Biography
WASHINGTON STATE
JUNIOR (2021): Named to All-America First Team by Collegiate Baseball, WSU’s first first-team selection since pitcher Aaron Sele in 1990 and first position player to earn first-team honors since John Olerud in 1988…named to the All-America Third Team by ABCA and Perfect Game…named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team and All-Pac-12 Conference Team…appeared in 47 games, 46 as a starter…hit .365 with 72 hits, 19 doubles, one triple, 11 home runs, 60 RBI, 43 runs scored and slugged .640…first Coug to record 60 RBI since Jim Murphy had 61 in 2008…led WSU with 24 multiple-hit games including seven 3-hit games, and led the team with 17 multiple-RBI games including three 5-RBI performances…was fourth in the Pac-12 Conference in hitting (.365) and slugging (.640), fifth in RBI (60), tied for fifth in doubles (19), tied for sixth in extra base-hits (31), eighth in total bases (126), tenth in on-base percentage (.437) and tied for tenth in home runs (11)…in Pac-12 play, hit .325, led the Pac-12 with 13 doubles and tied for seventh in RBI (26) and also earned Pac-12 Player of the Week following the series against UCLA…set the WSU record with a 43-game on-base streak and recorded a 27-game hitting streak, the second-longest hitting streak in program history…had a pair of double digit hitting streaks, 10 and 13…named to Preseason All-America Third Team by Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA…hit three-run homer and drove in four runs in season-opening win at UC Davis (2/19)… had three hits, doubled and scored twice in game one doubleheader at UC Davis (2/20)…had three hits in opener at Dixie State (2/25)…hit grand slam and drove in five runs at Dixie State (2/26)…homered, scored three times and drove in three runs at Dixie State (2/27)…homered and doubled, drove in three at Dixie State (2/28)…homered in series-opening win over Seattle U (3/5)…had two hits, walked twice, doubled, drove in two runs and scored twice against Seattle U (3/6)…27-game hitting streak snapped in series-finale against Seattle U (3/7)…homered at Portland (3/17)…doubled twice and scored in series-opening win at No. 18 Oregon State (3/19)…hit solo homer against No. 24 Stanford (4/2)…had three hits, doubled twice and drove in two runs in win over No. 24 Stanford (4/3)…homered in win at Utah Valley (4/7)…drove in two runs in win at Utah (4/9)…doubled and scored in final two games against No. 13 Arizona (4/17-18)…had three hits, doubled and drove in two runs at California (4/24)…had three hits, doubled and drove in four at No. 21 Gonzaga (4/27)…had three hits, doubled, tripled and hit grand slam in win over No. 8 Oregon (5/1)…had two hits, scored twice and drove in two in series-clinching win over No. 8 Oregon (5/2)…went 4-for-4 with a three-run homer in win over Seattle U (5/5)…hit three-run homer and doubled against No. 16 UCLA (5/8)…earned Pac-12 Player of the Week after the Seattle U - UCLA series, hit .533, seven runs scored, two homers, eight RBI, .632 on-base percentage and slugged 1.000…had three hits and scored twice in win at USC (5/16)…doubled and drove in two runs in series-clinching win over Washington (5/29)…selected in the second round (No. 63 overall) by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft, the highest WSU draft pick since Scott Hatteberg was selected in the first round compensation round and No. 43 overall in 1991.
SOPHOMORE (2020): Named to All-America Third Team by Collegiate Baseball...started all 16 games, 15 at first base and once at designated hitter…hit .435 with seven doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI…recorded a .500 on-base percentage…led Pac-12 Conference with 27 hits, tied for lead in doubles and was second in batting average, fourth in slugging (.694) and runs scored (21)…led team with nine multiple-hit games…recorded a hit in all 16 games…dating back to 2019, finished 2020 season with 17-game hitting streak, tied for sixth-longest in WSU history…doubled in all three games of season-opening series at CSU Bakersfield…doubled to left-center and scored in season-opening win at CSU Bakersfield (2/14)…had two hits and a double at CSU Bakersfield (2/16)…singled and scored twice in win at Hawai’i (2/20)…had a pair of two-hit games at Hawai’i (2/21-22)…had an RBI-double and game-tying sacrifice fly in comeback win at Hawai’i (2/23)…recorded two hits and scored twice in win over Rutgers in Arizona (2/28)…named Pac-12 Player of the Week following series sweep over Niagara, hit .556 with 11 runs, two doubles, two home runs, nine RBI and multiple-hits in all four games…had two hits, doubled, drove in three and scored twice in win over Niagara (3/5)…had two hits, drove in four including go-ahead three-run home run eighth inning of win over Niagara (3/6)…went 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored against Niagara (3/7)…had two hits, homered, walked twice, drove in two runs and scored five times against Niagara (3/8)…had two hits and homered against Niagara (3/10)…rated by D1Baseball.com as the No. 38 best sophomore hitter in the country and the second-best Pac-12 Breakout Hitter.
FRESHMAN (2019): Appeared in 52 games, 45 as a starter…started 33 games at DH and 12 at first base…hit .272 with 11 doubles, two homers and led team with 31 RBI…stole two bases and scored 26 runs…recorded 12 multiple-hit games with four 3-hit games and team-best two 4-hit games…had a 10-game hitting streak…had three hits including solo homer in game one of DH at Saint Mary’s (2/16)…had four hits with two doubles and three RBI at Santa Clara (2/24) including game tying RBI-single in eighth…had four RBI, scored three runs and hit 2-run home run in win at Nevada (2/28)…had a hit in all three games at No. 9 Arizona State, had 2-run single (3/17)…recorded a hit in all three games at No. 22 UC Irvine…had 10-game hitting streak snapped at LMU (3/25)…had two hits and four RBI including 3-run double against Oregon (4/13)…had two hits against UW (5/3), singled and scored in win over UW (5/5)…matched season high with four with one double, two RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base at Gonzaga (5/6)…had pair of 3-hit games against No. 1 UCLA, had three hits and scored twice against UCLA (5/12)…had three hits, an RBI and scored twice at Utah Valley (5/14)…had two hits including an RBI-double at Utah (5/16)…had two hits including three-run double against Arizona (5/25).
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Lake City High School in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho…four-year letterwinner…as a JUNIOR, earned 5A All-Inland Empire League first-team honors as an infielder after hitting .471 with eight doubles, two triples, two home runs and 28 RBI…in summer 2017, was selected to play in the National Team Identification Series for U17 in North Carolina…as a SENIOR, named to All-USA Idaho First Team and Inland Empire League MVP after hitting .594 with two home runs, 10 doubles, nine stolen bases, 24 RBI and 26 runs scored…on the mound, went 3-2 with two saves, a 1.71 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 28.2 innings…also lettered three times in basketball.
PERSONAL
Parents, Paul and Windy…younger brother, Marcus…dad, Paul is head baseball coach at Lake City HS.
