Western Carolina University

Notes: Will carry a six-game hitting streak and a reached-base safely streak of 11 straight games into the 2026 season.
 
2025 (Senior): Played in 50 of the team’s 58 games, making 44 starts, including 39 as the designated hitter and four at first base … Finished the season with a .331 batting average, collecting 49 hits including 23 for extra bases – second on the team with 18 doubles, a team-best three triples (t-3rd in the SoCon) and two home runs … Batted .359 against right-handed pitching and was 5-of-8 (.625) with the bases loaded … Had 12 multi-hit games and recorded multiple RBI 13 times … Scored 35 runs and drove in 45, tied for the team lead with 25 two-out RBI … Delivered a go-ahead RBI on a ground-rule double to center field in lifting the Catamounts past Maryland (Feb. 21) 8-7 in the series opener … Scored four runs without a base hit, walking four times against Rider (March 1) … Blasted a grand slam home run for a career-high four RBI in game two of WCU’s doubleheader sweep at Samford (April 26) … In the three-game series against The Citadel (May 9-11), collected three three-hit efforts as he thrice went 3-for-5 with two doubles and collected eight total RBI … Closed the season on a six-game hitting streak, going 9-for-26 (.346) to close the season … Tripled twice in a 2-for-4 effort in the upset win over Mercer in the SoCon Tournament … Named first-team All-Southern Conference at designated hitter and was also selected to the SoCon All-Freshman team ... Named to the Spring 2025 Academic All-Southern Conference team; Summer: Named to the Coastal Plain League All-Star game, playing for the Morehead City (N.C.) Marlins.

2024 (Freshman): Did not see game action, expected to take a redshirt ... Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.
 
Prior to Western Carolina: Finished sixth in the Metro 4A Conference for batting average as a senior, hitting .397 with 31 hits including 12 for extra bases with seven doubles and five home runs … Selected as a Triad Prep Baseball All-Star in 2023 … Hit .440 as a junior with 33 hits including 17 for extra bases with 11 doubles and six home runs.

Career Game Highs:

• At Bats: 5, eight times – MR: vs. ETSU (5/23/25)
• Hits: 3, four times – MR: vs. The Citadel (5/11/25)
• Runs: 4, vs. Rider, Gm2 (3/1/25)
• Doubles: 1, 18 times – MR: vs. The Citadel, SoCon (5/23/25)
• Triples: 2, vs. Mercer (5/22/25)
• Home Runs: 1, twice – MR: at Samford (4/26/25)
• RBI: 4, three times – MR: vs. The Citadel (5/10/25)
• Walks: 4, vs. Rider, Gm2 (3/1/25)