MLB DRAFT: Cermak was selected in the 2nd Round by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2022 MLB Draft. Cermak went 71st overall.
2022 (Sophomore Season): Appeared in 48 games, with all 48 starts... recorded a team best 19 HR's while becoming the first Redbird since 1999 to hit 15 home runs in a season...named National Player of the Week (4/10) by Perfect Game, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, D1Baseball, and NCWBA after a five-HR week, including a three-HR game vs Western Illinois (04/06/2022) in which he hit grand slams in back-to-back innings and set a school record with 10 RBIs before leading off the next game vs Kansas with a home run for four home runs in as many plate appearances ... Defensively, recorded 159 PO's and 3 assists... capped off a legendary career with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage (min. 24 starts)... named First-Team All-MVC ... named MVC Defensive Player of the Year for second-straight season and became the first player in program history to win an ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove...
2021 (Freshman Season): Appeared in 55 games with 53 starts... Led team in home runs (11) and RBIs (40). .. had 54 hits on the season with a batting average of .284 and a team high of .553 slugging percentage ... led team in triples (4) and extra-base hits ... named Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper ... named First-Team All-MVC ... named MVC Defensive Player of the Year after making the transition to center field early in season.
2020 (Freshman/COVID-19 Season): Started 13 games, primarily at third base ... slashed .208/.296/.396 with two home runs, seven RBIs, three doubles and seven runs scored ... had a career-high three hits with three runs scored, two doubles, and a home run in a win at Louisiana-Monroe (2/28) ... had three-multi hit games ... tallied a career-high three RBIs in a win at Florida A&M (3/10).
Riverside Brookfield HS: Three-year member of varsity baseball team … Metro Suburban All Conference Team and All Area 2017 and 2018 ... as a junior, awarded All-State Team honors as two-way player SS/PITCHER ... earned MVP Metro Suburban Conference player of the year ... named Landmark player of the year ... career batting average of 396 ... career pitching record of 12-2 ... posted a school record 0.00 ERA in 9 starts with 91 Ks in 59 innings pitched ... 2019 selected to pre-season All State Team ... did not play senior season ... four-year member of basketball team ... helped team win conference championship, regional championship and set 125 year school record with 31 wins ... made National Honor Society for academics.
Personal: Born June 2, 2001 in Hinsdale, Ill. … son of Jeff and Donna Cermak … has an older sister, Jamie ... Jeff, his father, played baseball at Triton College … Donna, his mother, was an aerobics instructor, managed a major health club and graduated from Illinois State … majoring in Parks and Recreation Management.
