Chico State Athletics

Joins Chico State pitching staff after appearing in 20 games for the Wildcats as a position player in 2015…Hit first career home run as a Wildcat Apr. 12 vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills…Pre-Chico Days: Played one season at Lower Columbia Community College in Longview, Wash…Earned Second Team All-Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) and Gold Glove honors in 2014…Spent two years in Monterey Peninsula College baseball program…Hit .293 as a freshman in 2012 and appeared in two games as a pitcher for the Lobos…A 2011 graduate of Monterey High School…Earned four varsity letters…Named Monterey Bay Athletic League Pitcher of the Year and team co-MVP as a senior…Helped lead the Toreadores to a League title and Central Coast Section championship in 2011…Personal: Born 5/23/93 in Sacramento…Son of Anthony and Carolyn…Has two siblings, Chris and Nick…Biggest sports thrill is walk-off wins…Enjoys fishing…Plans to skydive someday…Best advice ever received: “whatever you do, give it your all”…Claims to be “a big Pokemon player”…Wants to meet retired U.S. Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell…Would travel the world if money were no object…Majoring in criminal justice.