CAREER STATS
* Butler Athletic Director's Honor Roll
2015 - Senior Season: Only player to play in all 53 games... Started 52 times, primarily in right field... Led the team in total hits with 60... Took 198 at-bats... Finished the year with 10 doubles, two home runs and 27 RBIs... Scored 21 runs... Posted 76 total bases... Posted a .384 slugging percentage to go along with a .336 on-base percentage... Good defender with a .991 fielding percentage... Walked 12 times... Started in all 18 BIG EAST games... Hit .313 during conference action with four doubles and nine RBIs... Put up huge numbers at Lipscomb during game two of the series with three hits, three RBIs, and a home run (Feb. 14)... Went 2-for-3 from the dish in the third game vs. Pepperdine with two RBIs and a run scored (Feb. 21)... Second home run of the year came at Dayton as part of a 4-for-5 effort that included three RBIs and two runs scored (March 25)... Helped Butler defeat Purdue with a 3-for-5 day from the plate (March 28)... Came up with three RBIs vs. St. John's off a 2-for-4 day from the dish (April 3)... Recorded a three-hit game vs. Villanova, Georgetown and Xavier... Ended the season by recording three hits in each of his last two games... Went 3-for-5 vs. the Musketeers in game one of the doubleheader while supplying the team with two doubles (May 15)... Came back to post three more hits in the season finale.
2014 - Junior Season: Played in 49 of 50 games, making 48 starts... Hit .227 (41-for-181) on the year with six doubles, two triples and one home run to tally 16 RBIs... Scored 16 runs... Fourth on the team with 54 total bases... Walked 13 times and was hit by pitch three times to raise his on-base percentage to .288... Posted a .298 slugging percentage... Stole one base... Ended the year with a .983 fielding percentage, seeing extended time at first base... Led the team with 230 putouts while recording eight assists... Lone home run drove in a season-high three RBIs vs. Western Michigan (March 15)... First triple of the season was recorded at Samford as part of a 3-for-4 day at the plate with a double and two RBIs (March 2)... Came up with a triple at Creighton in the final game of the series (April 26)... Scored a season-high two runs at IPFW after going 2-for-3 from the plate (April 1)... Hit a two RBI single at Wabash (March 26)... Held the longest hitting streak of the season for BU connecting on a base knock in 15-straight games... Reached base safely in 21-straight contests.
2013 - Sophomore Season: Played in 46 games, making 41 starts in the outfield... Hit .265 on the year (44-166) with two home runs and 13 doubles... Tallied 24 RBIs and scored 24 runs... Ended the year with 63 total bases... Walked 14 times, raising his on-base% to .328... Stole two bases (2-3)... Only made one error resulting in a .989 fielding percentage... Started the year strong with a double in the first two games of the season at Georgia State (Feb. 16-17)... First home run came on a season-high four RBI day vs. Eastern Michigan (March 16)... Went 3-for-3 at Northern Kentucky with three RBIs and two runs scored (March 17)... Season-high four hit game came at VCU (March 22)... Recorded two doubles vs. the Rams to collect two RBIs... Hit two doubles again at Dayton, going 2-for-5 from the plate and scoring two runs (April 13)... Saw the ball well at Dayton posting two hits and scoring two runs in each game of the three-game series (April 12-14)... Second homer of the year came vs. Fordham (April 26).
2012 - Freshman Season: Part-time start in left field, making 27 starts... Appeared in 38 games and batted .245 with a .322 on-base percentage... Totaled 25 hits and 18 runs while driving in nine runs... Went 2-for-4 at Belmont (March 4)... Doubled and scored vs. Dayton (March 6)... Walked three times and tallied two runs vs. IPFW (March 11)... Went 2-for-5 with a double against Valpo (March 16)... Went 2-for-4 and scored three runs in series finale vs. Valparaiso (March 18)... Scored two runs against Cincinnati (March 20)... Had two hits and two runs at Youngstown State (March 30)... Went 2-for-2 with a run at UIndy (April 25)... Doubled and scored in league tourney at UIC (May 23).
High School: Three-year letterwinner at shortstop at Olentangy Liberty...voted first team all-conference and all-county as a senior...named all-district as a junior...ranked the No. 26 baseball player in Ohio by Buckeye Scout...also played two seasons of basketball.
Personal: Born April 21, 1993... Son of Dave and Sheila Fries... Has a sister, Kaitlin... Majoring in marketing.
