5 in the series opener versus South Alabama (April 6) … Followed that performance up by hitting 1-for-3 with a home run, two walks, two RBIs and a run scored in game two of the series, a 14-7 CCU win over USA (April 7) … Blasted a home run (2-for-4), drove in two RBIs and scored two runs in the road win at Wake Forest (April 10) … Went a combined 6-for-10 with a home run, five walks, three RBIs and nine runs scored in the three-game sweep of ULM (April 27-29) … Was 1-for-4 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and a run scored in the series finale win at Louisiana (May 6) … Filled up the stat sheet in the win over No. 3 North Carolina (May 9), as he went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBIs, three runs scored and two stolen bases … Had an RBI double and scored a run in the 4-0 win over Little Rock (May 11) … Combined to go 7-for-12 with three home runs, a double, nine RBIs and six runs scored in the three-game road series at Appalachian State (May 18-19) … Hit three home runs and drove in six RBIs in the 10-5 win over the Mountaineers in game one of the conference doubleheader (May 19) … Tied a Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament record with 10 runs scored in the four games ... Hit .455 for the tournament with three home runs and eight walks … Went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in the game one win over UT Arlington (May 23) … Was 2-for-3 with a home run, two walks, two RBIs and four runs scored in the second round win over South Alabama (May 26) … Hit a home run and went 2-for-3 with two walks, an RBI, three runs scored and a stolen base in the championship game versus Troy (May 27) … Hit a two-run home run in the win over LIU Brooklyn (June 1) in the NCAA Regional … Also had one hit each versus No. 30 Washington (June 2) and No. 17 UConn (June 3) at the NCAA regional … Over the last nine games of his career, he hit .405 (15-for-37) with seven home runs, 18 runs scored, 16 RBIs and 12 walks.
2017 (Junior): One of three Chanticleers to start all 57 CCU games in 2017 ... Despite his .250 season batting average, he drew 36 walks and sported an impressive .368 on-base percentage ... Had a career-best seven-game hit streak and batted .346 (9-for-26) over that span ... Had a hit in 19 of his last 25 games with 15 walks ... Reached base safely in 14 of his last 15 games ... Reached base safely in five-consecutive at bats over two games ... Ended the St. John's series with a home run and a single then reached base safely in his first three at bats versus Charleston (Feb. 22) with a single and two walks ... Scored a season-high three runs versus Charleston thanks to a hit and two walks ... Was 1-for-9 to start the Texas State series before hitting a game-winning home run in the eighth inning of the 4-3 game two win ... Then went 3-for-3 with two home runs and a double in game three with a home run, a walk, a three-run home run and a double -- and accounted for five of CCU's seven runs to give CCU a 7-4 lead through six innings ... Had a career-high four stolen bases in game two at Georgia State, one shy of the CCU single-game record ... Was 2-for-4 in game two versus Louisiana and played a key role in the four-run ninth inning in the 9-8 walk-off win as he singled, stole second and scored the tying run ... Had a key RBI triple in South Alabama opener ... Hit a solo home run, scored three times and drew three walks in game two versus the Jaguars ... Scored what proved to be the game-winner at The Citadel as he went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, a double and a walk ... Had the game-winning hit in game two of the Troy series with a two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning ... Played a big role in the 12-inning, series-opening win at UL Monroe, going 3-for-6 with two RBIs ... Had two hits in the extra innings, including an RBI single to provide the 7-5 final ... Added two doubles, including an RBI double for CCU's first run of the game ... Was 2-for-6 in games two and three of the sweep with three runs scored ... Gave CCU a brief 8-7 lead at No. 12 Clemson with a two-run double in the eighth inning ... Gave Coastal some life in the Sun Belt tournament loss to Texas State as he launched a two-run home run over the 25-foot "Blue Monster" wall in right field to make the score 7-5 to become just the second player to clear the big wall since being installed for the 2017 season.
2016 (Sophomore): Was Coastal's starting second baseman for the season, but missed the College World Series after suffering a knee injury in the game one win at LSU in the Super Regional ... Was 4-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored, an RBI and a walk in the win over LSU ... Hit .326 with 11 doubles, seven home runs, 35 RBIs, 44 runs scored, 40 walks, 12 sac bunts and 15 stolen bases ... Despite batting in the bottom third of the lineup, he ranked fifth in the Big South and third on the team with 40 walks for the year ... Ranked third in the Big South and 39th in the NCAA with 12 sac bunts ... Ranked fourth in the league and 88th in the NCAA with a .457 on-base percentage ... Was CCU's top hitter in the postseason, hitting .444 with team-best .741 slugging percentage prior to his injury ... Voted to the Big South Championship all-tournament team, batting .364 with a home run and standing out defensively ... Also voted to the NCAA Raleigh all-regional team, batting .333 and drove in the game-winning run with a two-out, two-run single in the ninth to secure CCU's regional title at North Carolina State ... Starting with the Liberty series and spanning his last 19 games, he hit a team-best .444 (28-for-63) with 18 runs and 19 RBIs ... Also had a team-best .732 slugging percentage and team-best .496 on-base percentage while going 6-of-6 on stolen bases ... When leading off an inning, reached base safely 49.2 percent of the time ... Had 19, two-out RBIs, third-best on the team, and batted .333 with two outs .... Drew a walk that spanned two days at Georgia Tech ... Count was 3-1 when game was halted on Saturday due to lightning and game would ultimately resume Sunday ... He took a strike then a ball to force home a run .... Recorded a season-ending offensive burst that started by going 5-for-12 with a monster home run and five RBIs in the Liberty series ... Had a good opening weekend as he walked and scored in the opener versus Appalachian State, was 2-for-5 versus NC State and went 1-for-2 in the win versus Virginia ... Was a lone bright spot in Cincinnati and Wake Forest losses ... Was 1-for-1 with three walks versus Cincy and went 2-for-3 with a walk versus Wake ... Was 1-for-2 with an RBI, two walks, two stolen bases and three runs scored in the win over Wake Forest ... In the seventh, stole a base and scored on a Matt Beaird single, which gave CCU a 7-2 lead at the time in the eventual 7-6 win ... Was 0-for-2 in the win at UNC Wilmington (Mar. 16 ), but laid down two sac bunts and the runner he moved up scored both times, including the game-winner in the sixth inning ... Became the second Chanticleer to clear the 20-foot batter's eye in center field with a home run versus Gardner-Webb (April 2) ... Best career weekend came at Radford ... Was 6-for-11 with five runs scored and three RBIs while drawing three walks and stealing two bases ... Was 5-for-8 in the Charleston Southern series with a home run ... Even though teammate Connor Owings was Big South Player of the Week for the Campbell series, Lancaster may have been CCU's Most Valuable Player ... Was 7-for-12 with nine RBIs and five runs scored ... Was 1-for-3 with two RBIs, a walk and two stolen bases in the series opener ... Was 2-for-4 with two doubles in game two ... Hit a double to start the bottom of the ninth, took third on a Beaird sac bunt and scored the game-winning run on the play as the throw was errant ... Was 4-for-5 with six RBIs in the finale ... In the fourth inning alone, he had five RBIs as he hit a three-run home run and a two-run single ... Drew two walks in the Big South Championship Tournament opener versus Radford and laid down a sac bunt that led to the game-winner in the eighth innings ... Hit a pair of doubles, including a critical one in the eighth as he would score what proved to be the game-winner (CCU went up 4-2, but won 4-3) versus Gardner-Webb ... Also made a big defensive play ... In the top of the eighth with two one and no outs, he dropped a soft liner, but picked up the ball and started a 4-5-6 double play ... Went 2-for-4 versus Longwood ... Hit an RBI single and hit a leadoff home run off the top of the scoreboard ... Hit .333 overall at the NCAA Regional ... Against Saint Mary's, was hit by a pitch to start the third and later scored CCU's first run ... Later, laid down a squeeze bunt to drive in Young for a 3-1 lead in the fourth to bring home what proved to be the game-winning run ... In the second-round win over NC State, he was 2-for-4 with a double ... In the "if necessary" game versus NC State, he went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a run scored and two walks ... Singled and scored in the fourth to give CCU a 3-1 lead ... Delivered the game-winning hit with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth with a two-run single, putting CCU up 6-5.
2015 (Freshman): Played in 32 games and started the final 16 contest at second base ... Since taking over as the second baseman, he hit .238 (10-for-42) but only made one error in 68 chances ... Had six assists in the win in the Florida State finale and seven in game two at Campbell ... Had a reached base streak of 10 games before going 0-for-1 as a late-game defensive replacement in game two of the Big South Tournament ... Came up huge in the Big south semifinal as he delivered a key two-run double ... Reached base safely in 12 of his last 15 games (in two of the games he did not reach, he was 0-for-1 as a late-inning defensive replacement) ... Only had six hits in his first 22 games then exploded for three hits (3-for-3) and three RBIs in the rain-shortened finale at Liberty ... Was a game-time replacement for Michael Paez at shortstop in the Clemson win ... Was 0-for-4, but scored a run and was solid in the infield ... Entered the UNCA opener as a pinch hitter and delivered his first career home run, a solo shot ... Came off the bench to go 1-for-1 with a run scored and two RBIs versus Winthrop (March 27) ... Was outstanding in the field at Florida State, especially game three where he had six assists ... Had a hit in each of the first two games at Florida State ... In the win in game three versus the Seminoles, he laid down a sac bunt, which eventually led to a 1-0 lead, and later scored on a safety squeeze to give CCU a 2-0 lead.
High School: Listed 11th on the HSSR.com top-20 players in South Carolina ... Named all-Lowcountry ... Selected to play in the 2A/3A South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association (SCBCA) All-Star game ... A Perfect Game.com preseason second-team all-Atlantic Region selection ... Hit .345 with 28 RBIs and 25 runs scored his junior season ... Posted a .358 batting average with 17 RBIs in helping to lead the Hawks into the Class AA state championship series, falling to Gilbert HS his sophomore year ... Batted .292 as a freshman.
