Chico State Athletics

Third year in the Wildcats’ program…Led Chico State and ranked second in the CCAA with a .410 batting average in 2020…Also led the ’Cats in runs scored (18), hits (32), slugging percentage (.615), on-base percentage (.472), and tied for first in RBI (18)…Posted team-high 11 multi-hit games…Delivered at least one hit in all but three of the Wildcats’ 22 games in the COVID-shortened 2020 season…Earned CCAA All-Star honors…Named CCAA Player of the Week February 17–23, 2020…Pre-Chico Days: Batted .321 in his two seasons at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, collecting 27 extra-base hits and 87 RBI…First Team All-Orange Empire Conference and All-Southern California selection as a freshman…A 2017 graduate of Beckham High School in Irvine…Helped lead Patriots to the 2015 Pacific Coast League title…Two-time First Team All-PCL selection…Also lettered in football, earning two First Team All-PCL honors…Personal: Born December 2, 1998, in Tustin…Son of Glenn and Linda…Has one younger brother, Trent…His hero is former Chico State infielder Griffin Hennessey…The team he most admires in the sports world is the 2002 World Series champion Anaheim Angels…Favorite course at Chico State is Climatology, taught by Noriyuki Sato…Why he chose to attend Chico State: “Elite baseball”…His greatest sports moment is playing in the West Coast League championship this past summer…The most interesting thing he’s ever done is contracting COVID…The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is getting a 24,000 score on GeoGuessr 10 State Challenge (“no move, no scroll, no pan”)…Has learned to deal with failure by playing baseball…Enjoys playing pool and pinball when he has some free time…Says playing pinball and GeoGuessr are his biggest talents outside of baseball…Can play the harmonica…Collects baseball cards…At the top of his bucket list: “Travel to every country in the world”…Majoring in social science.