2010 – Played in 38 games with 28 starts at DH...Hit .290 with two doubles, a triple and 12 RBI...Hit safely in 18 of his 28 starts on the spring...Produced six multi-hit games and two multi-RBI contests...All six multi-hit contests were two-hit games...Best MVC performance was a 2-for-4 outing against Bradley on 4/25 in which he knocked a triple and drove in two RBI...Also went 2-for-3 with two RBI in UE’s 5-4 win over Illinois State (5/20)...Collected hits against every MVC team except Missouri State and Creighton, however, he played in only one game in each of those series...Hit .353 (18-for-51) with eight RBI and 12 runs scored in 25 games, including 18 starts, from 4/1-on, while striking out only four times in 51 at-bats...The toughest Purple Ace to strike out on the season with only 10 strikeouts in 93 at-bats...One of UE’s best pinch-hitters, as he went 3-for-10 (.300) in a pinch-hitting role on the season.
2009 – Played in 29 games, with 13 starts at second base (9) and DH?(4)...Finished second on the team with a .311 average in 61 at-bats...Posted a .417 on-base percentage, as he also worked nine walks and two HBPs...Hit safely in nine of his 13 starts, with six multi-hit games...Went 2-for-5 with three RBI at NCAA Tournament participant Louisville (3/24)...Had back-to-back two-hit games vs. Northern Iowa (3/29) and Tennessee-Martin (4/1)...Hit a team-best .429 (9-for-21) with runners on base and .375 (6-for-16) with runners in scoring position.
2008 – Played in 43 games with 38 starts at second base...Third on the team with a .293 average...Led the team with six stolen bases in seven attempts...Ranked as the fourth-toughest batter to strike out in the MVC, with just 12 strikeouts in 150 at-bats...Led UE in hitting in MVC play at .316...Posted eight multi-hit games.
2007 – Earned a medical redshirt.
Background – Played four seasons for his father, Brian, at South Spencer High School...A four-time all-conference pick...An honorable mention all-state pick as a sophomore...Hit .486 with 12 doubles and 32 RBI as a junior...A physical education major at UE...Chose UE because of the coaches, the academics, and the area.
