MLB Draft
2023 – Baltimore Orioles, 3rd round (No. 100 overall)
Junior (2023)
» SEC All-Defensive Team (OF)
» SEC Player of the Week (April 3)
» NCAA Fayetteville All-Regional Team
» First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Razorbacks’ leadoff hitter and everyday center fielder … Played in 52 games with 51 starts (all 51 in center field) … Slashed .286/.414/.490 with 10 home runs and 33 RBI … Team leader in stolen bases (13) … Finished second on the team in multi-hit games (19), including one three-hit performance … Posted 11 multi-RBI games, including a pair of three-RBI performances … Defensively, logged a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage during the season … Did not record an error in 137 total chances … Also logged a team-leading seven outfield assists, helping turn five double plays … In SEC play, slashed .256/.396/.453 with four homers and 10 runs batted in over 24 games … Scored a team-leading 25 runs in league action … Drew 19 walks and was hit by one pitch … Perfect 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts against conference opponents.
Sophomore at Kansas (2022)
» All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)
Started 52 games at second base … Slashed .276/.357/.386 (58-for-210) with 13 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 23 RBI, 43 runs scored, 25 walks and 11 stolen bases … Led the team in runs scored (43) … Second on the team in walks (25) … Recorded a 23-game on-base streak, the longest by a Jayhawk in 2022 … Had 15 multi-hit games … Posted a 12-game hitting streak … Went 3-for-4, 3B, RBI, 2 R in the Buck O’Neil Classic while wearing No. 22 to honor Buck O’Neil … First Jayhawk with home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game since 1996 (at Charleston Southern 3/9/22) … Team-high five RBI vs. Illinois on opening weekend … Prior to the season, named to the preseason All-Big 12 team by Perfect Game … Ranked the No. 20 second baseman in the nation by D1Baseball … No. 44 college prospect in the 2023 draft class by Baseball America … No. 99 prospect in the 2023 draft class by D1Baseball … No. 6 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by Baseball America … No. 11 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by Perfect Game … No. 13 MLB Draft prospect for 2023 in the Big 12 by D1Baseball.
Freshman at Kansas (2021)
» All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)
» All-Big 12 Freshman Team
» Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
Appeared in 52 games with 51 starts … Finished second on the team with a .316 average (62-for-196) with eight doubles, four triples, one home run and 31 RBI … Tallied a 24-game hitting streak, which tied a program record and tied the 10th-longest performance in Big 12 history … 29-game reached base streak along with 24-game hitting streak were both team highs … Led Kansas with 11 stolen bases in 13 attempts … Finished 6-for-6 against Oklahoma, becoming the first Jayhawk to accomplish the feat against a Big 12 foe and tied a single-game program record with six hits … Finished the season with 14 multiple-hit games and nine multiple-RBI games … One of only two Jayhawks with five or more hits in a game during the season … Made his First career start against South Dakota State (Feb. 20) … Finished 4-for-5 with two RBI and a double against Creighton (March 20) … Started his 24-game hitting streak at Lafayette (March 23) and finished it against North Dakota State (May 2) … Season-high three RBI three times – at Omaha (March 13), vs. Missouri (March 30) and vs. Air Force (April 13).
High School
Attended Park Hill High School in Kansas City, Mo. … Ranked the No. 1 player in Missouri by Prep Baseball Report … Missed his entire junior baseball season due to an injury … Also played three years of basketball.
