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Class Senior
Position Pitcher-First Baseman
Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 220
Letters 2
Hometown Shaker Heights, Ohio
Bats-Throws L-L
High School Shaker Heights
Major(s) Statistics, mathematics

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2020: First baseman-pitcher...started all 8 games.

Tied for second in North Coast Athletic Conference in stolen bases (4).
Knocked in run during 5-run third inning that put Bishops ahead to stay in nightcap vs. Capital March 5...slammed solo home run later in game...finished at 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI.
Went 2-for-3 vs. Bridgewater State March 9.
Was 2-for-4 vs. Swarthmore March 9.
Singled home what proved to be deciding run vs. La Roche March 10...finished at 2-for-4.
Crushed home run to erase 1-0 deficit vs. Heidelberg March 13.
Voted to CoSIDA Academic All-District® baseball team.
Voted to CoSIDA Academic All-America® baseball team...was third-team Academic All-America® selection.

2019: Won second-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference citation as utility player...played first base and made 11 appearances on the mound.

Ranked eighth in NCAC in batting (.392)...tied for second in stolen bases (13)...tied for sixth in doubles (16)...ranked eighth in hits (62)...tied for ninth in RBI (38)...tied for 11th in home runs (5) and runs scored (41)...ranked 13th in slugging percentage (.589)...tied for 16th in wins (3) and tied for eighth in saves (2).
Went 8-for-11 and knocked in 6 runs to help Bishops to twinbill sweep vs. Thomas More March 2...was 4-for-5 with HR and 5 RBI in opener.
Was 3-for-3 vs. Arcadia March 12.
Went 3-for-6 and scored 4 runs vs. Scranton March 12...also closed out game by fanning 6 batters in 2.0 innings of relief.
Delivered 2-run single to put Bishops on scoreboard vs. Babson March 15.
Knocked in one run and scored another at Otterbein March 19.
Doubled home go-ahead run in the opener and slammed 2-run homer in nightcap of twinbill at Manchester March 23.
Belted 2-run homer in first inning and struck out 3 batters in the seventh inning to nail down the save in opener vs. Manchester March 24...was 3-for-3 with 3 runs scored in opener and 3-for-5 with 3 RBI in nightcap.
Was 2-for-3 with 4 runs scored vs. Otterbein March 28.
Fanned 2 batters in bottom of ninth with bases loaded to foil rally and send game into extra innings in opener at Kenyon April 3...struck out 3 batters in bottom of 11th to nail down win...yielded 1 hit and recorded 7 strikeouts in 2.2 innings of relief and went 2-for-4 at the plate.
Went 2-for-3 in opener at 10th-ranked Wooster April 6.
Was 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored in nightcap vs. Oberlin April 9.
Went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI in opener at Allegheny April 13...also picked up win in relief.
Worked hitless ninth inning as part of combined 1-hitter at Defiance April 17...was Bishops’ first 1-hitter since April 2, 2010...went 3-for-5 at the plate.
Crushed grand slam during 6-run second inning that gave Bishops 9-0 lead in nightcap vs. eighth-ranked Denison April 20...was 3-for-4 with 2 runs scored and 4 RBI in nightcap.
Cracked RBI double to give Bishops 2-1 lead vs. Marietta April 24...finished at 2-for-4.
Slammed leadoff homer in sixth inning for what proved to be deciding run in nightcap vs. DePauw April 27...also recorded save by striking out 5 batters during final 2.0 innings...escaped bases-loaded, nobody-out jam in eighth.
Went 3-for-4 with 3 runs scored in nightcap at Wittenberg May 5.

2018: Won second-team ABCA all-region honors and second-team All-NCAC laurels as first baseman...also made 9 appearances as pitcher, including 2 starts.

Ranked third in NCAC in batting (.414), sixth in slugging percentage (.614), seventh in on-base percentage (.480), and tied for seventh in RBI (45) and saves (2).
Went 2-for-4 vs. Susquehanna March 12.
Was 3-for-3 with 2 RBI vs. SUNY-Canton March 13.
Went 2-for-3 vs. Arcadia March 14.
Singled home pair of runs to start Bishops on way to win vs. Nichols March 16.
Was 4-for-6 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored in nightcap at 18th-ranked Case Reserve March 24.
Went 2-for-3 in nightcap vs. 18th-ranked Case Reserve March 25.
Picked up win with 4.0 innings of hitless relief in nightcap at Oberlin March 31.
Went 4-for-4 with 2 RBI in opener vs. Kenyon April 5.
Was 3-for-4 in opener vs. sixth-ranked Wooster April 8.
Doubled home go-ahead run in seventh inning vs. Ohio Northern April 12.
Drove in 4 runs and pitched 2.0 innings of hitless relief to record save vs. Allegheny April 13...went 2-for-5 with 2 runs scored.
Went 3-for-5 in opener at Wabash April 17...plated run to help Bishops build 5-0 lead and lofted sacrifice fly for 7-6 Bishop lead in nightcap.
Drove in 3 runs at Otterbein April 19...drilled bases-clearing double in eighth inning.
Went 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI in opener vs. Heidelberg April 22...also pitched scoreless ninth inning to record save.
Smashed 3-run homer that proved to be deciding margin in opener vs. Ohio Northern April 29...was 3-for-4 in game...singled home Bishops’ only run in nightcap.
Capped 4-run fifth frame with RBI single vs. Hiram May 2...was 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI in game...smashed 3-run homer in nightcap.
Smashed grand slam and finished with 5 RBI in opener vs. Wittenberg May 6.

2017: Did not see action in a varsity game at Florida Southern College.
High School: Earned 4 letters in baseball and 2 in golf.

Won all-conference honors in both sports...was 4-time pick in baseball and 2-time selection in golf.
Named team’s Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year.

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