Western Carolina University

PRONUNCIATION: KETT-urr-muhn

2024 (Senior): Played in 53 of the team’s 54 games, making 51 starts including 46 at second base, four at third base, and once as the designated hitter … Led WCU with a .360 batting average – eighth in the SoCon – and was tied for second with 71 hits including 30 for extra bases with 13 doubles, three triples, and a career-high 14 home runs … Ranked seventh in the SoCon with a .670 slugging percentage … Scored 56 runs, second on the team, while matching his single-season best with 50 RBI … Tied for the team lead with 19 two-out RBI … Batted a team-high .434 (23-for-53) with runners in scoring position … Enjoyed an 11 game hitting streak in early April that included eight multi-hit games … During his streak, batted .561 (23-fof-41) to raise his seasonal average by 96 points … Committed just four errors on 217 seasonal chances with 132 assists, boasting a .982 fielding percentage … Was part of turning 32 double plays for the SoCon’s leading squad … Tripled twice in the neutral field win over Akron (April 7) at Prasco Park … Two-time SoCon Baseball Player of the Week, collecting honors in consecutive weeks on April 15 and April 22 … Earned SoCon Baseball Player of the Month honors in April after batting .458 with 27 hits including 16 for extra bases – five doubles, two triples, and nine home runs with 26 RBI … Matched his career-high with two home runs in a game twice – at Wofford (April 26) and at VMI (May 17) … Named second-team All-Southern Conference by both the league’s head coaches and voting media … Selected to the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team ... Named to the Spring 2024 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
 
2023 (Junior): Selected as the 2023 Leggett No. 7 Legacy recipient ... Started all 54 games with 53 starts at third base and one at second base … Closed the year with a .261 (53-of-203) batting average with 27 extra-base hits including 17 doubles, a triple, and nine home runs … Drove in 50 runs including 17 two-out RBI … Posted an eight-game hitting streak and reached base safely in 15-straight games during the season … Had just nine errors on the year as a part of a .940 fielding percentage … Was a part of turning 10 double plays in the field … Scored a season-high three runs three times – against Xavier (Feb. 26), at UNC Asheville (April 11) and against The Citadel (May 14) … Doubled twice at ETSU (April 29) … Collected a career-high four base hits in the form of a career-best four doubles against The Citadel (May 14) … Selected to the 2023 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team … Named to the Spring 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2022-23 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Earned a SoCon Commissioner's Medal.

2022 (Sophomore): Played in all 57 of the team’s games with 57 starts, each coming a third base … Batted .275 on the year (63-of-229) with 10 doubles, a SoCon-leading five triples, and a career-high 12 home runs, second on the squad … Hit in WCU’s lead-off spot in a team-best 36 of the 57 games … Finished with 16 multiple-hit games and six multi-RBI efforts … Tied for the team-lead with an 11-game hitting streak and had a 14-game reached-base safely streak … Was a part of turning 11 double-plays in the field, finishing with 46 putouts and 98 assists with just 12 errors (.923 fielding) … Named Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Week on March 14 ... Hit a team-best .529 (9-for-17) on the week with three doubles as a part of a four-game hitting streak that included three multi-hit games, scoring six runs with four RBI ... Selected 2021-22 CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 … Named to the 2022 Southern Conference All-Tournament team after pacing the Catamounts in three games, batting .500 (5-for-10) with a double and two home runs – both coming against the eventual tourney champion, UNCG ... Named to the Spring 2022 Academic All-Southern Conference team ... Named to the 2021-22 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll and Received a Commissioner's Medal; Summer: Expected to return to the Strasburg (Va.) Express in the Valley League over the summer.

2021 (Freshman): Played in 44 games as a true freshman including 42 starts each coming at third base … Hit .213 (33-for-155) with 10 doubles and a triple … Finished with seven multiple-hit games and five games with multiple RBI … Drew 23 walks and was hit by a pitch eight times as a part of a .342 on-base percentage … Finished 9-for-9 in stolen bases, second on the team … Was a part of turning five double-plays from his position at third base … Recorded a career-high seven at bats with three hits in his collegiate debut against Towson (Feb. 19) … Tallied his first career base hit in his second plate appearance, pushing a run-scoring single through the right side against Towson, adding his first extra-base hit in the same game with a double … Matched his career-best with three hits at UNCW (Feb. 28), three hits with a double against VMI (April 11), and three hits in a 3-for-4 effort at Elon (April 28) ... Named to the 2020-21 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Received a SoCon Commissioner's Medal; Summer 2021: Played in 22 games during for the Strasburg (Va.) Express in the Valley Baseball League ... Batted .250 (14-for-56) with three doubles and a home run ... Scored 11 runs and drove in nine ... Walked 11 times against 15 strikeouts over the summer.

Prior to Western Carolina: Was a three-sport prep athlete at Gettysburg High in Pennsylvania, seeing time in the infield and on the mound on the baseball diamond ... He was also a high school quarterback in football ... Earned YAIAA Division II Player of the Year and a spot on the  GameTimePA YAIAA first-team as a high school sophomore ... Played for the Mid-Atlantic Rookies showcase team ... Batted .308 with 24 hits, 22 runs scored, and 18 stolen bases as a junior ... Had a 4-2 record and a 1.25 ERA in 2020 prior to the pandemic.

Personal: Older brother Ethan played baseball at Penn College of Technology ... has a younger sister, Katie, who competes in field hockey, swimming, and track.

Career-Highs:
At Bats: 7, TOWSON (2/19/21)
Hits: 4, THE CITADEL (5/14/23)
Runs: 4, twice (MR: NIAGARA, 2/19/22)
Doubles: 4, THE CITADEL (5/14/23)
Triples: 2, vs. Akron at Prasco Park (4/7/24)
Home Runs: 2, three times (MR: VMI, 5/17/24)
Walks: 3, AKRON-2 (2/18/23)
RBI: 5, USC UPSTATE (5/1/24)