Western Carolina University

Career: Finished his five-year Catamount career with a .300 batting average, collecting 197 hits with 34 doubles, four triples, and 27 career home runs … Finished with 135 career RBI and scored 105 runs … Drew 44 walks and was hit by a pitch 41 times, tied for the third-most in program history.

2021 (Senior*): Returned for his fifth-year on the COVID exemption … Started all 49 games on the year including 29 starts behind the plate, 13 at first base, and seven as the designated hitter … Hit a career-best .345 with 71 hits including career-bests with 13 doubles and 13 home runs, tied for fifth in the SoCon … Drove in 52 runs, ranking tied for third in the league … Tallied 20 multiple hit games and was second on the team with 15 multiple RBI outings … Led the team with 29 two-out RBI … Had a nine-game hitting streak and reached base safely in 26-consecutive games … Was plunked 14 times, fourth in the SoCon, adding 13 walks as a part of his .415 on-base percentage … Named first-team All-Southern Conference at catcher by the league’s head coaches and voting media ... Named first-team ABCA / All-Atlantic Region … Matched a career-high with four base hits four times on the season including a 4-for-4, three RBI effort against The Citadel (March 26) and a 4-or-6, five RBI performance against VMI (April 11) … Finished 4-for-5 against Wofford (May 15) … Belted a career-best three home runs in a 4-for-5, eight RBI effort in the regular-season finale at The Citadel (May 21) … Batted .444 with eight hits including a double and two home runs, plating six and scoring three times in the conference tournament, earning SoCon All-Tournament team honors ... Elected a team captain for a second-consecutive season by his teammates ... Named to the official watch list for the 2021 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year award  … Selected first-team preseason All-Southern Conference from the league's head coaches.

2020 (Senior): Only played in six games, each starts with four at first base and two coming behind the plate … Batted .333 (8-for-24) with a pair of doubles and two RBI, scoring a run … Missed the season-opening four-game series against Chicago State, making his season debut against Illinois (Feb. 21) … Recorded a season-best three hits in a 3-for-5 outing with a double and a RBI … Also doubled in a two-hit performance against Saint Joseph’s (Feb. 23) … Suffered what proved to be a season-ending hand injury after being hit by a pitch against Michigan State (Feb. 29) ... Elected a team captain by his teammates ... Named second-team Preseason All-Southern Conference … Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March.

2019 (Junior): Started all 53 of the team’s games including 29 at first base, 23 at catcher, and one as the designated hitter … Finished the season with a career-best .299 batting average with 60 base hits including 11 doubles, four triples (second on team, tied for fourth in the SoCon), and 11 home runs, the third-most on the team and ranked seventh in the league … Finished seventh in the SoCon in slugging percentage at .557, third on the WCU squad … Drove in 44 runs to rank third on the squad … Added 14 walks and was second on the squad with 15 HBPs – fifth in the SoCon … Recorded 18 multiple hit games including 15, two-hit outings and multiple RBIs 12 times, third on the team … Homered twice with three RBI in a home victory over Oakland (Feb. 16) … Doubled and blasted a grand slam home run as a part of a 3-for-5, career-high six RBI outing at mountain-rival UNC Asheville (March 6) … Collected a career-high four hits including a double and a triple at ETSU (March 22) … Appeared on the initial watch list for the Buster Posey Award given to the NCAA’s top national collegiate catcher ... Selected as the 2019 Leggett No. 7 Legacy recipient, chosen to wear the No. 7 jersey worn by Jack Leggett 

2018 (Sophomore): Played in 38 games making 37 starts including 28 at first base, eight as the designated hitter, and once behind the plate at catcher … Batted .281 with 39 hits in 139 trips, collecting seven extra-base hits including five doubles and two home runs … Drove in 20 runs while scoring 14 … Had four, multi-RBI outings … Finished with nine, multiple-hit games with seven, two-hit outings and a pair of three-hit games … Put together a career-long, 10-game hitting streak in mid-March that featured six, multiple-hit games including a three-hit outing against Ball State (March 9) … Was sidelined for over a month between April 14 and May 22 – with a fractured hand suffered on an HBP at VMI (April 14) … Returned for the Southern Conference Tournament, going 6-for-24 in his return to the lineup … Will carry a four-game hitting streak into the 2019 season and has an active streak of reaching base safely in 12-straight games; Summer League: Played in two games in the Cape Cod League for the Yarmouth-Denis Red Sox, going 1-for-3 at the plate.

2017 (Freshman): Played in 33 games with 19 games among the starting rotation including 17 starts at catcher and two as the designated hitter ... Batted .218 with 19 hits including four for extra bases in 87 trips ... Had a pair of three-game hitting streaks while reaching base in seven-straight ... Recorded five, two-hit games with five multi-RBI games on the season, recording 17 RBI ... Caught four would-be base stealers from behind the plate, adding 17 assists ... Tallied his first collegiate base hit by legging out a double, diving into second base to avoid the tag in a run-down after slipping rounding first base in the season-opener against St. John's (Feb. 17) in tournament play in Myrtle Beach, S.C. ... Posted a career-high three RBI against Marshall (Feb. 25) and at nationally-ranked North Carolina State (March 6) ... His first multi-hit game came in the Keith LeClair Classic against Appalachian State (March 4); Summer League: Played with the Waynesboro (Va.) Generals in the Valley League where he was named a South Division All-Star, scoring an insurance run in the 5-0 South team's victory ... Played in 30 games on the summer with a .279 batting average, collecting 24 hits with two doubles, a triple, and two home runs ... Both drove-in and scored 13 runs.

• At Bats: 7, at UNCG (3/30/19)
• Hits: 4, five times (MR: at The Citadel-2, 5/21/21)
• Runs: 4, twice (MR: at The Citadel-2, 5/21/21)
• Doubles: 2, twice (MR: at Charlotte, 3/5/21)
• Home Runs: 3, at The Citadel-2 (5/21/21)
• RBI: 8, at at The Citadel-2 (5/21/21)
• Walks: 2, six times (MR: vs. Samford, 5/28/21)
• Hitting Streak: 10 games (3/9/18 -- 3/27/18)