Biography
2016 - Baseball: Selected in the fifth round (144th overall) by the San Diego Padres in the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft … first team American Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region … second team D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region … National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American Athlete for athletic accomplishments and dedication to strength and conditioning while maintaining strong academic standing … honorable mention All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … NCAA Central Regional All-Tournament Team ... prior to season, ranked No. 100 on Baseball America’s College Top 100 Draft Prospects … prior to season, selected as the No. 1 prospect in the Northwoods League on Baseball America’s 2015 Summer College League Top Prospects Index … led team and WIAC and finished fifth in the nation with 103 strikeouts, tied for the third-most in one season in program history … ranked second in the league and seventh in NCAA Division III in games started (14) … finished third on the team and fifth in the conference with a 2.53 earned run average … led team and tied for third in the league in wins with an 8-6 record … led team and ranked second in the WIAC with 92 2/3 innings pitched, the sixth-most in one season in program history … tied for second on the team and tied for second in the conference with 15 appearances … tied for the team lead and tied for fourth in the WIAC with two complete games … led the team and the league with a .223 opponents’ batting average … totaled one save … tossed seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts to pick up his third win of the season against then nationally ranked St. Thomas (Minn.) on Mar. 27 in Orlando, Fla. … struck out eight batters over seven innings of work to help the Warhawks’ defeat UW-Platteville 8-3 on Apr. 17 … pitched three shutout innings to pick up his first save of the season against UW-Stout on May 7 … had a season-high 11 strikeouts over nine innings of work to help UW-Whitewater defeat UW-Oshkosh in the second round of the WIAC Tournament … gave up two runs in six innings pitched to pick up his seventh victory of the season against Augustana College (Ill.) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … tossed a complete game gem giving up only one run to go along with nine strikeouts in UW-Whitewater’s 5-3 triumph over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the NCAA Central Regional Championship
2015-Football: Named an All-American Athlete by the National Strength and Conditioning Association for his athletic accomplishments, commitment to academic standing and dedication to strength and conditioning … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … appeared in all 14 games … ranked third in the WIAC in yard per punt (36.6) and field goals (6), and seventh in scoring by kick (2.6 ppg) … ranked fourth on the team in scoring with 36 points on 6-of-12 field goals and 18-of-19 extra points … collected two tackles … totaled 54 punts for 1,974 yards (36.6 yards per punt), including five punts of 50 yards or more … pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line on 22 punts … added three touchbacks and 17 fair catches … posted 91 kickoffs for 5,584 yards (61.4 yards per kickoff), including 48 touchbacks … tabbed WIAC Special Teams Player of the Week for Sept. 21-27 after registering a 44-yard field goal, three punts inside the 20-yard line and five touchbacks in seven kickoffs to help the Warhawks to a 33-30 triumph at then-NAIA No. 1 Morningside (Iowa) on Sept. 24 … booted a 37-yard field goal in the team’s 30-12 win over UW-La Crosse on Oct. 16 … averaged 40.4 yards per punt and forced two fair catches and hit two inside the 20-yard line in UW-Whitewater’s 35-27 victory at UW-Stevens Point on Oct. 24 … kicked a season long 46-yard field goal in the Warhawks’ 31-17 triumph at No. 6 Wheaton (Ill.) in the second round of the NCAA Division III Playoffs on Nov. 28 … averaged 49.0 yards per punt on five punts, hit a season-long punt of 59 yards and matched a season long with a 46-yard field goal at No. 1 Mount Union (Ohio) in the semifinals of the NCAA Playoffs on Dec. 12
2015-Baseball: D3baseball.com Midwest Region Rookie of the Year and third team All-Midwest Region … American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings third team All-Midwest Region … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … appeared in 10 games, including seven as a starter … ranked second in the conference with a 2.24 earned run average … ranked third on the team and sixth in the league in wins (7-1 record) … ranked second on the team and tied for sixth in the WIAC with 46 strikeouts … tied for third in the conference with one shutout … ranked third on the team and sixth in the league in opponents’ batting average (.231) … also posted two complete games and one save in 60 1/3 innings pitched … struck out a season-high 10 batters in six innings in a 7-3 win over Elmhurst (Ill.) on March 24 in Orlando, Fla. … picked up a save with two innings of scoreless relief in UW-Whitewater’s 4-1 victory over St. Scholastica (Minn.) on March 30 … struck out five in seven innings to help lead the Warhawks to a 9-1 triumph over UW-Superior on April 2 … struck out six in five shutout innings in UW-Whitewater’s 5-4 win at UW-Oshkosh on April 15 … struck out six in a complete game, 10-4 victory at UW-Stout on May 2 … surrendered two earned runs in seven innings to lead the Warhawks to a 5-2 triumph over UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Tournament on May 8 … pitched a complete-game shutout and finished with four strikeouts in UW-Whitewater’s 3-0 win over Washington-St. Louis in the NCAA Tournament on May 15
2014-Football: Second team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference as a punter … named the team’s Special Teams Player of the Year … nominated for the Male Rising Warhawk Award at the 2014-15 Warhawk Awards … appeared in all 15 games … finished 4-of-8 on field goals, good for ninth in the league (0.27 per game) … finished 26-of-27 on extra points, good for second in the WIAC in PAT kicking percentage (96.3) … totaled 38 points on the year, good for seventh in the conference in points on kicking (2.5 per game) … punted 54 times for 2,076 yards, including a long of 67 yards, two touchbacks, 18 fair catches, 21 punts inside the 20-yard line and three punts of 50 yards or more … averaged 38.4 yards per punt, good for third in the WIAC and ninth in one season in program history … kicked off 106 times for 6,410 yards (60.5 avg.) and 42 touchbacks … registered two tackles … made three field goals, including a season long of 34 yards, and recorded a tackle in the Warhawks’ 43-34 victory over No. 2 Mount Union (Ohio) in the Stagg Bowl national championship game on Dec. 19 in Salem, Va. … named WIAC Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 53.3 yards per punt, including a season-long punt of 67 yards and two inside the 20-yard line, and recording five touchbacks on his nine kickoffs in UW-Whitewater’s 52-3 triumph at UW-Eau Claire on Oct. 18 … made a 24-yard field goal in the Warhawks’ 73-7 win over Waldorf (Iowa) on Sept. 5 at Perkins Stadium
2013-Football: Posted 81 kickoffs for 4,819 yards … averaged 59.5 yards per kickoff … registered 28 touchbacks … tallied five touchbacks on six kickoffs and averaged a season-best 63.8 yards per kickoff in the Warhawks’ 55-14 victory at Buffalo (N.Y.) State on Sept. 21 … recorded season highs in kickoffs (12), yards (727) and touchbacks (6) in Whitewater’s 65-0 win over Waldorf (Iowa) on Sept. 28 at Perkins Stadium … kicked three of his five kickoffs into the end zone for touchbacks in UW-W’s 16-15 triumph at No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) in the semifinals of the NCAA Playoffs on Dec. 14
Personal: Majoring in mathematics … member of the UW-Whitewater football (2013-15) and baseball (2015-16) teams ... played football and baseball at Wheaton North High School, where he was all-conference for baseball and football, all-area baseball, and received honor roll … hobbies include hanging out with family and friends, playing sports, and volunteering at grade schools … favorite professional sports team is Green Bay Packers … favorite movie is “Coach Carter” … favorite TV show is “Sports Center” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the athletics and academic programs
