Selected in the 32nd round (pick No. 964) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … Named to the 2019 NCBWA Division I All-America third team and the 2019 ABCA/Rawlings Atlantic All-Region first team … Tabbed the 2019 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year … Named to the 2019 All-Sun Belt second team and the 2019 Sun Belt Championship all-tournament team … Also earned a spot on the 2019 NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament team … A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll.
2019 (Redshirt Sophomore): Selected in the 32nd round (pick No. 964) by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft … Named to the 2019 NCBWA Division I All-America third team and the 2019 ABCA/Rawlings Atlantic All-Region first team … Tabbed the 2019 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year … Named to the 2019 All-Sun Belt second team and the 2019 Sun Belt Championship all-tournament team … Also earned a spot on the 2019 NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament team … Played in 61 games, starting 51 either at designated hitter or in right field … Hit a team-best .355 with 11 home runs, two triples, eight doubles, 49 RBIs and 57 runs scored … Also walked 45 times, compared to just 37 strikeouts, posted a .601 slugging percentage and a .516 on-base percentage for the season … Finished the season with 20 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … The first-year Chant led the team and was second in the Sun Belt in hitting at .355 overall on the season … Also led the Sun Belt in on-base percentage at .516 on the year and was second in the league in walks with 45 … Was fifth in the conference in slugging percentage (.601) and in hit-by-pitch (16), and ranked seventh in runs scored (57) … Turned in a CCU season-best 25-game on-base streak … Drove in six RBIs in the road win at ULM (March 17) to help complete the series sweep … Also had five RBIs in the series opener versus the Warhawks (March 15) and the Chants’ 26-10 blowout win over ULM (May 25) in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Hit two home runs in the game two win over ULM (May 25) at the Sun Belt Tournament … Broke into the starting lineup with a 2-for-3 performance in the road game at No. 12 Clemson (May 13) … Hit safely in nine-straight starts from March 13-27, going 18-for-35 with three home runs, a triple, two doubles, 18 RBIs and 10 runs scored during that span … Opened conference play by going 7-for-11 with two home runs, two doubles, three walks, 13 RBIs and five runs scored in the sweep at ULM (March 15-17) … Stayed hot at the plate by going 7-for-14 with a home run, a triple, five RBIs and three runs scored in three games at home versus Troy (March 22-24) … Was a combined 6-for-15 with a walk, four RBIs and three runs scored in the series win at South Alabama (April 6-7) … Hit a solo home run in the win 7-6 road win at No. 2 NC State (April 10) … Went 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, an RBI and two runs scored in the series opener at Little Rock (April 12) … Recorded a triple, walked four times, drove in two RBIs and scored two runs in the three-game home series with Georgia Southern (April 18-20) … Was a combined 6-for-13 with a home run, two doubles, two walks, five RBIs and five runs scored in the three-game conference road series at Georgia State (April 26-28) … Scored six runs and drove in four RBIs on 5-for-8 hitting with two home runs and four walks in the three-game series versus Louisiana (May 3-5) … Finished the regular season by going 2-for-7 with three walks, an RBI and four runs scored in three-games versus Appalachian State (May 16-18) … Recorded four multi-hit games in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament, going 12-for-26 with two home runs, two doubles, three walks, 10 RBIs and 12 runs scored over the six-game span … Was a perfect 4-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, two RBIs and three runs scored in the quarterfinals win over UT Arlington (May 24) … Went a combined 5-for-10 with two home runs five RBIs and four runs scored in the doubleheader sweep of ULM (May 25) to advance to the championship game … Was 3-for-10 with a home run, three walks, an RBI and three runs scored over the Chants’ three-games at the NCAA Atlanta Regional (May 31-June 2) … A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman) at Seminole State College of Florida: Named second-team NJCAA All-Region 8 … Tabbed his team’s MVP … Played in 44 games on the season … Hit .361 with eight home runs, four doubles, 26 RBIs, 34 runs scored and 10 stolen bases … Walked 27 times and struck out just 28 times … Posted a .590 slugging percentage and a .518 on-base percentage on the year.
2017 (Freshman) at South Carolina: Redshirted while recovering from offseason surgery.
High School: Missed most of his senior season with an injury … Rated the No. 6 high school left-handed pitcher in the state of South Carolina by
Perfect Game and No. 7 high school left-handed pitcher in the state of South Carolina by Diamond Prospects … A three-time All-Region 3-AAA selection … Helped lead Chester to its first region title in more than 30 years and only its second playoff appearance in more than a decade in 2015 as a junior … He was 5-2 with a 2.77 ERA, allowed just 16 hits in 43 innings and struck out 67 batters while posting a .433 batting average his junior season.
Stats at Seminole State College of Florida and South Carolina
| YEAR (SCHOOL) |
GP |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
K |
SB |
CS |
AVG. |
OBP |
SLG |
| 2017 (South Carolina) |
Redshirted |
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| 2018 (State College of Florida) |
44 |
122 |
34 |
44 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
10 |
7 |
.361 |
.518 |
.590 |
| TOTALS |
44 |
122 |
34 |
44 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
10 |
7 |
.361 |
.518 |
.590 |
