Biography
At UR 2024: Senior catcher appeared in 29 games, making 27 starts, starting just about every game behind the plate down the stretch for UR...Slashed .218/.358/.273 at the plate with 12 hits, three doubles, six runs scored and seven RBI...Drew seven walks and five hit-by-pitches, striking out just 10 times...Stole one base and laid down three sacrifice bunts...Led the conference with an 1.000 fielding percentage, tied for the highest fielding percentage in program history...Caught five runners trying to steal and turned three double plays...Graduates ranked fifth in program history with 64 walks, tied for seventh in hit-by-pitches (13) and with the eighth-best fielding percentage (.983) in UR history...Has also caught the more runners stealing (29) in program history...Went 2-for-3 with a run scored against Kean on March 10...Doubled and drove in a run vs. Wisconsin-Platteville on March 13...Wrapped up the regular season with two hits, a double and two RBI vs. Union on May 4...Caught every game of the postseason for the Yellowjackets, doubling and driving in a run at the Medford Regional...Earned third-straight Liberty League All-Academic honor...NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.
At UR 2023: Junior started almost every game behind the plate for the 'Jackets, making 41 appearances and 39 starts...Went 17-for-89 (.191/.376/.270) with four doubles, a home run, 11 runs scored and 14 RBI...Also drew 23 walks, the second-most on the team, and four hit-by-pitches, and struck out just 12 times...Ranked 7th in the Liberty League in walks per game...Defensively made just one error in 182 chances, recording the fourth-highest, single-season fielding percentage in program history...Also caught seven base runners stealing...Helped the 'Jackets to their first win of the the year with a ninth-inning, walk-off double vs. Stockton on Feb. 24...Went 2-for-3 against the Osprey with two doubles, two walks and an RBI...Drove in a pair, going 1-for-3 with two RBI vs. Cortland on April 2...Launched a home run and went 1-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI at SUNY Brockport on April 12...Scored runs in each of UR's Liberty League Tournament Final wins over Ithaca on May 13...Went 2-for-2 in the first game of the Annville Regional Final vs. Lebanon Valley on May 20...Named Liberty League All-Academic.
At UR 2022: Sophomore catcher had another solid campaign in 2022, playing in 38 games, making 37 starts...Hit .293 (29-for-99) with 18 runs, 6 doubles, 4 home runs and 21 RBI...Added a .475 slugging percentage and .412 on-base mark...Drew team-high 20 walks and ranked 122nd in Division III in walks per game (0.53)...Threw out nine potential base stealers from catcher position, ranking 2nd in the Liberty League...Was also 2nd in the conference in walks and 6th in home runs...Nine multi-hit games (4th on UR) and six multi-RBI contests (3rd on UR)...Was 2-for-5 with a double, home run and 4 RBI at Skidmore on Apr. 10...Combined to go 4-for-7 with a home run, 4 RBI and 2 runs in key late season sweep of Ithaca to clinch the Liberty League regular season title, including smacking walk-off home run in game one...Member of the Liberty League All-Academic team.
At UR 2021: Strong first season on the collegiate level...Started 44 games...Hit .248 (26-105) with 7 doubles, 3 HRs, 19 RBIs, and 20 runs scored...Struck out 14 times, third lowest among the regulars and drew 20 walks, two off the team lead...9-for-9 on stolen bases...182 putouts, 21 assists, 5 errors (.976 fielding percentage)...First collegiate home run with one out in the top of the 8th at Alfred and snapped a 6-6 tie to give UR a 7-6 victory...Threw out eight of 15 base stealers...Liberty League Rookie of the Week on Apr. 12.
HS: Graduate of Cherokee Trail HS...Lettered for four years in softball, playing catcher for the Cougars...Named team captain as a senior...Earned All-State honors in 2019 and was back-to-back 1st Team All-League selection in 2019-20...Helped team to league championship and finish second in the state in 2018...Earned Academic All-State 1st Team accolades for two seasons...Exceptional Scholarship in Mathematics...Played club softball with Firecrackers Gale 18A and was a Softball Factory All-American in 2018.
