2012: Hit .291 for the year...Appeared in 53 games, all starts, in centerfield...Was second on the team with 210 at-bats...Turned in 20 multi-hit games during the season, the most on the team...Had a pair of three-hit games...Tied his career high with four home runs...Added 25 RBIs...Finished his career seventh in school history with 229 hits...Ranked in the top 10 in 19 different career categories following his senior season, including stolen bases where he was ninth all-time with 49 in his career.
2011: Hit .302 for the season...Made 43 appearances (all starts) in the outfield...Missed nine games due to injury...Hit one home run...Was third on the team with 30 RBIs...Finished second on the team with 11 steals in 13 attempts...Finished 4 for 6 Feb. 20 at Central Arkansas...Drove in five runs at UT Martin April 9...Tied with Devin Caldwell to lead the team with six sacrifice flies...Was second on the team with 91 total bases...Struck out just 14 times during the year which was fewest among starters (tied with James Vazquez)...Led the team with a .991 fielding percentage...Made just one error in 106 total chances...Tied with Caldwell to lead the team with five outfield assists.
2010: Hit .298 while starting 51 of the Cougars 52 games...Led the team with 36 runs scored...Also led the team with 198 at-bats...Was second on the team with 33 RBIs...Was also second on the team with 59 hits, a career-high...Hit one home run...Picked up his 100th hit in a Cougar uniform April 17 in game two of a double-header vs. Murray State...Led the team with 11 steals and 16 attempts.
2009: Tied for third all-time for most hits by a freshman (58) ... Stole a team leading eight bases ... Connected with three hits four times (Long Island, Austin Peay, Southeast Missouri State and Evansville) ... Settled into his role as a leadoff hitter with 35 starts in the No. 1 slot.
High School: Three-time letter winner at Belleville West High School ... Named first team All-Conference and All-Metro as a senior... Two-time second team All-Conference selection ... Named All-Metro selection ... Three-year letter winner in football and two year letter winner in basketball ... Played baseball for the Belleville Legion ... Won a gold medal in the Prairie State games. Major: Business.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2009.... .266 54-53 218 38 58 15 1 4 20 15 40 8-8
2010.... .298 51-51 198 36 59 10 3 1 33 20 35 11-16
2011.... .302 43-43 169 33 51 7 5 1 30 13 14 11-13
2012.... .290 52-52 210 35 61 15 1 4 25 24 19 19-20
TOTAL... .288 200-199 795 142 229 47 10 10 108 72 108 49-57
SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS:
Most ground outs: 1st (271)
Most ground outs: 1st (75 in 2009)
Most picked off: 1st (6)
Most picked off: t-3rd (2 in 2012)
Most times reached on FC: t-2nd (40)
Most picked off: t-3rd (2 in 2009)
Most times reached base on error: 3rd (26)
Most picked off: t-3rd (2 in 2010)
Most at bats: t-3rd (795)
Most sacrifice flies: t-4th (6 in 2011)
Most times grounded into DP: t-3rd (15)
Most ground outs: t-4th (69 in 2010)
Most games started: 6th (199)
Most ground outs: t-4th (69 in 2012)
Most hits: 7th (229)
Most times grounded into DP: t-10th (6 in 2011)
Most times struck out looking: 7th (31)
Most games played: t-7th (200)
Highest stolen base pct.: 8th (.860)
Most doubles: 8th (47)
Most times struck out: 9th (108)
Most fly outs: 9th (172)
Most sacrifice flies: t-9th (11)
Most stolen bases: t-9th (49)
Most stolen base attempts: t-9th (57)
Most runs scored: 10th (142)
Most total bases: 10th (326)
