Biography
2015: D3baseball.com third team All-American … American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings third team All-American … Capital One third team Academic All-America selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America … American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings first team All-Midwest Region … D3baseball.com first team All-Midwest Region … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … Capital One first team Academic All-District 6 selection by CoSIDA … D3baseball.com first team Preseason All-America … featured by the Janesville Gazette for his work with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rock, Walworth and Jefferson Counties … UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … finished career first in triples (15), third in RBI (160) and batting average (.404), fourth in walks (89), tied for fifth in doubles (40), seventh in hits (207), tied for eighth in runs scored (151) and home runs (25) and tied for 10th in stolen bases (37) in program history … ranks among all time WIAC leaders in doubles (T-21st), triples (T-3rd), RBI (12th), batting average (T-9th) and walks (14th) … one of two players to start all 46 of the team’s games … led WIAC and ranked 19th in the nation in walks (32) … ranked second in the conference and 17th in NCAA Division III in home runs (10) … ranked fourth in the league and 18th in the nation in total bases (115) … ranked second on the team and sixth in the WIAC in batting average (.379) … led team and ranked second in the conference in runs batted in (48) … tied for fourth in the league with 18 stolen bases … tied for eighth in the WIAC in hits (64) … tied for fifth in the conference in runs scored (45) … tied for fourth in the league in doubles (15) … tied for fourth in the WIAC in triples (3) … led team and ranked second in the conference in on-base percentage (.484) … led league in slugging percentage (.680) … led team with five sacrifice flies … led team with 135 fielding assists … ranked fourth on the team with 71 putouts … recorded 20 multi-hit games … reached base in all five plate appearances with two hits, including a home run, and three walks to go along with two runs scored and two RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 12-11 win over Framingham State (N.J.) on March 19 in Orlando, Fla. … finished 3-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI in the Warhawks’ 8-7 victory over Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) on March 21 in Orlando, Fla. … posted three hits, including a triple, along with one walk, one stolen base and one RB in UW-Whitewater’s 7-3 triumph over Elmhurst (Ill.) on March 24 in Orlando, Fla. … contributed two hits, including a double and a home run, scored two runs, stole a base and plated two runs in the Warhawks’ 11-3 win over Keuka (N.Y.) on March 26 in Orlando, Fla. … collected seven hits in 16 at-bats, including three home runs and two doubles, and added one walk, six runs scored and 10 RBI in UW-Whitewater’s four-game sweep over UW-Superior on April 2-3 … registered four hits, including two doubles and a home run, and tacked on two walks, three runs scored and one RBI in the Warhawks’ doubleheader sweep at UW-Oshkosh on April 7 … finished 3-for-3 with two doubles, two walks and a stolen base in UW-Whitewater’s 3-2 victory over St. Norbert in the first game of a doubleheader on April 18 … finished 3-for-5 with a double, a walk, a stolen base, three runs scored and one RBI in the Warhawks’ 20-5 triumph at UW-Stevens Point in the first game of a doubleheader on April 22 … registered seven hits in 13 at-bats, including a double and a triple, and added four walks, a stolen base, three runs scored and three RBI to help UW-Whitewater take three of four against UW-Platteville on April 26-27 … tallied seven hits in 18 at-bats, including two doubles and two home runs, and added two walks, one stole base, six runs scored and seven RBI in the Warhawks’ four-game sweep at UW-Stout on May 2-3 … finished 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 5-2 win over UW-Oshkosh in the WIAC Tournament on May 8 … reached base in all five of his plate appearances with three hits, one walk, one HBP, two runs scored and one RBI against UW-Stevens Point in the WIAC Tournament championship game on May 10 … reached base three times with a hit and two walks, and tacked on one stolen base, one run scored and one RBI against Ripon in the NCAA Tournament on May 13 … finished 2-for-3 with on walk, one stolen base and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 3-0 victory over Washington-St. Louis in the NCAA Tournament on May 15 … hit a solo home run and walked against Concordia Chicago in the NCAA Tournament on May 16
2014: First team American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-America … first team ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region … second team D3baseball.com All-America … D3baseball.com Midwest Region Player of the Year … first team D3baseball.com All-Midwest Region … Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Co-Position Player of the Year … first team All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference … led team, ranked fourth in the league and 23rd in the nation with a .435 batting average … led team, ranked second in the WIAC and fourth in the country with 84 hits … led the conference and ranked third in the nation with 62 runs scored … led league and ranked second in the nation with 64 runs batted in … tied for first in the WIAC and eighth in the nation with eight triples … tied for third in the league and 14th in the nation with nine home runs … led NCAA Division III with 136 total bases … led WIAC with 16 stolen bases … ranked second on the team and tied for seventh in the nation with seven sacrifice flies … ranked second on the team and 10th in the country with 34 walks … led team and ranked 22nd in NCAA Division III in slugging percentage (.705) … registered 28 multi-hit games … started all 51 games … led the team with a .508 on-base percentage … tallied two hits, including a home run, walked once and knocked in three runs in UW-Whitewater’s 11-5 victory over Benedictine (Ill.) on March 20 in Florida … drew three walks, scored three runs and knocked in a pair during the Warhawks’ 17-3 triumph over Benedictine (Ill.) on March 20 in Florida … collected four hits, including a home run, scored two runs and knocked in three runs in UW-Whitewater’s doubleheader split against St. Thomas (Minn.) on March 24 in Florida … totaled four hits, including two triples, drew a walk, stole two bases, scored a season-high five runs and knocked in a pair in the Warhawks’ 26-11 win over Union (N.Y.) on March 25 in Florida … was 3-for-4 with a double, a triple and a run scored in UW-Whitewater’s 7-1 victory over St. Olaf (Minn.) on March 26 in Florida … finished 2-for-5 with a run scored and three RBIs in the Warhawks’ 12-7 triumph over Ripon on March 30 at home … mashed four hits, including a double, scored three runs and knocked one in during UW-Whitewater’s eight-inning 21-4 win over UW-Platteville on April 1 at home … matched a season high with four hits, including a double and a triple, scored two runs and knocked one in during the team’s 12-6 triumph over UW-Oshkosh on April 9 at home … totaled two hits, including a home run, one walk, two runs scored and a season-best five RBIs in the Warhawks’ seven-inning 15-2 win over UW-Oshkosh on April 9 at home … homered and knocked in two runs in UW-Whitewater’s 5-1 victory at UW-La Crosse on April 12 … stole a season-high three bases to go along with two hits, two runs and an RBI in the Warhawks’ 11-3 triumph at UW-La Crosse on April 12 … registered four hits, including a home run, three stolen bases, four runs and two RBIs during UW-Whitewater’s doubleheader sweep at UW-Platteville on April 22 … recorded four hits, including a home run, three walks, three stolen bases, a run scored and two RBIs during UW-Whitewater’s doubleheader sweep at home against UW-Oshkosh on April 30 … scorched UW-Superior for nine hits, including two home runs, three walks, seven runs scored and seven RBIs during the Warhawks’ four-game sweep at home on May 3-4 … reached base four times (two hits, two walks) and knocked in a run during UW-Whitewater’s 10-inning 15-14 triumph over UW-Stout in the team’s WIAC Tournament opener on May 9 in Whitewater … hit a home run and reached base three times (two walks) in the Warhawks’ 8-1 victory over UW-Stevens Point at the WIAC Tournament on May 10 at home … finished 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored and matched a season high with five RBIs in UW-Whitewater’s seven-inning 17-5 win over UW-La Crosse at home on May 10 in the WIAC Tournament championship game … tallied three hits and knocked in a run in the Warhawks’ 6-2 triumph over St. Norbert on May 14 at the team’s NCAA Tournament regional round opener in Whitewater … was 2-for-4 with a triple, a run scored and season-high tying five RBIs in UW-Whitewater’s 13-3 victory over UW-La Crosse on May 15 in the NCAA Tournament regional round at home … finished 2-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and two runs scored to help the Warhawks advance to the national championship round with a 5-4 win over Adrian (Mich.) on May 17 in the NCAA Tournament regional final at Whitewater … tallied two hits, including a double and a triple, drew a walk, scored twice and knocked in four runs in UW-Whitewater’s 8-1 triumph over Southern Maine on May 23 in the NCAA championship round opener at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis. … registered two hits, one walk, one run scored and two RBIs in the Warhawks’ national championship-clinching 7-0 victory over Emory (Ga.) on May 27 at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, Wis.
Personal: Majoring in business … played baseball at DePere High School, where he was conference player of the year, four time all-conference, three time all-region and two time all-state … career ambition is to be successful in the business world … hobbies include fishing and playing video games … favorite professional sports team is the Green Bay Packers … favorite movie is “Rounders” … favorite TV show is “The Office” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the winning tradition
