Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Drafted in the 23rd round (706th pick) by the Houston Astros in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … A 2018 ABCA third-team All-American … Also a 2018 ABCA All-Atlantic Region first team honoree … Named to the 2018 NCAA Conway Regional All-Tournament team … A two-time first-team All-Sun Belt selection and a two-time Sun Belt All-Tournament team member (2018 and 2019) … For his career at CCU, the Wisconsin native hit .308 with 31 home runs, which is tied for ninth all-time in Coastal history, 25 doubles and 111 runs scored … Drove in 139 RBIs, which is tied for 18th all-time in school history, while his .563 career slugging percentage ranks eighth all-time in CCU history … He also finished his career with a .408 on-base percentage … Named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Baseball third team (CoSIDA) … A two-time member of the Sun Belt Commissioner’s List (2017-18 and 2018-19) … A two-time member of the President’s List (4.0 GPA) and a two-time Dean’s List member (3.5 GPA or higher) … Was named the 2018-19 Presidential Student-Athlete of the Year at the Coastal Carolina SAAC Student-Athlete Excellence Awards.

2019 (Senior): Drafted in the 23rd round (706th pick) by the Houston Astros in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … A first-team All-Sun Belt selection at first base … Was also named to the 2019 Sun Belt All-Tournament team … Played in and started in all 63 games at first base … Led the Sun Belt in RBIs with 82 … Also ranked second overall in the conference in hits (81), second in home runs (18), third in total bases (146), fourth in sacrifice flies (7), ninth in slugging percentage (.564) and 10th in runs scored (54) for the season … Hit .313 with 18 home runs, 11 doubles, 82 RBIs and 54 runs scored, while posting a .564 slugging percentage and a .399 on-base percentage at the plate … His 82 RBIs tied David Anderson for the most RBIs by a Chant in a single season … His 18 home runs were tied for the 10th-most in CCU's single-season record book … Recorded a team-high 22 multi-RBI games, including three games of five RBIs overall, and was second on the team with 22 multi-hit games on the season … Posted an average of .322 over 28 conference games with eight home runs, five doubles, 43 RBIs and 17 runs scored … His eight home runs and 43 RBIs led the team in Sun Belt play … Tallied a career-high three home runs, including a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 10th inning in the 14-13 win over UT Arlington (May 24) in the 2019 Sun Belt Championship Tournament, one day after hitting two home runs in the win over Texas State (May 23) … Drove in five RBIs three times – at Georgia State (April 26) and versus Appalachian State twice (May 16 and 18) … Hit a home run and drove in two RBIs in the season-opening win over VCU (Feb. 15) … Went a combined 6-for-14 with a home run, a double, a walk, five RBIs and three runs scored in the Brittain Resorts Invitational (Feb. 15-17) on opening weekend … Was 1-for-3 at the plate with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in the road win at UNC Wilmington (Feb. 19) … Combined to go 5-for-18 with a home run, two walks, three RBIs and four runs scored in four games over the Brittain Resorts Baseball at the Beach (Feb. 22-24) … Went 2-for-4 and scored two runs in the home win over No. 25 Illinois (March 1) … Was a stellar 7-for-11 with two doubles, two RBIs and four runs scored in back-to-back wins over Wake Forest (March 5-6) … Doubled and drove in three runs in the 4-4 draw with No. 4 Oregon State (March 10) at the Seattle Baseball Showcase … Hit safely in all three wins over ULM (March 15-17), combining to go 4-for-13 with a home run, a double, three walks, four RBIs and four runs scored … Also went 4-for-14 with a home run, a double, four RBIs and a run scored in the three-game home series with Troy (March 22-24) … Scored three runs in the home win over UNC Wilmington (March 26) … Went 3-for-8 with four RBIs over both games of the doubleheader versus Arkansas State (March 30) … Recorded one hit in each of the three games at South Alabama (April 6-7), including two home runs, three RBIs and three runs scored … Hit a solo home run in the win at No. 2 NC State (April 10) … Was a combined 4-for-12 with a home run, a double, a walk, three RBIs and two runs scored in the three-game conference series versus Georgia Southern (April 18-20) … Blasted a solo home run in the road loss at No. 15 North Carolina (April 23) … Went 5-for-10 with a home run, two walks, six RBIs and three runs scored in the two wins over Georgia State (April 26 and 27) … Combined to go 4-for-10 with two walks, five RBIs and a run scored in the three-game home series against Louisiana (May 3-5) … Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in the 8-6 series-opening win at UT Arlington (May 10) … Doubled and drove in an RBI in the home loss to Clemson (May 14) … Exploded to go 8-for-12 with two home runs, two walks, 12 RBIs and three runs scored in the three-game series at home versus Appalachian State (May 16-18) … Went 1-for-5 with two RBIs in the loss to UT Arlington (May 22) in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament … With Coastal facing elimination, he went 2-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, four RBIs and three runs scored in the win over Texas State (May 23) and 4-for-6 with three home runs, four RBIs, and four runs scored in the win over the Mavericks (May 24) … Followed that up by going 3-for-5 with a double, two walks, an RBI and two runs scored in the 26-10 blowout win over ULM (May 25) to advance to the semifinals … Hit a home run and drove in three RBIs overall in the loss to Auburn (May 31) at the NCAA Atlanta Regional … Also went 1-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in the win over Florida A&M (June 1) and 2-for-3 with two walks, two RBIs, and two runs scored versus Georgia Tech (June 2) in the Atlanta Regional … Named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-America Division I Baseball third team (CoSIDA) … A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Commissioner’s List … Was named the 2018-19 Presidential Student-Athlete of the Year at the Coastal Carolina SAAC Student-Athlete Excellence Awards.

2018 (Junior): A 2018 ABCA third-team All-American … Also named to the ABCA All-Atlantic Region first team … Tabbed the Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Player and was named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament team … Earned a spot on the All-Sun Belt first team … Named to the NCAA Conway Regional All-Tournament team … Tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on March 14 … Played in 58 games for the Chants, starting in 56 contests … Hit .302 with 13 home runs, 14 doubles, 57 RBIs and 57 runs scored on the season … Totaled 64 base hits and was third on the team with a .561 slugging percentage on the year … Posted a .419 on-base percentage and was a perfect 2-for-2 in the stolen base department … Walked 35 times and was hit by a pitch a team-high nine times … Recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage on the season in limited action at first base … Registered 16 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games for the season … Recorded a season-high nine-game hitting streak on the year … Also reached base safely in 29-straight contests on the season, second-longest streak on the team … Opened up the season going 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and an RBI in the 17-2 win versus Virginia Tech (Feb. 16) … Went 1-for-5 in the extra-inning win over No. 18 Oklahoma (Feb. 17) … Scored two runs and went 1-for-3 with a walk in the 13-0 shutout at the College of Charleston (Feb. 21) … Hit a two-run home run in the loss versus Illinois (Feb. 24) … Was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the 5-2 win over West Virginia (Feb. 25) … Also was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in the home win over VCU (Feb. 25) … Blasted a two-run home run in the 10-5 home win over UNC Wilmington (Feb. 28) … Was 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored in the win over Radford (March 4) … Drove in four RBIs, going 3-for-3 with two home runs, in the 19-3 blowout win of Wake Forest (March 7) … Hit a home run and scored twice in the loss versus High Point (March 9) … Went 5-for-10 with a home run, a double, four RBIs and two runs scored in the two games versus Ohio State (March 10-11) … Went 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored in the home loss to UConn (March 13) … Was a combined 4-for-12 with four walks, two RBIs and five runs scored in the three-game conference series sweep at Arkansas State (March 16-18) … Went 1-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in the home win over No. 10 Clemson (March 20) … Hit a two-run home run in the 7-3 series-opening win at Georgia Southern (March 29) … Was a combined 5-for-14 with a home run, two doubles, an RBI and five runs scored in the series win versus South Alabama … Posted a two-run double and scored a run in the road win at Wake Forest (April 10) … Had a base hit in each of the three games at Troy (April 13-14) … Went 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored in the 3-1 series-finale win over Georgia State (April 22) … Posted two doubles (2-for-3) with two RBIs and a walk in the 11-4 win over ULM (April 28) … Was a combined 4-for-11 with two home runs, six RBIs and three runs scored in the series at Louisiana (May 4-6) … Went 4-for-9 with a home run, four walks, two RBIs and four runs scored in the three-game series at Appalachian State (May 18-19) … Went 6-for-16 with a triple, a double, 12 RBIs and six runs scored over four games in the 2018 Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Drove in four RBIs in the tournament-opener versus UT Arlington (May 23) … Recorded a double, a triple and a season-high five RBIs in the 16-4 second-round win over South Alabama (May 24) … Drove in three RBIs in the championship game versus Troy (May 27) … Went 1-for-5 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored in the NCAA Conway Regional win over LIU Brooklyn (June 1) … Had two hits (2-for-4) with a walk, an RBI and three runs scored in the loss to No. 30 Washington in the NCAA Regional … Recorded three hits (3-for-4) with a home run and four RBIs in the season-ending loss to No. 17 UConn (June 3) at the regional … Named to the 2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.
 
2017 (Sophomore) at Polk State: Batted .273 with four home runs ... Also posted 15 doubles ... Drove in 29 RBIs ... Recorded a .422 on-base percentage and a .421 slugging percentage on the year.

2016 (Freshman) at Polk State: Named second-team All-Suncoast Conference ... Hit .290 and led the Eagles in home runs (10) and RBIs (55) with a .509 slugging percentage.

High School: Named second-team All-North Shore Conference as a junior and earned first team honors as a sophomore ... Also a second-team All-Little Ten Conference selection in soccer ... Also lettered in basketball.


Stats at Polk State