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2009 (Junior): Started all 55 games in which he saw action, finishing the year with a .293 batting average ... Split his 55 starts almost evenly between three positions - centerfield (23) early in the year, left field (18) and designated hitter (14) much of the second half of the season ... Posted his first hit as a Catamount in the eighth inning of the season-opener against Bowling Green with a lead-off single ... Collected his first extra base hit - a double - in game two against BGSU, and hit his first WCU home run in the series sweep of Appalachian State ... Led the team and ranked atop the Southern Conference with 30 stolen bases - a mark which ranked tied for third in the WCU single-season record book ... Was successful in stealing 85.7-percent of the time (30-of-35), tallying a career-best three stolen bases in four separate games ... Recorded a career-best 13-game hitting streak through mid-April, raising his batting average 38 points with seven extra base hits including four of his eight home runs on the season ... However, endured a six-game hitless skid, including an 0-for-26 string, before finishing the year with hits in three-consecutive games ... Tallied multiple hits in 18 games with nine multi-RBI outings including a career-high four in game two of a home double-header with Samford.
Prior to Western: As a redshirt sophomore, hit .335 with 17 home runs, 13 doubles and three triples with 61 RBI ... Garnered second team All-GJCAA accolades as well as was named to the Region XVII All-tournament team after YHC captured the crown ... Took a medical hardship after suffering an injury that forced him to miss the entire 2007 season ... As a freshman hit .314, with three doubles, two homeruns, eleven runs batted in, and four stolen bases ... Mentored under former WCU player and current assistant coach, Alan Beck, while at Young Harris.
