Chico State Athletics

Started 45 games behind the plate for the ’Cats last season…First Team All-CCAA selection…Earned Second Team All-West Region honors…Led the Wildcats in on-base percentage…Second on the team in batting average and slugging percentage…Posted 15 multi-hit games…Batted .333 in postseason play, including a 3-for-3 performance May 17 vs. UC San Diego…Saw action in two games in 2013…Pre-Chico Days: Transfer from University of the Pacific…Played two years for the Tigers as a pitcher and infielder…A 2010 graduate of Santa Cruz High School…Two-time First Team All-Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League selection…Earned three letters in football, earning First Team All-SCCAL honors and leading the Cardinals to the 2007 Central Coast Section championship…Also lettered in basketball…Personal: Born 8/17/92 in Santa Cruz…Son of Rod and Donna…Has four older siblings: Bill, Laura, Diane and Mark…Sports hero is former NBA star Baron Davis…Non-sports hero is his dad, Rod…Biggest sports thrill was beating UC San Diego and winning the 2014 NCAA West Regional…Biggest non-sports thrill was vacationing in Thailand with his brothers…Enjoys spending time at his family’s cabin in Nevada City…Favorite things about Chico are Bidwell Park and the WREC…Plans to someday learn to play guitar…Best advice ever received: “Respect is earned, not given”…Would most like to meet actor/stunt performer Johnny Knoxville…Drinks a Red Bull before every game…Would travel to the most beautiful beaches in the world if money were no object…History major…Plans to coach baseball or work in his dad’s roofing company.