Biography
Notable Awards
- All-CCAA First Team (2023)
- All-CCAA Second Team (2022)
- All-West Region Second Team (2022)
- CCAA Player of the Week (March 21-27, 2022)
As a Junior (2023)
- The only Wildcat to be represented on the first-team All-CCAA class
- Started all 39 games played, all at second base
- Led the team with a .377 batting average, which ranked seventh in the CCAA
- Also recorded 7 doubles, a triple, 2 home runs and 17 RBIs
- Drew 25 walks
- Went 6-of-9 on the stolen base column
- Ended the season on a 11-game hitting streak
- Logged 21 multi-hit games, including four with 3 knocks
As a Sophomore (2022)
- Named Second Team All-West Region and Second Team All-CCAA selection in 2022
- Started 47 games for the Wildcats last season, batting .321
- Led the team in runs scored (64), walks (38), and hit by pitches (19), tied for the team lead in home runs (6), was second in runs batted in (49), and third in on-base percentage (.484)
- Racked up 13 multi-hit games, including a four-hit performance May 5, 2022 vs. Cal State East Bay
- Clubbed a pair of grand slams and drove in eight runs May 1, 2022 vs. Cal State Monterey Bay
- Named the March 21–27, 2022 CCAA Player of the Week
- Fashioned a nine-game hitting streak March 18–April 1, 2022, batting .464 during that span
Pre-Chico Days:
- Spent three years at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria
- Posted a career .313 batting average and stole 23 bases
- Helped lead the Bulldogs to the 2021 Western State Conference North championship, earning First Team All-WSC, the conference’s Gold Glove Award, All-South Region accolades, and All-State honors from the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association
- Second Team All-WSC in 2019
- A 2018 graduate of Lompoc High School
- Three-time First Team Los Padres League selection
- Named First Team All-Area in 2017 and All-Area MVP in 2018
- All-Area Gold Glove award winner as a sophomore
- Also lettered in basketball
Personal
- Born March 22, 2000, in Lompoc
- Son of Jeff and Rosa
- Has three older siblings: Lauren, Alyssa, and Jason
- His dad is his hero (“He’s taught me things I use every day on and off the field, and I couldn’t be more blessed for what he has done for my family and I. I’ll be forever thankful”)
- The person he most admires in the sports world is LeBron James (“because year in and year out he continues to stay consistent. Even 20 years in at the age of 38, he is still one of the best players in the league and to be able to deal with the hatred day in and day out and still have the mindset to want to go out and compete to be the best player every day is want inspires me”)
- Chose to attend Chico State “because of its winning program and its beautiful campus”
- His greatest sports moment was hitting two grand slams in the same game last season against Cal State Monterey Bay
- The most interesting thing he’s ever done is help out in the 2018 Special Olympics in Seattle for basketball
- The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is hitting three grand slams in one season
- Has learned by playing baseball that “there are a lot of ups and downs, but you can’t ride those ups and downs. Through good and bad, you have to keep a positive mindset and stay on a consistent path”
- Enjoys fishing, traveling, playing basketball, and spending time with friends
- Considers fishing and cards his biggest non-baseball talents
- At the top of his bucket list: “To travel the world and visit all the baseball fields”
- Majoring in business management.
