MLB Draft
2021 – Seattle Mariners, 19th round (No. 564 overall)
Junior (2021)
» NCAA Fayetteville Regional All-Tournament Team
Played in 28 games with 15 starts (all 15 as designated hitter), slashing .388/.494/.821 with eight homers and 25 runs batted in over 67 at-bats … Scored 21 runs … Racked up 26 hits, including five doubles, to go along with 13 walks and one HBP on the year … Five multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI games … Season-long hitting streak of four games and reached base streak of eight consecutive games … Went 8-for-12 as a pinch hitter during the season, hitting one home run and driving in six runs … Slashed .462/.533/.615 in SEC play, collecting six hits in 13 at-bats with two doubles, three runs batted in, two runs scored and two walks … Made his Arkansas debut in a start against SEMO (Feb. 26), hitting his first home run as a Razorback and collecting two RBI … Homered and drove in two runs against UCA (March 30) … Racked up a season-high four RBI on two home runs against UAPB (April 14) … Entered the game against No. 9 Florida (May 21) as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the ninth inning and delivered a walk-off winner to clinch Arkansas’ first outright regular-season SEC crown since 1999 … Swatted a pinch-hit three-run homer against No. 19 Nebraska (June 7) in a decisive game three during the NCAA Fayetteville Regional to earn a spot on the All-Tournament Team … Had three hits, including a home run, with three RBI and four runs scored against No. 16 NC State (June 11) in the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional … Part of a Razorback offense that hit a school-record 109 home runs in 2021.
Sophomore at St. Johns River State College (2020)
Hit .280 with four home runs, 17 RBI and 20 runs scored in 26 games during the pandemic-shortened season … Posted a .394 on-base percentage, drawing the second-most walks (15) on the team … Six multi-hit contests and four multi-RBI efforts on the year … Two hits, including a home run, and three RBI against Rollins College JB (Feb. 29) … A homer and five runs batted in at Seminole State College of Florida (March 9).
Freshman at Pepperdine (2019)
Appeared in 26 games with 24 starts during the campaign … Hit .211 with four doubles and 10 RBI on the year … In his first collegiate at bat, hit a grand slam against CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 15) … Three-hit effort at Vanderbilt (Feb. 24), including his first collegiate double and an RBI single … Earned WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades … Recognized as a Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
High School
Played for head coach Juan Fontela at Jefferson High School, slashing .440/.523/.642 with two home runs and 26 RBI during his senior season … Top-500 overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game … Ranked as the No. 7 catcher in the state of Florida coming out of high school … 2018 Perfect Game Preseason All-American (Florida – All-Region Second Team) … Perfect Game Preseason All-American (High Honorable Mention) for three consecutive years from 2015-17.
