2015: Played in 42 games for the Cougars before suffering a hand injury late in the season...Made 40 starts, incuding 38 behind the plate...Finished with a .269 batting average...First SIUE hit, a home run, came in the opener Feb. 13 vs. Notre Dame...Picked up a career-best three hits Feb. 20 at Oral Roberts...Second on the team with nine home runs...Connected on a 10th-inning walkoff home run to give SIUE win over Murray State March 15...Enjoyed a two-homer day March 16 against Murray State...Second on the team with 32 RBIs...Also second with nine multi-RBI games during the season...Tied for third on the team with 12 doubles...Threw out 12 of 39 (.307) would-be basestealers from behind the plate.
Previous: Played in 18 games, making six starts as a junior at Washington...Was 3 for 8 (.375) with three RBIs with runners in scoring position...Made the start in game two of a double header of the Oxford Regional, going 0 for 1 with a walk in win over Georgia Tech...Hit .313 in 48 games (18 starts) over three seasons at Washington...Added three doubles and eight RBIs...Hit .450 with four homers and 30 RBIs as a senior at Gig Harbor HS...Earned first-team All-Narrows League, first-team all-area and second-team all-state honors.
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS Hits: 3, at Oral Roberts, Feb 20, 2015 Doubles: 2, at Belmont, Apr 03, 2015 ; Eastern Kentucky, Apr 12, 2015 ; at Morehead State, Apr 18, 2015 Triples: 1 [t-5th], at Austin Peay, May 09, 2015 Home runs: 2 [t-3rd], Murray State, Mar 16, 2015 Total bases: 8, Murray State, Mar 16, 2015 RBI: 4, Murray State, Mar 16, 2015 Runs scored: 3, at Morehead State, Apr 17, 2015 Walks: 3 [t-4th], Southeast Missouri, Mar 29, 2015 Hit by pitch: 1, 6 times Struck out: 2, 4 times Sac flies: 1 [t-6th], at Austin Peay, May 10, 2015 Sac bunts: 1, Murray State, Mar 14, 2015 At bats: 5, 9 times Stolen bases: 1, at Tennessee Tech, Mar 22, 2015 Caught stealing: 1 [t-5th], Eastern Kentucky, Apr 12, 2015 ; at Austin Peay, May 08, 2015 Field chances: 14, UT Martin, Apr 24, 2015 Putouts: 13, UT Martin, Apr 24, 2015 Assists: 2, at Belmont, Apr 03, 2015 ; Southeast Missouri, Mar 28, 2015 ; at Illinois State, May 2, 2015 Runners CS: 2, Southeast Missouri, Mar 28, 2015