PRONUNCIATION: KNEED-uhm
2024 (Senior): Played in 46 of the team’s 54 games with 35 starts including 34 as the designated hitter and once at first base … Batted a career-best .306 (37-of-121) with 27 of his 37 hits going for extra bases including 11 doubles and 16 home runs, ranked second on the team and eighth in the Southern Conference … Led the SoCon with a team-best .793 slugging percentage, the fourth-best single-season slugging percentage in school history … Finished fourth on the team with 42 RBI, adding 36 runs scored … Had seven multi-hit games and multiple RBIs 12 times … Finished third on the team with 31 walks, adding seven HBPs to bolster his team-best .466 on-base percentage - tied for 21st in WCU's single-season record books … Had three multi-homer games, hitting two against Western Michigan (March 10) at Fluor Field and two against Mercer (May 12) … Collected a season-high three hits four times – vs. Western Michigan, at Wofford (April 28), and twice at VMI (May 16-17) … Belted a career-high three home runs in a road win at Wofford … Drove in a career-best five RBI against Mercer (May 12) …
Named Southern Conference Player of the Week on May 20 after batting .538 with a pair of doubles and two home runs ...
Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Junior): Played in 42 games with 24 games started including 14 a first base and 10 as the designated hitter … Batted .209 (19-of-91) with eight extra-base hits including three doubles and five home runs … Scored 15 runs with 18 RBI … Recorded five multiple-hit games and six multiple-RBI efforts … Had a pair of four-game hitting streaks during the season, opening the season 5-for-14 (.357) with five RBI over the first four games … Walked twice against Xavier (Feb. 26) to match his career high … Matched a career-high with three base hits against Eastern Kentucky (March 4) in a 3-for-4 effort … Tied his career-best with three runs driven in against Wofford (April 15) ...
Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Sophomore): Saw action in 41 games with 25 starts including 14 as the designated hitter and 11 at first base … Batted .225 collectively on the year with 25 hits, 14 of which went for extra bases with five doubles, two triples, and seven home runs for a .495 slugging percentage … Scored 17 runs while driving in 22 … Added 11 walks and three HBPs for a .305 on-base percentage … Recorded four multiple-hit games and eight multiple-RBI efforts, fourth-best on the team … Doubled two times in a game twice, legging out a pair of two-baggers against Illinois State (Feb. 26) as a part of a three-hit effort, and doubled twice in helping WCU to a series sweep clinching victory over Mercer (May 8) … Belted a mammoth game-tying, pinch-hit, two-run home run down the right-field line against Presbyterian (April 27) … Delivered a bases-clearing, three-RBI double on the road at Kennesaw State (May 11).
2021 (Freshman): Played in 25 games with 15 starts, each coming as the designated hitter … Finished the season with a .183 batting average, collecting 11 hits in 60 at bats … Drove in 11 runs and scored seven runs … Recorded four, two-hit games as a true freshman … His first collegiate base hit was a two-run home run to left center against Towson (Feb. 19) … Belted a pinch-hit, two-run home run to centerfield at Elon (April 28) … Doubled twice against Wofford (May 15) including a two-RBI, two-base hit to left center in the 8-4 victory in Cullowhee ...
Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina: Was a Region 5 North Carolina State Games participant in 2019.
Career Game Highs:
- At Bats: 5, 11 times (MR: at VMI-2, 5/17/24)
- Hits: 3, six times (MR: at VMI-2, 5/17/24)
- Runs: 3, five times (MR: at VMI-2, 5/17/24)
- Doubles: 2, three times (MR: MERCER, 5/8/22)
- Home Runs: 3, at Wofford (4/28/24)
- RBI: 5, MERCER (5/12/24)
- Walks: 3, twice (MR: MERCER, 5/11/24)
- Hitting Streak: 4 games, six times (MR: three times in 2024)
