Butler University Athletics

2019 – Junior Season: Drafted in the 13th Round of the MLB Draft by the San Francisco Giants… First Team All-BIG EAST selection… Second Team Perfect Game/Rawlings College All-American… NCBWA Second Team All-American… ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region selection… NCBWA National Player of the Week and BIG EAST Player of the Week honoree (3/4)… Set a new school record with 82 hits in a single-season… Set a new school record with 149 total bases… Led the BIG EAST and ranked 10th in the NCAA with 73 RBI… Led the BIG EAST and ranked 25th in the nation with a .683 slugging percentage… Led the BIG EAST and ranked 28th in the country in home runs with 17… Led the league and ranked 30th in the NCAA in total bases with 149… Led the BIG EAST and ranked 51st in the nation with 82 hits… Ranked third in the conference and 35th in the NCAA with a .376 BA… Only player to start in all 52 games… Led the team with a .376 BA… Scored 44 runs… Collected 10 doubles and three triples to go along with a team-high 17 homers… Walked 23 times… Stole nine bases… Hit .394 vs. BIG EAST opponents… Went on a 14-game hitting streak… Reached base safely in 22-straight games… Led the team with 26 multi-hit games… Had 16 games with multiple RBI’s… First hit of the year was an RBI single vs. Rider (Feb. 15)… Hit two home runs the next day to post three RBI (Feb. 16)… Hit for the cycle vs. Saint Peter’s to post seven RBI (March 1)… Went 3-for-6 at Valpo with a home run and four RBI (March 24)… Matched his season-high total with seven RBI vs. Saint John’s with a grand slam and three-run home run in the same game (April 6)… Went 2-for-4 with a grand slam at Ball State, ending the game with five RBI (April 9)… Went 3-for-5 vs. Creighton with a home run, a double and four RBI (April 12)… Homered at Xavier (April 19)… Collected four hits at Seton Hall to post four RBI off a home run and a double (April 27)… Hit a homer to help post four RBI vs. Villanova (May 3)… Hit a home run in back-to-back games at Air Force (May 11).

2018 – Sophomore Season: Played in 51 games, making 44 starts… Held a .240 batting average… 20 of his 41 hits went for extra bases… Came up with 12 doubles, four triples and four home runs… Recorded 37 RBI and 73 total bases… Ended the year with a .427 slugging percentage… Walked eight times… Stole one base… Scored 23 runs… Posted a .918 fielding percentage… Started in 17 of Butler’s 18 BIG EAST games… Hit .242 with three doubles and two home runs… Opened the 2018 campaign on a high note by going 3-for-4 vs. Lehigh with a triple and four RBI (Feb. 16)… Hit his second triple of the year the next day to help wrap up three more RBI (vs. Lehigh / Feb. 17)… First double of the year was a two RBI shot against Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 18)… Recorded nine RBI over opening weekend… Helped BU defeat George Mason by going 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and two RBI (Feb. 24)… Stayed hot in game two of the doubleheader vs. George Mason to bat 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI (Feb. 24)… Hit a triple in the 2018 home opener vs. Fort Wayne (March 10)… Final triple of the year was recorded against Anderson (March 28)… Hit 2-for-4 at Indiana with a double and two RBI (March 30)… Impact player vs. Creighton with three RBI off two hits (April 7)… Cleared the bases with a three-RBI double at IU-Kokomo (April 24)… First home run of the year came at Victory Field vs. Indiana State (May 1)… Scored a season-high three runs vs. Toledo after batting 2-for-4 with a home run (May 9)… Hit a grand slam in a comeback win over Georgetown (May 11)… Ended the game 2-for-4 with a homer, a double and three runs scored… Final home run came at St. John’s (May 18).

2017 – Freshman Season: Played in 25 games, making 20 starts primarily in left field… Held a .306 batting average by recording 22 hits in 72 at-bats… Delivered four doubles and two home runs on the season… Ended the year with eight runs scored and 14 RBI… Walked twice to raise his on-base percentage to .325… Hit by a pitch two times… Perfect in the field making 34 put-outs with zero errors… Collegiate debut came vs. La Salle (Feb. 17)… First hit was recorded at Alcorn State (Feb. 26)… Went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored at Furman (March 8)… First two RBI came in the home opener vs. Fort Wayne (March 12)… Came up with an RBI in four-straight games from March 12-21… Helped BU win the series at Seton Hall by recording two RBI (April 9)… Went 2-for-5 at Fort Wayne with two RBI… First collegiate home run came at Xavier (April 22)… Went 3-for-5 with a run scored at Georgetown (May 13)… Hit a home run in the season finale win over Creighton (May 19).