Freshman (2024)
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Played in 31 games with 26 starts (15 at catcher, 11 as designated hitter) as a true freshman … Slashed .179/.320/.321 with three home runs and eight RBI on the year … Scored 18 runs … Totaled 15 hits, including three doubles … Drew 14 walks and was hit by four pitches … Season-long seven-game hitting streak and 12-game reached base streak … 1-for-1 on stolen base attempts … Defensively, posted a .994 fielding percentage with one error in 167 total chances … Threw out 5-of-11 base stealers (45.5%) … In SEC play, slashed .250/.318/.450 with two home runs and four RBI in 14 games with 12 starts … Made his collegiate debut in a start at catcher against James Madison (Feb. 17), recording his first career hit on a solo home run and scoring a season-high three runs … Made his SEC debut at No. 23 Auburn (March 22), swatting a ninth-inning go-ahead solo home run in his first career at-bat in league action to lift Arkansas to a series-clinching win … Hit by a pair of pitches and scored a pair of runs against Little Rock (March 26) … Made his first start at catcher in SEC play against No. 8 LSU (March 30), finishing 1-for-4 with a run scored at the plate … Recorded his first career double and tallied an RBI in a start against Ole Miss (April 5) … Connected on his third and final home run of the season in the series-opening win against Florida (April 26) … Went 1-for-4 with two runs scored, a double, an RBI and a walk against Missouri State (April 30) … Drew a season-high two walks in a start as designated hitter at No. 8 Kentucky (May 3) … Recorded his first career stolen base against No. 14 Mississippi State (May 10) … Had a double and an RBI against No. 14 Mississippi State (May 12) … In the SEC Tournament, recorded an RBI vs. South Carolina (May 22) … In the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, played in two games, starting as designated hitter in the regional opener against SEMO (May 31) and starting at catcher in the elimination game against SEMO (June 2).
High School
Attended Clayton Valley Charter High School in Concord, Calif. … Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 33 overall prospect and the No. 3 catcher in the class of 2023 … Rated the No. 7 overall prospect and the No. 2 catcher in California by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 95 overall prospect and the No. 6 catcher in the class of 2023 … Rated the No. 18 overall prospect and the No. 2 catcher in California by Prep Baseball Report … Ranked by Baseball America as the No. 23 high school draft prospect and the No. 72 overall draft prospect … 2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – All-Region First Team (California) … 2022 Area Code Games participant … 2022 Major League Baseball-USA Baseball High School All-American Game participant … 2022 Perfect Game All-American Classic Most Valuable Player … 2022 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – All-Region First Team (California) … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – All-Region First Team (California) … 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – California Region Honorable Mention.
