Illinois State University Athletics

(1998-2001)

Four-year letterwinner and two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference selection as an outfielder (2000-01) … the first player in Illinois State history to lead the team in triples for four seasons in a row … finished career with a .346 batting average in 740 at-bats … collected 256 hits, including 39 doubles, 19 triples and 23 home runs during four-year career and drove in 141 runs while stealing 18 bases … ranks as the ISU all-time triples leader with 19, ranks fourth in career hits (256) and fifth in career runs (169) and on-base percentage (.419) … owns two of the top four single-season hit totals in program history (79 in 2000 and 80 in 2001) … earned American Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region Second-Team honors following final season in 2001 … led the MVC that season with a .394 batting average, thanks to 24 multi-hit games and a 20-game hitting streak … ranked No. 11 nationally in triples per game in 2001 … started all 55 games played in as a junior and hit .351, with 79 hits including 15 doubles, three triples and two home runs while driving in 36 base runners … named an All-MVC Honorable Mention selection as a sophomore after driving in a career-high 49 runs while hitting .328 and belting 11 home runs, also a career-best … named MVP of the Clark C. Griffith Collegiate Baseball League and a Baseball America Summer All-American in 1999.