2021 Seventh-Round MLB Draft Pick (203rd overall, Washington Nationals)
2021 SEC All-Tournament Team
2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2020 Second Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
2020 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
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Career:
- Drafted by the Washington Nationals with the 203rd overall pick in the seventh round of the 2021 MLB Draft
- Batted a career .330/.400/.447 across 497 at-bats, appearing in 131 games including 123 starts
- Totaled eight home runs, three triples, 28 doubles, 164 hits, 110 runs, 76 RBI, 51 walks and 26 stolen bases
2021 (Sophomore*):
- 2021 SEC All-Tournament Team
- Tabbed at No. 32 in Baseball America’s Preseason Top 150 players list
- Ranked tied-fifth in the SEC in doubles (16), tied-eighth in stolen bases (13), ninth in at-bats (250), tied-10th in hits (80) and tied-10th in runs (56)
- One of two Gators to start all 60 games for Florida, with 59 of the starts coming in left field and one coming in center field
- Led the Gators in hits (80), doubles (16), runs (56), stolen bases (13) and outfield assists (seven)
- Tied for the team-high in triples (three) while posting the team’s second-highest batting average (.315)
- Ranked second in the SEC with seven outfield assists
- Broke Tim Olson’s 21-year-old record with a 30-game hitting streak, the fourth-longest such streak in SEC history, spanning from June 1, 2019 to March 7, 2021
- Finished the season with a .315/.385/.461 slash line with five home runs, three triples, 16 doubles, 56 runs, 41 RBI, 27 walks and 13 steals
- Named to the 2021 SEC All-Tournament Team after registering the highest batting average of the event (.474) with a .882 slugging percentage, two home runs, one double, five RBI and four runs scored
- Collected a career-high four hits and season-high four RBI at Kentucky on May 8
- Scored a season-high three runs against Samford on Feb. 27 as well as versus Ole Miss on April 3
- Tied for the team high with 23 multi-hit games including six performances of three-plus knocks while also recording eight multi-RBI games
- Drove in six game-winning RBI over the course of the season
- Made just two errors across 125 chances for a .984 fielding percentage
2020 (Sophomore):
- Appeared in 17 games, making 15 starts, predominantly in right field
- Ended the season with an 18-game hitting streak, the second-longest streak of Kevin O'Sullivan's tenure as head coach
- Also had a streak of seven consecutive multi-hit games, which was tied with Jonathan India (2018) and Bryson Smith (2011) for the longest streak of multi-hit games by a Gator since the start of 2009
- Batted a team-high .450 (27-for-60) -- which ranked tied for 15th nationally
- Tallied a team-high 27 hits -- which were tied for 21st nationally
- Also scored 12 runs and notched nine RBIs
- Drew seven walks and finished with a .514 on-base percentage
- Matched his career high with three hits three times -- at Miami (Feb 21), vs Florida Atlantic (March 3), South Florida (March 7)
- Had a pair of multi-RBI games (South Florida, March 6-7)
2019 (Freshman):
- Played in 54 games and made 48 starts on the year, 43 at second base and five in the outfield
- Finished third on the team and highest among freshmen with a .311 batting average; had 11 extra-base hits and 26 RBI; tied for the team lead with seven stolen bases
- Had a .331 batting average against right-handed pitching, highest on the team
- Had the lowest strikeout rate on the team, averaging just 0.46 strikeouts per game
- Notched 16 multi-hit games and had five games with multiple RBI; also had 12 two-out RBI on the season, fourth most on the team
- Had a season-long hitting streak of 11 games from Feb. 26 to March 12, going 20-for-47 (.426) with 11 RBI in that span
- Breakout game came against Winthrop on March 3; he went 3-for-6 with two home runs and six RBI, the first two home runs of his career, the second of which was a grand slam
PONTE VEDRA HIGH SCHOOL:
- FACA 6A All-State Selection (District 6)
- Selected for the 2018 FACA All-Star Classic North Team
- In 25 games as a senior, hit .288 with 19 runs scored and five doubles; also had 18 stolen bases
- As a junior, batted .333 with 12 RBI and 14 stolen bases
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| Year |
Avg |
GP |
GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
TB |
SLG% |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
GDP |
OB% |
SF |
SH |
SB |
ATT |
PO |
A |
E |
FLD% |
| 2019 |
.311 |
54 |
48 |
183 |
42 |
57 |
8 |
0 |
3 |
26 |
74 |
.404 |
17 |
5 |
25 |
2 |
.383 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
91 |
95 |
6 |
.969 |
| 2020 |
.450 |
17 |
15 |
60 |
12 |
27 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
31 |
.517 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
.514 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 2021Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â |
.315 |
60 |
60 |
254 |
56 |
80 |
16 |
3 |
5 |
41 |
117Â Â Â Â |
.461 |
27 |
5 |
45 |
2 |
.385 |
5 |
1 |
13 |
14 |
116 |
7 |
2 |
.984 |
| TOTAL |
.330 |
131 |
131 |
123 |
110 |
164 |
28 |
3 |
8 |
76 |
222 |
.447 |
51 |
12 |
79 |
5 |
.400 |
7 |
4 |
26 |
30 |
236 |
102 |
8 |
.977 |
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SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 4, 2 times
Doubles: 2, 2 times
Home runs: 2, Winthrop, Mar 03, 2019
Total bases: 9, Winthrop, Mar 03, 2019
RBI: 6, Winthrop, Mar 03, 2019
Runs scored: 4, Winthrop, Mar 03, 2019
Walks: 2, 7 times
Hit by pitch: 2, Kentucky, April 28, 2019
Struck out: 3, No. 2 Vanderbilt, April 03, 2021
Sac flies: 1, 6 times
Sac bunts: 1, 3 times
At bats: 7, No. 21 Miami, Feb. 20, 2021
Stolen bases: 2, at Florida Atlantic, March 3, 2020; Samford, Feb. 28, 2021
Caught stealing: 1, 4 times
Putouts: 7, Yale, March 9, 2019
Assists: 6, Kentucky, Apr 26, 2019 ; at Missouri, May 17, 2019
