Western Carolina University

2025 (Junior): Played in 57 of the team’s 58 games with 57 starts, all coming in center field … Ranked fifth on the team with a .312 (69-of-221) seasonal batting average … His 69 hits were fourth on the team and included 24 for extra bases – 13 doubles and 11 home runs, the second-most on the team … Finished with 20 multi-hit games, including 15 two-hit and five, three-hit efforts, and had multiple RBI 13 times, driving home 47 on the season … Doubled and homered in the same game just once, in the SoCon tourney against The Citadel (May 23) … Hit .346 against left-handed pitchers … Batted in the lead-off spot a team-high 31 times … Led WCU with 19 stolen bases in 22 attempts … Made his WCU debut with a start in center field at Georgia Southern (Feb. 14), finishing 2-for-4 with an RBI and two stolen bases in his first game … Collected his first extra-base hit for the Catamounts with a double in the second game of the year at Georgia Southern (Feb. 15) … Hit his first WCU homer in the fourth game against Rider (March 2) as part of a career-high four RBI game … Named Southern Conference Player of the Week on March 24 after batting .533 (8-of-15) with two home runs and five RBI, finishing with a .933 slugging percentage and three multi-hit games … Named to the SoCon All-Tournament Team in Greenville after batting .538 (7-of-13), with a double, three home runs, and six RBI, adding four walks and an HBP to bolster a .682 on-base percentage ... Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... DRAFTED by the Seattle Mariners in the 15th round with the 452nd overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from USC Union ... Played in 94 games over two seasons where he was a consistent hitter – batting .378 with 56 hits as a freshman and .379 with 55 knocks as a sophomore ... Boasted a .638 slugging percentage coupled with a .464 on-base average that included 39 walks and 11 HBPs ... Totaled 43 extra-base hits over two seasons including 26 doubles, a triple, and 16 home runs – nine coming as a sophomore in 2024; High School: Was a four-year varsity letter winner at North Henderson where he played basketball and baseball ... Was a team captain as a senior ... Pitched and also played shortstop and outfield as a prep ... According to MaxPreps, was a .457 hitter over his final three seasons in high school with seven doubles and a triple.

WCU Career Game Highs:

• At Bats: 6, twice – MR: at UNCG (5/17/25)
• Hits: 3, five times – MR: vs. VMI (5/21/25)
• Runs: 5, vs. Wofford (4/19/25)
• Doubles: 1, 13 times – MR: vs. The Citadel (5/23/25)
• Home Runs: 1, 11 times – MR: vs. The Citadel (5/23/25)
• RBI: 4, vs. Rider (3/2/25)
• Walks: 2, six times – MR: vs. The Citadel (5/23/25)
• Hitting Streak: 8 games (2025)