Career Honors & Awards:
• 2010 Second Team ABCA All-Midwest Region Selection - OF
• 2010 First Team All-MVC - OF
• 2010 MVC All-Tournament Team Selection - OF
• 2010 MVC Player Of The Week x3 - 3/22/10, 4/19/10, 4/26/10
• 2009-10 Vectren UE Student-Athlete Of The Week x2 - 3/23/10, 4/27/10
• 2009 Preseason Brooks Wallace Award Watch List (National Player of the Year)
• 2008 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball
Records Held At UE:
• Single-Game Triples: 2 vs. Southern Illinois (5/25/10 - tied record)
• Single-Season Hits: 91 (2010 - tied record)
• Single-Season RBI: 75 (2010 - new record)
• Single-Season Triples: 13 (2010 - new record)
• MVC Single-Season Record For Triples: 13 (2010 - tied record set originally by Joe Carter)
• Career Records Triples: 20 (new record)
2010 – Earned ABCA All-Midwest Region second team honors after producing one of the best offensive seasons in UE history, either breaking or tying single-season UE records for hits (tied-91), triples (broken-13), and RBI (broken-75), while hitting a team-best .371...Also a first team all-MVC outfielder and MVC All-Tournament team selection who started all 59 games for UE in centerfield...Knocked 22 doubles and nine home runs...Ranked among the MVC’s leaders in batting average (4th), slugging percentage (2nd-.678), runs scored (5th-55), hits (1st), RBI (1st), doubles (2nd), triples (1st), home runs (10th), and total bases (1st-166)...Ranked second nationally in triples, while tying the MVC single-season record and posting the fourth-highest single-season total in NCAA Division I history with 13...Also ranked 28th nationally in RBI and 38th nationally in total bases...Led the MVC with 31 multi-hit games and 22 multi-RBI games...Hit .333 with four home runs and 22 RBI in MVC play...A three-time MVC Player of the Week...Had multi-home run games at Mercer (2/27) and against Bradley (4/25, Game 1)...Went 5-for-9 with two home runs and nine RBI in UE’s doubleheader with Bradley (4/25)...Had a pair of five-hit games (3/16 at Austin Peay, 4/13 at Murray State)...Produced a multi-hit game against every MVC team...Had a streak of eight-straight multi-hit games from 3/16 to 3/27...Became the 22nd member of UE’s 200-hit club at Southern Illinois (5/15)...Will ride a seven-game hitting streak into the 2011 season.
2009 – Played in 53 games with 51 starts in both left field (26) and designated hitter (25)...Hit .295 with nine doubles, five triples, eight home runs, and 30 RBI...Led UE and ranked second in the MVC in triples...Was second on the team in slugging percentage (.518), home runs (eight), and stolen bases (seven)...Led the team with 21 multi-hit games...Hit a game-winning grand slam against Murray State (8th inning on 4/14)...Hit two home runs in UE’s series at Indiana State (5/8 and 5/10)...Named to the preseason Wallace Award Watch List.
2008 – Earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors after leading UE and all MVC rookies in hitting with a .317 average, playing in 52 games with 48 starts in the UE outfield...Also led all MVC freshmen in extra-base hits with 21 (17 doubles, two triples, two home runs)...Ranked eigth in the MVC with 17 doubles...Also ranked among the Valley’s leaders with nine outfield assists...Became the first freshman to lead UE in hitting since Ryan Brownlee in 1994...Posted a team-best 20 multi-hit games...Hit .409 (9-for-22) with a double, a triple, two RBI, and two runs scored in six games against nationally-ranked competition.
Background – A two-time all-conference outfielder in the British Columbia Premier Baseball League for the Nanaimo Pirates...Ranked ninth in the Premier League in hitting last year with a .325 average en route to first team all-conference honors...Invited to attend Team Canada’s Junior National Team Camp...Represented Team B.C. at the 2006 Canada Cup...A chemistry major at Evansville...Chose Evansville because of the “great baseball, great academics, and a great place to go to school.”
