Gardner-Webb University Athletics

2016 at Gardner-Webb: Started all 58 games throughout the season, with the majority of the starts taking place in the outfield … Earned first team All-Big South Conference honors … Batted .348 for the season with 35 RBI and 26 extra base hits… Led the team with nine home runs … Went 3-for-5 with two RBI and a double in his GWU debut against Delaware State (2-19) … Hit his first home run of the season against Delaware State (2-20) … Went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a double against Rider (3-4) … Hit a 2-RBI home run at North Carolina (3-8) … Went 3-for-4 at Wofford (3-18) … Went 2-for-4 with a home run at Coastal Carolina (4-1) … Went 3-for-4 with two doubles at Coastal Carolina (4-3) … Was 2-for-4 with a triple at Campbell (4-8) … Was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI against Charleston Southern (4-23) … Went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI at Radford (4-30) … Had a season-high three RBI, going 2-for-4 at UNC Asheville (5-14) … Was 2-for-4 with a home run against Coastal Carolina in the Big South tournament (5-25).

Junior College: Played two seasons at Catawba Valley (N.C.) Community College … Earned NJCAA Division II first-team All-America honors as a sophomore in 2015 … Also earned the Marucci Elite Hitter Award for the Southeast Region … A first-team All-Region X selection … Earned a spot on the NJCAA Division II All-World Series team … Led Region X and ranked No. 16 nationally with a .440 batting average … Added 10 home runs, 17 doubles, 63 runs score and 37 RBI for the Red Hawks … Led Region X in home runs, hits (84) and slugging percentage (.696) … Struck out just 17 times in 161 bats in 2015 … Closed the season on a 26-game hitting streak, batting .465 with 14 extra base knocks during that stretch … Batted .500 with four home runs, 10 runs scored and a .609 on base percentage during the World Series … Posted a 1.278 slugging percentage and 1.887 OPS for the event … Batted .365 with 12 doubles, three triples, 28 RBI and 29 runs scored as a freshman … Had a .410 on base percentage with 62 hits … Helped team to a 41-14 record in 2014 … Finished as a career .404 hitter (146-of-361) with 92 runs scored, 29 doubles, 65 RBI and 10 steals in two seasons … Struck out only 34 times in 361 career at bats on the junior college level … Chose Gardner-Webb over Elon and Western Carolina.

High School: Played at East Lincoln (N.C.) High … Also starred for Lincoln County Post 455 on the American Legion circuit … An All-Gazette selection by the Gaston Gazette as a junior and senior … Batted .397 with one home run and 19 RBI as a senior in 2013 … Batted .389 with four home runs and 31 RBI as a junior in 2012 … Led American Legion Area IV in batting with a .469 average in 2013 … Batted .519 with four home runs and 24 RBI in the playoffs … Batted a strong .341 during the summer of 2012.