News6/18/15 - 3-for-3 in professional debut with AquaSox6/12/15 - Signed with Mariners organization and assigned to
Everett AquaSox - Seattle's Class A Short Season Affiliate in the Northwest League
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Drafted by Seattle Mariners in 7th round (215th overall) of 2015 MLB Draft.
Postseason Awards2014-15 IUP Men's Athlete of the Year
2015 Tino Martinez Award Finalist
2015 ABCA All-American First Team (First Base)
2015 NCBWA All-American First Team (First Base)
2015 Daktronics All-American Second Team (First Base)
2015 ABCA All-Atlantic Region First Team (First Base)
2015 Daktronics All-Atlantic Region First Team (First Base)
2015 NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team (First Base)
2015 All-PSAC Western Division First Team (First Base)
2012 ABCA All-Atlantic Region First Team (Utility)
2012 All-PSAC Western Division Second Team (Utility)
NCAA Rankings1st - Home Runs (29)
1st - Home Runs per Game (0.66)
1st - Runs Batted In per Game (1.68)
1st - Slugging Percentage (1.085)
5th - On-Base Percentage (.536)
9th - Runs Batted In (74)
12th - Total Bases (154)
28th - Walks/game (0.75)
IUP Career Records1st - Home Runs (42)
1st - Slugging Percentage (.646)
3rd - Runs Batted In (147)
3rd - Total Bases (339)
5th - At Bats (525)
t-5th - Doubles (36)
6th - Runs Scored (126)
7th - Hits (177)
t-8th - Games Played (166)
t-8th - Walks (70)
t-16th - Batting Average (.337)
IUP Season Records1st - Home Runs (29, 2015)
1st - Runs Batted In (74, 2015)
1st - Total Bases (154, 2015)
1st - Slugging Percentage (1.085, 2015)
2nd - Walks (33, 2015)
5th - Runs Scored (53, 2015)
t-8th - Home Runs (8, 2012)
11th - Batting Average (.415, 2015)
t-13th - Hits (59, 2015)
PSAC Season Records1st - Home Runs (29, 2015)
1st - Home Runs per Game (0.66, 2015)
2015: One of eight finalists for Tino Martinez Division II Player of the Year...First team All-American selection by ABCA and NCBWA...Second team All-American pick by Daktronics...Unanimous first team All-Atlantic Region selection by ABCA, Daktronics and NCBWA...First team All-PSAC West first baseman…Two-time NCBWA Division II and Atlantic Region Hitter of the Week…Also was named PSAC West Hitter of the Week twice…Put together best offensive season in IUP history, breaking single season school records with 29 home runs, 74 runs batted in, 154 total bases and 1.085 slugging percentage…At conclusion of regular season, led Division II in home runs, home runs per game (0.66) and in slugging percentage…RBI total was tied for third in the nation…The home run total and per game average also broke PSAC single season records…Drew 33 walks – including eight intentional – which is second in single season school history…His 53 runs scored is fifth and his .415 batting average is 11th…Had 20 multi-RBI, 18 multi-hit and seven multi-home run games…Drove in five or more runs five times…Hit home runs in four straight games and three straight games (twice) during the season…Hit four home runs in one day twice (vs. Pitt-Johnstown and Bloomsburg)…Had career-high three home runs and eight RBI – and also drew three walks, including two intentional - against UPJ on April 12..Hit two home runs with six RBI against Slippery Rock on March 22…Also had five-RBI games against Bloomsburg on April 21 (twice) and at Gannon on April 24…Season-long hitting streak of 12 came between April 2 and April 14…Also reached base in 25 straight games during the season…Led Crimson Hawks with .536 on-base percentage…Best defensive first baseman in PSAC with .993 fielding percentage, committing just two errors in 298 chances.
2014: Started in 36 of his 38 games played… Split time between first base where he got 33 starts along with two games as the designated hitter and one game in right field… Batted .265 with 31 hits in 117 at bats… Was fourth on the team with 19 RBI… Fifth on the team with six multi-hit games… Had 11 doubles… Ended the season reaching base safely in 10 straight games… Had .981 fielding percentage with only five errors in 262 chances… Also made three appearances on the mound getting three strikeouts
2013: Started and played in 42 games for the Crimson Hawks as a sophomore… Saw most of his time at first base where he started 37 games… Also started five in right field… Hit .308 with seven doubles and was second on the team with four homeruns… 24 RBI was third on the team… Had a .451 slugging percentage with 60 total bases… Scored 30 runs and had 41 hits… Had .933 fielding percentage… Had nine multi-hit games, including four three-hit games… Had six multi-RBI games… Had a seven-game hitting streak.
2012: Named first team All-Atlantic Region by ABCA/Rawlings… Earned second team All-PSAC West at utility… Split time between right field and first base, starting 19 games at each position… Finished second on team with .346 batting average, eight homeruns and a .602 slugging percentage… Was third on team with 46 hits, fourth with 30 RBI and fifth with 10 doubles… Second on team with 13 multi-hit games, including five three-hit games… Had six multi-RBI games, including a pair of four-RBI games against Mercyhurst (3/30) and Lock Haven (4/27)… Had an eight-game hitting streak… Saw 18 games as the number five hitter in the lineup… Also appeared in three games on the mound, going 1-0 with six strikeouts, six walks, seven hits and six earned runs in 7.0 innings… Had a 7.71 ERA… Earned first career win with five strikeouts in 4.0 innings of relief against Waldorf (3/11)… Had first career start against Shippensburg (3/20)… Had team-best .988 fielding percentage with just two errors in 172 chances.
High School: Played at St. Marys… 2010 Pennsylvania American Legion East-West All-Star and St. Marys Legion MVP… 2009 Senior League PA State Champion.
