PRONUNCIATION: STOW - come (
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2024 (Senior): Played in all 54 of the team’s games with 53 starts, each coming in left field … Hit a career-best .333 with a team-high 73 hits including 35 extra bases including career-bests with 15 doubles and 20 home runs, tied for seventh in WCU’s single-season record books … Led the team with 25 multiple-hit games including two hits 21 times and was also first with 16 multiple RBI efforts … Was second on the team with 23 two-out hits and was tied for the team lead with 19 two-out RBI … Enjoyed a team-long 19-game hitting streak where he hit .369 (31-for-84) with 12 extra-base hits including eight doubles and four home runs … Hit a career-best three home runs against Iona (Feb. 17), finishing 3-for-4 with four runs scored and five RBI … Homered twice in a 2-for-4 performance, collecting a career-high six RBI against ETSU (March 22) … Received
Southern Conference Player of the Week honors on March 18 …
Selected to the first-team All-Southern Conference by both the league’s head coaches and voting media ...
Named to the Spring 2024 Academic All-Southern Conference team ...
Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2023 (Junior): Played in all 54 games with 52 total starts including 41 in left field, three in right field, and eight as the designated hitter … Batted .243 (53-for-218) with 24 extra-base hits including 11 doubles and a team-best 13 home runs … Scored 41 runs with 45 RBI including 17 with two-outs … Posted three RBI five times … Was third on the team with 18 multiple-hit games and was second with 12 multiple-RBI efforts … Had a 16-game reached base safely streak and a four-game hitting streak … Added four stolen bases … Doubled twice in three games – Xavier (Feb. 24), at USC Upstate (April 18), and against The Citadel (May 12) … Homered in 13 different games … Selected to the
2023 preseason All-Southern Conference second-team as an outfielder ...
Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Sophomore): Played in 49 games with 45 starts including 21 in right field, 20 at first base, and four as the designated hitter … Batted .288 with 49 hits in 170 at-bats including 18 going for extra bases with 10 doubles, two triples, and six home runs … Scored 33 runs and drove in 37 including 16 with two-out ... Recorded six sacrifice flies, tied for first in the SoCon rankings … Finished with 13 multiple-hit games and was tied for second on the team with 11 multiple-RBI outings … Had a career-long seven-game hitting streak spanning mid-March into early April … Reached base safely in eight-straight games … Drove in a career-high matching three in three games – vs. Niagara (Feb. 18), ETSU (April 9), and against USC Upstate (May 4) … Drew a career-high three walks against Illinois State (Feb. 26);
Summer: Played for the Covington (Va.) Lumberjacks of the Valley League ... Was named to the South Division All-Star team.
2021 (Freshman*): Played in 26 games with 14 starts including 13 in right field and once as the designated hitter … Batted .233 with 14 hits including four doubles and two home runs … Had three multiple hit games and four multiple RBI outings … Recorded 13 RBI including six coming with two outs … Collected his first collegiate base hit on an eighth-inning single to left field at Charlotte (March 5) that started his career-best four-game hitting streak … Posted his first multi-hit game with a 2-for-4 effort with his first career double and three RBI against St. John’s (March 13) … Tallied a career-best three hits in a 3-for-3 outing against The Citadel (March 26), adding a walk to reach four times in the home win … Belted his first career home run as a pinch hitter at UNCG (April 30) … Homered in matching his career-best with three RBI against Mercer (May 7);
Summer 2021: Was selected as an
all-star for the Fuquay-Varina (N.C.) Twins ... Played in 21 games with a .311 (19-of-61) batting average with five doubles, two triples, and three home runs ... Scored 19 runs while driving in 14 ... Earned the
team's Gold Glove Award following the season.
2020 (Freshman): Did not see game action on the abbreviated season ...
Season shortened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of spring sports in mid-March.
Career Highs:
- At Bats: 7, THE CITADEL (5/12/23)
- Hits: 3, eight times (MR: MERCER, 5/11/24)
- Runs: 4, twice (MR: HARVARD-2, 3/16/24)
- Doubles: 2, five times: (MR: THE CITADEL, 5/12/23)
- Triples: 1, twice (MR: at USC Upstate, 2/23/22)
- Home Runs: 3, IONA (2/17/24)
- RBI: 6, ETSU (3/22/24)
- Walks: 3, three times (MR: HARVARD-2, 3/16/24)
- Hitting Streak: 19 games (2024)
