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— Sun Devil Baseball (@ASU_Baseball) June 26, 2025
PRIOR TO ASU
Sophomore (2025, California)
- Led team in RBI (46) and tied for the team lead in runs scored (48), while ranking second in home runs (11) and walks (24), and tied for second in doubles (12)
- Hit .417 (5-12, 3 R, 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB, HBP) and reached base in 9-of-16 plate appearances at the ACC Championships, including back-to-back two-hit games May 20 against Miami (2-3, R, RBI, BB, HBP) and May 21 vs. Wake Forest (2-5, 2 R, 2B, BB, RBI)
- Had a key single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to start a four-run rally in an 8-6 walk-off win over Boston College on May 15
- Had a career-long seven-game hit streak from March 24 - April 5 (.345, 10-29, 2 2B, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 2 BB, SF) with at least one RBI in each of the last six contests
- Had a five-game hit streak from May 6-15 (.381, 8-21, 5 R, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB) including key games May 6 at Pacific (3-4, 3 R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB) and May 10 against Florida State (2-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI)
- Hit first career grand slam, had a career-high-tying thee runs and tied career bests in HR, hits and RBI April 7 against Pacific (3-4, 3 R, HR, 4 RBI)
- Had a 23 game errorless streak from April 24 - May 6 and finished with a .989 fielding percentage overall with five errors in 464 defensive chances
- Other big games and moments included homers in both first and final games March 21 and 23 of a three-game set against Houston, a homer in Cal’s first-ever ACC game March 7 at Duke, a home run March 22 at Stanford, a three-run homer in the ninth inning March 28 at Louisville to tie the contest at 9-9, and a three-hit game April 27 at Notre Dame (3-4, 2 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI)
Freshman (2024, California) - Played in 17 games with 11 starts including each of the team's final eight contests as the starting designated hitter
- Hit .256 (10-39) with six runs scored, three home runs and six RBI
- Recorded a .326 on base percentage and a .487 slugging mark
- Posted most of his numbers during a four-game, six-day stretch late in the regular season from May 12-17 when he started all four games at DH and was a combined 7-for-14 (.545) with a trio of two-hit games and at least one in all four, five runs scored with at least one in all four, two home runs and three RBI
- Finished the season with four two-hit games
High School / Club
- Three-time letterwinner for the Lions and coach Brett Kay
- Led team to back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division I Championships
- First-team Division 1 CIF and Scorebook Live All-Southern Section, as well as All Orange County selections as a 2023 senior when he was also second-team All-Trinity League and a member of the Orange County All-Star Team
- Earned first-team Scorebook Live and All-Trinity League honors, as well as a second-team All-Orange County as a 2022 junior
- Also a CIF Southern Section Ford Academic Award recipient as a 2022 junior
- Earned a Presidential Merit Scholarship