Biography
2018: D3baseball.com third team All-Decade, 2010s, as selected in August 2020 (outfield) ... D3baseball.com National Position Player of the Year … first team D3baseball.com All-America … first team American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-America … second team College Sports Information Directors of America/Google Cloud Division III Academic All-America® … first team ABCA All-Midwest Region … D3baseball.com Midwest Region Position Player of the Year … first team D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region … Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Position Player of the Year … first team All-WIAC … first team CoSIDA/Google Cloud Division III Baseball Academic All-District® 6 … UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete … National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Hitter of the Week (March 19-25) … WIAC Position Player of the Week (March 19-25) … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... wrapped up career as the program’s all-time leader in career batting average, minimum 200 at-bats (.413) and stolen bases (81) … also finished career ranked among the program’s all-time top 10 (career) in triples (14, 2nd), runs (173, 5th) and hits (213, T-6th) … appeared in 41 games, all as a starter … batted .488 with 80 hits, 17 doubles, nine triples, nine home runs, 75 runs scored and 41 runs batted in … added 29 stolen bases, 23 walks and four hit-by-pitches, and didn’t commit an error in the field on 84 chances … slugging percentage of .866 and on-base percentage of .554 … set program records for triples in one season (9) and batting average in one season, minimum 75 at-bats (.488) … entered the program’s all-time top 10 (season) in runs scored (75, T-2nd), stolen bases (28, 3rd), hits (80, T-4th) and doubles (17, T-7th) … entered the WIAC’s all-time season record book in triples (T-1st), batting average, minimum 75 at-bats (6th), runs scored (T-7th), stolen bases (11th), slugging percentage (.866, 12th) and hits (T-18th) … became the eighth player in WIAC history to hit for the cycle (accomplished twice in 2018) … ranked among NCAA Division III national leaders in runs scored per game (1st), triples (1st), runs scored (2nd), total bases (2nd), triples per game (3rd), batting average (4th), slugging percentage (6th), on-base percentage (7th), hits (11th), stolen bases (15th) and stolen bases per game (25th) … led WIAC in batting average, on-base percentage, runs scored, hits, triples, total bases and stolen bases … ranked second in the WIAC in slugging percentage and home runs, fourth in doubles, tied for fifth in runs batted in and sixth in walks … reached base three times with two hits, including on triple, and one walk, and added two runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 11-1 victory over Hope (Mich.) on March 21 in Auburndale, Fla. … registered two hits, one stolen base, three runs scored and one RBI in the Warhawks’ 8-1 win over nationally ranked Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) on March 22 in Auburndale, Fla. … reached base five times with four hits and one walk and added three runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 9-4 triumph over Lawrence on March 23 in Auburndale, Fla. … hit for the cycle (single, double, triple, home run) in five at-bats and added three runs scored and two RBI in the Warhawks’ 16-4 victory over Grinnell (Iowa) on March 25 in Auburndale, Fla. … tallied three hits, one stolen base, three runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 13-0 win over Keuka (N.Y.) on March 26 in Auburndale, Fla. … hit for the cycle (single, double, triple, home run) and added one stolen base, three runs scored and one RBI in the Warhawks’ 15-3 triumph over Ripon on March 30 … contributed four hits, including two doubles and one triple, and added one stolen base, three runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 11-5 victory over Ripon on March 30 … amassed six hits, including one double and two home runs, and added two walks, one stolen base, five runs scored and five RBI in the Warhawks’ doubleheader sweep at Illinois Tech on April 5 … recorded four hits, including two doubles, and added two runs scored and four RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 14-4 win over UW-Stout on April 7 … collected four stolen bases, tied for the most in one game in program history, and added two hits and two runs scored in the Warhawks’ 6-0 triumph over UW-Stout on April 8 … mashed a solo home run and added a single in UW-Whitewater’s 11-4 victory over UW-Stout on April 8 … scored two runs and stole two bases in the Warhawks’ 8-7 win over UW-Oshkosh on April 11 … reached base four times with two hits and two walks and added one run scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 11-1 triumph over UW-Oshkosh on April 25 … reached base seven times, including three hits and four walks, and added three stolen bases and four runs scored in the Warhawks’ doubleheader sweep at UW-Platteville on April 28 … clubbed six hits, including one double and one home run, and added one stolen base, five runs scored and four RBI in UW-Whitewater’s doubleheader sweep at UW-Platteville on April 29 … finished 4-for-4 with one double, one triple, one stolen base, four runs scored and three RBI in the Warhawks’ 22-8 victory over St. Norbert on May 1 … totaled six hits, including two doubles and one home run, and added one walk, three stolen bases, six runs scored and five RBI in UW-Whitewater’s two-game sweep over UW-Stevens Point on May 5 … racked up two hits, including one double and one home run, and added two runs scored and two RBI in the Warhawks’ 11-1 win at UW-La Crosse on May 12 … reached base four times with two hits, including one double, and two walks, and added two stolen bases and two runs scored in UW-Whitewater’s 10-3 triumph at UW-La Crosse on May 13 … finished 2-for-5 with one home run, one stolen base, two runs scored and three RBI in the Warhawks’ 8-2 victory over Texas-Tyler in the NCAA Central Regional on May 19 in Sauget, Ill. … reached base four times with two hits and two hit-by-pitches and added one stolen base and two runs scored against Rhodes (Tenn.) at the NCAA Central Regional on May 20 in Sauget, Ill.
2017: WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... appeared in 19 games, including 17 as a starter … tied for third in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in hit by pitch (10) and tied for sixth in home runs (5) … batted .386 (22-for-57) with five doubles, 19 runs scored and 17 runs batted in … added five walks, two sacrifice flies and eight stolen bases … slugging percentage of .737 and on-base percentage of .500 … fielding percentage of 1.000 (39 chances) … posted two runs scored, two hit by pitches and one run batted in during the Warhawks’ 10-1 win over St. Thomas (Minn.) on March 9 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn. … finished 2-for-4 with one home run, one stolen base, two hit by pitches, four runs scored and three RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 21-4 triumph over MSOE on April 18 at Miller Stadium … collected six hits, including two home runs and one double, and added one walk, one stolen base, four runs scored and five RBI to help the Warhawks to a four-game split at UW-Stevens Point on April 22-23 … tallied three hits, including one double, and added one walk, two stolen bases and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 7-5 win over UW-Platteville on April 29 at Miller Stadium … totaled nine hits, including two home runs and two doubles, and added two stolen bases, two walks, one hit by pitch, six runs scored and five RBI to help the Warhawks to a four-game sweep at UW-Oshkosh on May 5-6
2016: Appeared in 39 games, including 36 as a starter … led team and ranked third in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in batting average (.400) … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... finished first on the team and fifth in the WIAC with 42 runs scored … led the team and the conference with 24 stolen bases, the fifth-most in one season in program history … led team and tied for fifth in the league with three triples … led team and tied for third in the WIAC with 26 walks … led team and ranked second in the conference with a .497 on-base percentage … finished third on the team and eighth in the league with a .543 slugging percentage … added five doubles, three home runs and 15 runs batted in … fielding percentage of .978 … Finished 2-for-5 including a double and two stolen bases in the Warhawks’ victory over Anderson University to open the season in Orlando, Fla. … singled home the winning run in UW-Whitewater’s extra inning game against Eastern Connecticut State University extending the Warhawks’ winning streak to six games … recorded two hits including a triple and two runs scored in a 12-6 victory over UW-Stevens Point on Apr. 10 … registered three hits, two runs batted in and a run scored in a win over UW-Stout to end WIAC regular season play … batted 2-for-3 with a run scored in the Warhawks’ elimination game vs. UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Championships … finished 4-for-5 with a double, run batted in, and a run scored in the WIAC Championship game against UW-La Crosse on May 15 … scored a season high four runs including a home run in UW-Whitewater’s victory over Augustana College (Ill.) in their second game of the Regional … recorded four hits, three runs scored, a double and a triple in a victory over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology … finished 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and two runs scored to help UW-Whitewater advance to the College World Series with a 5-3 win over Rose-Hulman (Ind.) on May 21
2015: WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … appeared in 42 games, including 40 starts … ranked fourth on the team and 13th in the WIAC in batting average (.356) … led team and ranked fourth in the conference with 20 stolen bases … ranked fourth on the team and ninth in the league in on-base percentage (.443) … ranked second on the team with 36 runs scored … also contributed four doubles, two triples, one home run and 19 RBI … finished 2-for-2 with a triple, a run scored and two RBI in the Warhawks’ victory over Elmhurst on March 24 in Orlando, Fla. … registered two hits, three runs scored, two stolen bases and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 9-1 triumph over UW-Superior in the first game of a doubleheader on April 2 … totaled six hits, including one home run, five runs scored, and five RBI in the Warhawks’ doubleheader split against UW-La Crosse on April 12 … finished 3-for-4 with one stolen base, one run scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 4-1 victory over UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Tournament on May 9 … recorded three hits and one RBI against UW-Stevens Point in the WIAC Tournament championship game on May 10
2014: Started in a pair of games during the season … hit 2-for-6 (.333) with one run scored and one run batted in … posted one double … registered four putouts … doubled and knocked in a run in the Warhawks’ 7-2 victory over St. Thomas (Minn.) on March 24 in Florida
Personal: Majoring in business … collegiate academic achievements include the Dean’s List … played baseball at Hononegah High School in Rockton, IL, where he was a four-year varsity starter and second team all-conference honoree … hobbies include playing ping pong and lifting weights … favorite professional sports team is the Chicago Bears … favorite TV program is the MLB Network … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the good baseball program, campus and education system
