Concordia University St. Paul Athletics

Concordia Career:
2016: Appeared in and started 26 games for the Golden Bears … hit .338 (26-77) on the year with a pair of doubles, 12 RBI and 16 runs scored … added a .364 slugging percentage and a .420 on-base percentage … was a perfect 5-5 on stolen base attempts on the season which was tied for first on the team … had .750 batting average with bases loaded which ranked fifth on the team … recorded 63 assists which ranked third on the team … tallied eight multi-hit games including four straight to begin the season … went a perfect 2-2 with two RBI, one stolen base and three runs scored against Southwest Minnesota State on Mar. 5 … went 2-3 with a RBI, a double, run scored and a stolen base in the season opener against Malone on Mar. 4 … had second perfect day at the plate going 2-2 with two runs scored and a RBI against Wayne State on Apr. 6 … ranks first all-time in program history with 24 sacrifice hits, third all-time in double-plays turned with 69 and fifth all-time in assists with 252.

2015: Played and started in 42 games on the year, with 40 starts at second base and two at shortstop ... primarily hit ninth in the lineup (32), and the team had a 3-2 record when he hit second as well as seventh in the order ... had nine two-hit games on the season to finish a .267/.333/.283 hitter (32-120) with a pair of doubles and 18 runs scored ... led the team with nine sacrifice bunts and 11 total sacrifices ... his nine sacrifice bunts ranked fourth in the NSIC and his seven in league play ranked second ... he was the league-leader and 46th in Division II in sacrifice bunts per game (0.21) ... was pefect in four stolen base tries ... had a .966 fielding percentage and his 29 double plays turned ranked 11th in the Northern Sun ... had a season-long six game hitting streak (3/16 to 3/22), hitting .556 (10-18) with five multi-hit games to raise his average from .125 to a season-high .371 12 games into the season ... ended the season on a high note, hitting .333 (4-12) in the last four games to raise his average from .259 to .267 including a 2-3 performance in the finale against Winona State (5/6) in the NSIC Tournament, scoring a run, driving in a run, adding a double and a walk ... went 23 games without an error (3/31 to 5/6) in the second half of the season ... a .300 hitter (9-30) against left handed pitching ... hit .304 (17-56) with the bases empty ... reached at a .500 clip (15-30) when leading off.

2014: Appeared in 33 games, making 30 starts between second base, third base and shortstop … hit .326 with a .349 on-base percentage and a .408 slugging percentage on the season … scored 16 runs, picked up 12 RBI and ranked second on the team with nine sacrifice hits … fielded .933 on the year … had a season-long five-game hitting streak spanning from 4/18-4/22 as he went 8-16 (.500) during that stretch … had six multi-hit games, including two games with three hits … reached base four times in his season debut against Missouri Valley (3/10) as he went 3-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored … went 3-4 with a walk and three runs scored against Bemidji State on 4/19 in game one and followed it up by going 2-5 with a double and two runs scored in game two.

2013: Played in 13 games with three starts at shortstop ... recorded two hits in 12 at bats with one run scored ... first career start against Bemidji State in game two (3/29/13) ... scored first career run in game two against Sioux Falls (4/29/13) ... had first career hit in game two at Minnesota State (4/30/13), going 1-2 while playing error free defense in four chances (three assists) ... went 1-1 in his next game at Upper Iowa in game two (5/5/13) ... started both NSIC Tournament games at shortstop.

Minnetonka High School: 
Has earned a pair of letters for the Skippers, helping them to a 14-7 record as a junior while playing with current Concordia players Adam Fredericks, Andrew Shotwell and Eric Fasnacht ... has played in 10 games so far in 2012 with a .200 average in 30 at bats ... he's driven in five runs and scored three ... also competed in hockey. 

Personal: 
Born May 3, 1994 ... son of Frank and Jane LaPorte ... has an older sister, Rebekah; and a younger brother, Joe ... majoring in sports management at Concordia.