Biography
2025 (Senior): Played in 55 games, all as right fielder ... Recorded 73 hits in 203 at-bats with 46 runs, 54 RBIs, 9 home runs, and 9 doubles ... Slugged .557 with a .432 on-base percentage and an OPS of .989 ... Walked 21 times and was hit by a pitch 8 times ... Notched 3 stolen bases in 4 attempts ... Committed 2 errors with 82 putouts and 2 assists in the field ... Season-high performance included 4 hits and 4 runs scored with 2 RBIs against Wis.-La Crosse (April 13) ... Homered twice and drove in 6 runs against Wis.-Eau Claire (March 27) ... Recorded 2 multi-hit games in a series against Wis.-Oshkosh (April 23) with a home run and 3 RBIs ... Went 4-for-5 with a triple, 3 RBIs, and 2 runs against Wis.-Platteville (May 3) ... Earned WIAC Kwik Trip Position Player of the Week honors for the week of April 7-13 ... Contributed significantly in the series against Messiah Univ. with a combined 5 hits, 2 RBIs, and 2 runs scored (June 3-4) ... Also pitched 1 1/3 innings with 4 strikeouts against UW-Stevens Point (April 19).
2024 (Junior): Played in 54 games during the 2023-24 season as right fielder for UW-Whitewater baseball... Registered 62 hits, 50 RBIs, and scored 46 runs... Hit 9 doubles, one triple, and five home runs .. Tallied seven sacrifice flies... Notched a two-home run game against Birmingham-Southern (June 2)... Had three hits and three RBIs in a win over Centre (May 19)... Recorded four RBIs with a home run in a game against Wis.-Platteville (April 10)... Achieved three hits and two RBIs in a victory over Wis.-Oshkosh (May 9)... Scored three runs with two home runs against Trinity University (Feb. 29)... Collected two hits and two RBIs in a win over Cal Lutheran (May 18)... Registered a season-high OPS of 2.083 in a game against Centre (May 19)... Recorded two home runs in a game against Birmingham-Southern (June 2).
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 37 games during the 2022-23 season... Hit .320 with 28 runs, 47 hits, 37 RBIs, 14 doubles, 4 home runs, and 4 stolen bases... Led the team with 14 doubles, 3 saves, and was picked off 2 times... Recorded 12 walks and 1 sacrifice fly... Achieved WIAC All-Conference First Team and D3Baseball All-Region IX Third Team honors... Notched a .400 average with 5 hits, 5 RBIs, and 3 doubles in a doubleheader against Wis.-Stout on April 29... Went 5-for-8 with 4 RBIs, 2 doubles, and a home run in a doubleheader against Wis.-Platteville on May 6... Drove in 3 runs and hit a home run against Carthage on April 26... Pitched 11 innings with 16 hits, 12 strikeouts, and 3 saves... Registered a win with 4 innings pitched, 4 hits, and 3 strikeouts against Grinnell on March 19... Collected a save with 3 innings pitched and 3 strikeouts against Wis.-Eau Claire on April 10.
2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 30 games, including 21 as a starter … batted .283 (26-for-92) with five doubles, five home runs, 19 runs scored and 39 runs batted in … finished with 46 total bases, 11 walks, one hit-by-pitch, three sacrifice flies and three stolen bases … totaled one fielding assist … appeared in six games as a relief pitcher, posting a 2.45 earned run average with seven strikeouts in 11 innings … recorded a pinch hit in his lone at-bat against Division II West Florida on March 23 in Pensacola, Fla. … registered one hit and one RBI in UW-Whitewater’s 7-4 victory against Grinnell (Iowa) on March 24 in Pensacola, Fla. … generated two hits, one walk, one stolen base, one run scored and three RBIs at the plate and pitched two scoreless frames in relief in UW-Whitewater’s 16-1 win at UW-Eau Claire on April 10 … drove in eight runs, most in a game by a Warhawk since 2004, and finished with two home runs, including a three-run shot and a grand slam, in the Warhawks’ 13-0 victory at UW-Eau Claire on April 10 … finished with one walk, one stolen base, one run scored and two RBIs in UW-Whitewater’s 11-3 triumph at UW-Eau Claire on April 11 … generated one hit, one run scored and two RBIs at UW-Eau Claire on April 11 … knocked in two runs in the Warhawks’ 12-5 triumph at UW-La Crosse on April 16 … tossed one inning of scoreless relief in the Warhawks’ 15-2 victory against Finlandia on April 23 … smashed a two-run homer and finished 2-for-4 with one walk, two runs scored and four RBIs in UW-Whitewater’s 11-4 triumph against Finlandia on April 23 … drove in five runs and finished with three hits, including one home run and one double, one stolen base and two runs scored in the Warhawks’ 13-1 win against Finlandia on April 24 … knocked in three runs, singled and scored one run in UW-Whitewater’s 14-4 victory against Finlandia on April 24 … doubled, was hit by a pitch and drove in three runs in the Warhawks’ 7-1 victory against UW-Stout on May 1 … reached base three times with one hit and two walks and added three runs scored in UW-Whitewater’s 12-4 victory against UW-Stout on May 2 … reached base four times with one hit and three walks and added one run scored and one RBI in the Warhawks’ 7-3 victory at UW-Platteville on May 7 … contributed two hits, including one home run and one double, scored one run and drove in three runs in UW-Whitewater’s 8-4 victory against Aurora (Ill.) in the NCAA Whitewater Regional on May 21 … pitched three innings of relief in the Warhawks’ 12-8 triumph against Aurora (Ill.) in the NCAA Whitewater Regional on May 22 … finished 4-for-5 with one double, two runs scored and one RBI against UW-Stevens Point in the NCAA Whitewater Super Regional on May 27 … tossed 1 2/3 scoreless frames against UW-Stevens Point in the NCAA Whitewater Super Regional on May 28
Personal: Majoring in communication with a minor in sport management ... parents are Sue and Desmond Paden ... competed in football and baseball at Libertyville High School ... career ambition is to be the best student and baseball player he can be for four years ... chose to attend UW-Whitewater because of its atmosphere and resources
