Biography
2024: Received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in May 2024 ... D2CCA Second-Team All-America utility pitcher ... NCBWA Third-Team All-America utility ... CSC Third-Team Academic All-America ... NCBWA First-Team All-Region utility ... D2CCA First-Team All-Region utility ... NCBWA Second-Team All-Region starting pitcher ... ABCA Second-Team All-Region utility ... First-Team All-RMAC starting pitcher ... First-Team All-RMAC infielder ... RMAC All-Tournament team ... CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... True utility player for the Orediggers, starting on the mound, at third base, and at designated hitter ... Started all 50 games of the 2024 campaign - his last collegiate season - including 11 starts on the mound which saw him play designated hitter as well ... At the plate, finished the year batting .365 with 46 runs on 62 hits including 17 doubles and 11 home runs which fueled 52 RBI ... Also walked 24 times, was hit 20 times, and stole eight bases while slugging .659 with a .486 on-base percentage ... As a pitcher, posted a season resume featuring a 6-1 record with a 4.87 ERA and two complete games thanks to 58 strikeouts and 16 walks across 64.2 innings of work ... First Oredigger since Nate Ollinger to earn top all-conference honors at two positions in the same season ... Ranked top-100 in the nation in total doubles, hit-by-pitch per game and total times hit-by-pitch, strikeout-to-walk ratio, and walks allowed per nine innings ... Within the RMAC, ranked first in hit-by-pitch, ninth in total doubles, first in ERA among qualifying pitchers, second in opposing batting average, fifth in innings pitch, 10th in strikeouts, ninth in batters struck out looking, fifth in total wins, fourth in hits allowed, third in runs allowed, third in earned runs allowed, third in walks allowed, second in doubles allowed, and seventh in home runs allowed ... Closed his collegiate career listed 30 times in the program record book ... Program record listings include, but are not limited to, first in single-season doubles, first in single-game doubles, first in single-game home runs, first in single-game RBI, first in single-game walks, first in single-game total bases, second in all-time doubles, third in all-time RBI, fourth in all-time walks, fifth in all-time home runs, fifth in all-time total bases, sixth in all-time slugging percentage, 10th in all-time hits, 10th in all-time at-bats, and 11th in all-time runs ... Top hitting performance of the season was arguably against CSU Pueblo on March 24 when he went 2-for-2 with two walks, three runs, three RBI, one double, and one home run ... Also went 4-for-5 against CSU Pueblo in the RMAC tournament with one double and one home run - just a triple short of the cycle ... Scored three runs in a game four different times and had three RBI four other times ... Top pitching performance was easily his nine-inning, complete-game win against Adams State in the RMAC Tournament when he gave up just two runs on five hits with eight strikeouts and one walk - the final time on the mound in his collegiate career... Also had a seven-inning, complete-game win against Colorado Christian on March 10 which included two runs on six hits with five strikeouts and one walk ... Lasted at least seven innings in four starts, and struck out at least six batters six times ... Overall, tallied 17 multi-hit games, put together a 10-game hitting streak, had 16 games with multiple RBI, and reached base safely in the final 21 games of his career.
2023: CSC Academic All-District ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... NCBWA Preseason First-Team All-America designated hitter ... NCBWA Preseason All-Region ... Continued his career as a collegiate utility player, starting on the mound and at designated hitter for the Orediggers ... Overall, appeared in 43 games with 38 starts including 10 starts on the mound ... At the plate, hit .243 with 23 runs on 27 hits including five doubles and three home runs leading to 25 RBI ... Also walked 23 times, was hit eight times and provided two sacrifices with one stolen base ... On the mound, posted a 9.63 ERA and a record of 2-5 after striking out 32 batters and walking 15 in 43.0 innings of work ... Best outing of the year on the mound was his start in the season opener at #21 Cal Poly Pomona where he tossed 7.0 innings of one-run, four-hit baseball with three strikeouts and two walks, but still took the loss ... Earned his first collegiate win on the mound at Colorado Christian on March 10 thanks to 5.0 innings featuring four runs on 10 hits with four strikeouts and two walks ... Earned the win at Adams State on April 6 as well ... Also notable on the pitching side were seven strikeouts and zero walks against Regis on March 5 ... Top performance at the plate was at UCCS on May 6 when he went 2-for-5 with one run and five RBI thanks to a home run ... Broke the program record for walks in a game after earning five free passes at UCCS on May 5 ... Climbed the all-time ranks in the program record book as well, rising into a tie for #7 in career doubles, tying for #9 in all-time home runs, and tying for #15 in career RBI ... Now tied for #15 in career walks at Mines as well.
2022: NCBWA Third-Team All-America utility ... D2CCA Honorable Mention All-America utility ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America ... D2CCA First-Team All-Region utility ... NCBWA First-Team All-Region utility ... ABCA Second-Team All-Region designated hitter ... Second-Team All-RMAC designated hitter ... NCBWA National Hitter of the Week (5/11) ... NCBWA Regional Hitter of the Week (5/11) ... RMAC Player of the Week (5/10) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Elite utility man with 52 starts including appearances at designated hitter, third base and on the mound ... As a pitcher, started nine games in nine appearances and finished the season 0-1 with a 8.23 ERA thanks to 23 strikeouts compared to 11 walks in 27.1 innings of work ... At the plate, closed the spring batting .414 with 50 runs and 61 RBI on 82 hits including 29 doubles and 15 home runs ... Led the team in runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI and total bases ... Across the RMAC, ranked first in doubles, fourth in total hits, sixth in batting average and OPS, sixth in slugging, seventh in on-base percentage, ninth in RBI and 10th in home runs ... In all of NCAA Division II, ranked first in the nation in total doubles and doubles per game, 17th in slugging percentage, 22nd in total bases, 33rd in hits per game, 34th in batting average and total hits, and top-100 in five other categories ... Wrote his name in the program record book 17 times including the program's single-season doubles record, fourth-most hits in a season, third in hits in consecutive at-bats, 13th in at-bats in a season, tied the record for runs in a game, tied the record for doubles in a game and rose to a tie for 11th for all-time doubles, broke the single-game record for home runs in a game and moved into a tie for 11th for all-time home runs and tied for sixth in single-season home runs ... Also tied the single-game record for RBI and ranked second for RBI in a season ... Single-season slugging ranked fifth all-time at Mines while breaking the single-game total bases record as well ... Top pitching performance of the season was arguably a 2.0-inning, scoreless outing against NCAA Division I Northern Colorado featuring just three hits, one walk and two strikeouts ... Struck out five batters against Regis on April 24 ... Longest outing of the season was 4.1 innings against Adams State ... Also threw 4.0 innings at Rogers State on Feb. 11 ... Topping a long list of outstanding performances at the plate was his 5-for-6 outing at New Mexico Highlands which included four home runs leading to four runs and seven RBI along with a double ... A second outstanding performance was his 5-for-6 day at UCCS on May 7, featuring five runs and three RBI on two doubles and two home runs ... Smacked three doubles against Colorado Christian on March 25 leading to three runs on a 3-for-4 day ... Led the team with 26 multi-hit games and 14 outings with multiple RBI ... Also ranked first on the team with a 13-game hitting streak ... Became Mines' youngest all-American by grade in the history of the program.
2021: Utility player for the Orediggers with appearances at third base, designated hitter and on the mound ... Led the team with 38 hits and two triples as a true freshman ... Ranked second on the team with 19 runs, nine doubles, three home runs and 20 RBI ... Appeared in all 30 games for Mines with 29 starts ... Finished the season hitting .342 and slugging .541 at the plate ... Also went 0-2 with one save and an 11.88 ERA on the mound in four relief appearances and two starts, striking out seven batters in 8.1 innings of work ... Collegiate debut was a pinch-hit performance against MSU Denver in the season opener on March 5 in the only game he did not start all season ... Pitching debut was a start against MSU Denver on March 6 in which he recorded his first collegiate strikeout despite seven runs on four hits in 0.2 innings ... Top performance of the year was arguably in the Senior Day doubleheader against UCCS on May 8 in which he came a triple short of hitting for the cycle in game two and went 2-for-4 in game one with a double and a triple to hit for the cylce on the day ... Combined resume from the doubleheader featured three runs and four RBI on five hits including two doubles, one triple and one home run ... Top pitching performance of the year resulted in his first collegiate save which included no runs on two hits with one strikeout in 2.0 innings at Adams State ... Tied for the team lead in total multi-hit games including two four-hit outings and a trio of three-hit performances ... Also closed the season riding a six-game hitting streak and a 17-game reached-base streak which also ranked first on the team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-sport athlete at Columbine High School competing in baseball and football with five varsity letters … Appeared at shortstop, center field and pitcher for the baseball team and played linebacker and wing for the football team … As a sophomore, hit .395 with 25 hits and 20 RBI including six home runs … On the mound, tossed 36 innings with a 3.89 ERA and 40 strikeouts … Named Second-Team Jeffco All-Conference in baseball and First-Team Jeffco All-Conference in football … Played club ball for Cherry Creek and coach Marc Johnson … Academic All-State honoree with High Honors Distinction and a member of the National Honor Society … Plans to major in mechanical engineering at Mines with hopes to minor in computer science.
