Biography
2024: Appeared in 11 games, while making 6 starts… Walked 3 times…Recorded first hit, first run, and first RBI as a Raider at Oklahoma (2/24).
2023 (NC State): Made 17 appearances with one start as the designated hitter… Crushed a homer and finished the game with two RBI in a win over Longwood on Feb. 28… Entered as a pinch hitter and lifted a walk-off single to center field to complete a series sweep of Florida State on April 16… Logged an RBI in five different games – Longwood (Feb. 28), Radford (March 1), NJIT (March 3), Florida State (April 16) and Davidson (April 18).
2022 (NC State): Made 47 starts in 52 game appearances, seeing the most time in left field… Batted .261 with 47 hits, including nine doubles, three triples and nine home runs… Tallied 33 RBIs and 34 runs scored… Turned in 10 multi-hit outings, highlighted by a career-best 4-for-4 performance on March 19 at Florida State and 4-for-5 day on April 10 at Virginia Tech… Had eight multi-RBI performances, including a career-high five RBIs on Opening Day (Feb. 18) vs. Evansville after homering twice.
2021 (NC State): Appeared in 29 games with 27 starts… Started the year with a .385 weekend in season-opening sweep of Morehead State scoring a career high four runs in the February 20th 18-3 win… Hit .333 the following weekend vs. William & Mary… Hit .600 going 9-for-15 with three HR's, three doubles, a triple, 10 RBI and four runs scored in series win over UTSA leading to Conference-USA Hitter of the Week honors on April 19th… Came up with clutch hit in 4-1, 10-inning win at North Carolina on April 27th delivering bases-clearing triple to left-center in the top of the 10th… Hit .274 on the year with four homers, two triples and five doubles driving in 22, scoring 25 times, drawing 16 walks and swiping nine bases.
2020 (Charlotte): Started in all 17 games… Hit a team-best .403 on the year, fourth-best in C-USA, tops among all league freshmen and sixth-best among freshmen nationwide… Racked up 27 hits on the year, tied for first in C-USA and second nationwide among all rookies… Named a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American… Began the year with six hits, two in each game, during opening weekend vs. VCU… Followed that up earning Conference-USA Hitter of the Week honors posting a .455 week at the plate which included a .526 average in the four-game sweep over UMBC… Posted a two-HR game on February 22nd during the sweep against UMBC, all a part of a 4-for-4 game with four RBI and three runs scored… Notched his first of two, three-hit games at UNCG on February 25th and ended the year with a 3-for-5 night, driving in four during the Niners 9-8 road win at #9 NC State on March 10th, the season's final game… Recorded multi-hit games in eight of his first nine games at the collegiate level.
Notes: Earned multiple awards in 2018 including conference player of the year, first team all-Ohio, first team all-conference and all-district after hitting .506 during the year… Brother, Edmond, played baseball at Ashland University from 2015-2017… Made three-straight district championship appearances, winning two of them in 2017 and '18… Helped his team reach the regional finals in 2017 and '18.
