Notes: Will carry a two-game hitting streak into the 2026 season.
2025 (Senior): Started all 58 of the team’s games at shortstop … Finished the season two-thirds of the way to collecting the elusive WCU Triple Crown, pacing WCU with 14 home runs among his team-high tying 76 base hits, and drove home a team-best 57 RBI, including 13 two-out RBI … Posted a .325 batting average (76-of-234), including 14 doubles, two triples, and the 14 round-trippers … Led WCU with 26 multi-hit games, including 22 two-hit efforts, and paced the squad with multiple RBI 15 times … Drew 21 walks and was plunked 11 times … Was part of turning a team-best 29 double plays in the field, finishing with a team-high 150 assists … Enjoyed a team-long 15-game hitting streak that included 10 multi-hit games and had a 17-game reached base safely streak … Belted a three-run homer and a run-scoring single against Appalachian State (April 1) … Delivered a two-run double to cap WCU’s 14-1 run-ruled win over Gardner-Webb (April 5) in the eighth inning … Drove home three runs without a base hit (0-for-3) in a win over Wofford (April 19), lifting a sacrifice fly and plating two on a fielder’s choice … Homered twice in a 4-for-5, three RBI performance against Gardner-Webb (April 29), matching his career-high for base hits in a game … Delivered a walk-off double against Presbyterian (May 7), ambushing the first pitch of his at bat with the run-scoring two-bagger … Scored four times and plated four runs in a 3-for-4 effort with a triple and home run against top-seeded ETSU (May 23) in the SoCon Tournament … Was
listed on the College Baseball Foundation Brooks Wallace Award Watch List for a second consecutive season …
Named to the Southern Conference All-Defensive team by the league’s head coaches … Was
elected as a team captain for the 2025 season …
Selected to the 2025 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team ...
Named to the 2024-25 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
2024 (Junior): Started all 54 games on the season, each coming at shortstop … Hit .302 (71-of-235) with his 71 hits tied for second on the squad … Recorded 22 extra-base hits including 14 doubles and eight home runs … Scored 46 runs and drove in 45 … Was third on the team with 19 multi-hit games and tied for third with multiple RBI 12 times … Enjoyed a nine-game hitting streak that included four multi-hit games, hitting .400 (16-for-40) with six extra-base hits – three doubles and three home runs … Opened the season with four-straight multi-hit games – and collected multiple hits in six of his first eight starts as part of opening the game on an eight-game hitting streak … Posted a career-high four hits on three different occasions including a 4-for-5 outing against Western Michigan (March 10) at Fluor Field, posting a double and a home run while plating a career-high six … Had a 4-for-5 effort against Wofford (April 27), doubling twice … Went 4-for-6 with a double and three RBI at VMI (May 17) … Was part of flipping 38 double-plays to lead the SoCon’s top unit … Was
listed on the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List …
Selected to the 2024 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District team ...
Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to Western Carolina after beginning his career at USC Union, a member of the NJCCA;
At USC Union: In two seasons at USC Union, played in 80 games where he batted .389 (90-of-234) with 26 doubles, four triples, and 17 home runs for a total of 47 extra-base hits for a .752 slugging percentage … Recorded 70 career RBI … Added 30 walks and 18 HBPs to bolster his .488 on-base percentage … Posted a .445 batting average as a sophomore in 2022-23 … Was awarded the Kennedy Academic Award to publicly recognize and reward the USC Union graduate with the highest GPA each year;
High School: Played shortstop at nearby Tuscola HS … As a sophomore, batted .318 for the Mountaineers.
WCU Career Game Highs:
- At Bats: 6, six times – MR: at VMI (5/17/24)
- Hits: 4, four times – MR: vs. Gardner-Webb (4/29/25)
- Runs: 4, twice – MR: vs. ETSU, SoCon (5/23/25)
- Doubles: 2, twice – MR: vs. Presbyterian (5/7/25)
- Triples: 1, twice – MR: vs. ETSU (5/23/25)
- Home Runs: 2, vs. Gardner-Webb (4/29/25)
- RBI: 6, vs. Western Michigan at Fluor Field (3/10/24)
- Walks: 3, at Presbyterian (4/9/24)
