Biography
Concordia Career:
2018: NSIC Gold Glove Catcher … NSIC All-Academic … started all 42 games for the Golden Bears, including 40 at catcher and two at DH … slashed .268/.352/.431 … led the team with six home runs and was fourth on the team with six doubles … was second on the team with 23 RBI and tied for first on the team with 23 runs scored … was first on the team with 19 walks … hit .333 in the first 13 games of the season, scoring and driving in 11 runs … got on base in his last 13 games of the season, recording 19 hits and three home runs … went two for four against Minnesota Crookston on Mar. 13, hitting two home runs, driving in four runs and scoring three … went five for seven against Winona State on Apr. 19 in a doubleheader, driving in two runs and hitting a double and a home run … collected two hits in four at-bats against Augustana in the NSIC Tournament, hitting a double, driving in a run, and scoring a run.
2017: NSIC All-Academic … Appeared in all 49 games for the Golden Bears, starting 48 at designated hitter and one at catcher … his .289 season average (55-190) was tied for third best on the team … collected nine doubles on the season, as well a triple and three home runs on his way to 75 total bases and a .395 on base percentage … walked 19 times on the season en route to a .358 on-base percentage … hit .352 with runners in scoring position (19-54) on season, collecting 29 RBI … hit .333 against right-handed pitching … was second on the team with 15 multi-hit games … reached base in a team leading 26 straight games from March 26 to April 29 … had an 11 game hitting streak from April 1 to April 11, tied for best on the team … went 7-14 in three game Mar. 3 and 4, driving in and scoring five runs as well as hitting a double and triple … went 4-10 in a doubleheader against Southwest Minnesota State including four runs scored and a walk off grand slam in the 10th inning in the 2nd game … went 9-20 against Minnesota Crookston April 1 and 2, scoring a driving in a run as well as collecting two doubles … hit a grand slam on April 28 against Sioux Falls, also scoring two runs to go along with four RBI.
2016: NCBWA All-Central Region honorable mention … 2016 All-NSIC First Team Catcher … NSIC All-Academic … appeared in and started all 45 games behind the plate for the Golden Bears … 2016 NSIC All-Tournament Team performer after hitting .476 going 10-21 with six doubles, one homerun and seven RBI while adding a .542 on-base percentage and a .905 slugging percentage … Named NSIC Player of the Week (3/7) - .583 (batting average)/.682 (on-base percentage)/.875 (slugging percentage) (9-16), 10 R, 5 2B, 10 RBI, team 5-0 in Arizona … Ranked 2nd in the Central Region and NSIC & 12th in Division II in doubles rate (0.47/game) … Ranked 11th in the Central Region, 4th in the NSIC & 26th in Division II in home run rate (0.33 per game) … Ranks 9th in the Central Region, 6th in the NSIC & 23rd in Division II in slugging percentage (.754) … Ranks 6th in the NSIC in total home runs (14), hitting all 14 in NSIC play to rank 4th in league games … Set the single season doubles record with 21 including seven in the last six games of the season … His 15 home runs are third most in a single season in program history, hitting six homers in a seven game span in the Bemidji State and U-Mary weekend series (3/25 to 4/4) … Also ranked in the NSIC's top-20 in average (.368), runs (48), RBI (45) and total bases (129) … Ranked 10th in the NSIC fielding percentage (.991), ranked 13th in a league with 15 starting catchers in passed balls (5) and 16th in stolen bases against (23) … In addition to his single season doubles and home runs marks at CSP, ranks fourth in total bases (129), ninth in slugging (.754), and ninth in hits (63) … Hit .368 (63-171) on the year with 21 doubles, 15 homeruns and 45 RBI contributing to his .754 slugging percentage … finished with a .434 on-base percentage on the year … Scored 48 runs, drove in 45 in 45 games between catcher (33) and DH (12) while leading off all 45 games … Has a career .361 batting average (118-327) as a two year starter in 88 games … Has 72 runs, 32 doubles, 17 homers, 77 RBI in two seasons … Ranks sixth in career history with 32 doubles … Also ranks 12th in team history in career home runs (17), 15th in slugging (.615), 17th in total bases (201), 20th in hitting (.361) … finished with 19 multi-hit games on the year including a pair of four-hit performances against University of Mary on Apr. 4 and against Minnesota Duluth on May 13 … put together a eight game hitting streak from Apr. 3 to Apr. 23 … hit a pair of homeruns while going 3-4 at Minnesota State on Apr. 25.
2015: Played in 43 games with 42 starts, earning nine starts behind the plate and 33 at designated hitter in his freshman campaign ... hit third 15 times, cleanup 26 times and seventh once ... finished third on the team in hitting (.353), fourth in on base percentage (.404) and second in slugging (.462), going 55-156 at the plate ... was second on the team with 11 doubles, two home runs and 32 RBI and third on the team with 24 runs ... also stole three bases in four tries ... hit .361 (13-36) against LHP and .350 (42-120) against RHP ... hit .407 (35-86) with runners on base and .441 (26-59) with runners in scoring position ... produced eight RBI in 12 opportunities (.667) with a runner on thrid base and less than two outs ... led the team with 17 two-out RBI ... a .377 (20-53) two-out hitter ... third on the team with 14 multiple hit games including three 3-hit games and a 4-hit game ... tied for second on the team with six multiple RBI games including a pair of 3-RBI and a 4-RBI game ... had the team's longest hitting streak of the regular season at 14 games (4/17 to 5/6) and hit safely in 36 of 43 games ... had breakout game in his first start against Southwest Minnesota State (3/13), going 3-4 with an RBI and a double ... went 2-4 with two doubles, two runs and three RBI against Minot State (3/15) ... went 3-3 with two runs, two RBI, a double and a steal against Minnesota Crookston (3/21, G1) ... went 2-4 with three runs, three RBI, his first career home run, a walk and a steal against Minnesota Crookston (3/22, G2) ... went 4-4 against St. Cloud State (4/8, G1) ... hit second home run at Minnesota State (4/18, G2), a third inning grand slam to give Concordia a 4-3 lead against the nationally-ranked Mavericks ... went 3-4 with four runs, an RBI, a double and a walk against Sioux Falls (5/2, G2).
West Lutheran High School:
Received eight letters, four in baseball and four in football for the Warriors … was named team captain in his junior and senior seasons in baseball and his senior year in football … earned All-Conference and All-Section 4A honors as a senior as he hit .518 (29-56) with a .614 on base percentage and .750 slugging percentage for a 1.364 OPS ... hit eight doubles, a triple and a homer while drawing 10 walks in 18 games, swiping eight bases while playing error-free defense ... hit .636 at the plate during the section playoffs ... had a strong 2014 Wayzata Legion summer season, earning team MVP and Delano Wood Bat Tournament MVP honors ... finished the legion season hitting .383 (46-120) with a .464 on base percentage and 1.024 slugging with 11 doubles, seven home runs, 43 RBI, 33 runs scored with four stolen bases while drawing 14 walks and four hit by pitch ... led the Warriors to three consecutive conference titles and a combined record of 54-13 from his freshman through junior years … was named to the 2014 Perfect Game All Central Region Honorable Mention … hit .500 with two home runs and 14 RBI in 14 games played in his junior season … played for former Minnesota Twin Al Newman with the Minnesota Blizzard in the summer while receiving the Team Leadership Award four consecutive years.
Personal:
Considering majoring in sport management at Concordia … his father won the silver medal in the 2011 Senior World Curling Championship and his sister played soccer at the College of St. Benedict.
