2022 Second-Round MLB Draft Pick (67th overall, Baltimore Orioles)
2021 Second-Round MLB Draft Pick (40th overall, Boston Red Sox)
2x 2021 Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)
2021 Southeast-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team
2021 First Team All-SEC
2021 All-SEC Defensive Team
2021 SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 22)
Career Highlights:
In the News:
Career:
- Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles with the 67th overall pick of the second round of the 2022 MLB Draft
- Finished four-year UF career with the third-most home runs (56) in program history while ranking fifth all-time with 143 walks
- One of two Gators to eclipse back-to-back 20-homers seasons (Brad Wilkerson, 1997-98)
- Batted .246/.384/.541 across 198 games played including 196 starts in the Florida outfield
- Totaled 171 hits, 56 home runs, one triple, 35 doubles, 165 runs, 140 RBI, 143 walks and 24 stolen bases over 695 at bats
- Produced a .989 career fielding percentage with 458 putouts and six outfield assists across 469 defensive chances
2022 (Junior*):
- Preseason First Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball and Preseason All-SEC First Team)
- USA Baseball Golden Spikes Awards Preseason Watch List
- Became the second Gator to hit 20 home runs in back-to-back seasons (Brad Wilkerson, 1997-98)
- Totaled 56 career home runs, which ranks third in program history
- Recorded four multi-homer games to bring his career total to 10
- Started all 66 games for Florida in center field and did not make an error across 155 chances
- Batted .239/.414/.598 with a career-high 24 home runs, one triple, 10 doubles, 63 runs, 55 RBI, 62 walks and nine steals
- Also set career highs in on-base percentage, runs, RBI, walks and stolen bases
- Collected first multi-homer game of the season while going 3-for-4 with four runs and three RBI vs. Florida A&M on March 2
- Walked a career-high four times while tying his career high with four runs scored, going 1-for-2 with a double, stolen base and two RBI at No. 22 Miami on March 6
- Picked up 100th career RBI in game one of doubleheader vs. Seton Hall on March 12
- Hit two solo home runs to tie the game at 2-2 and later put Florida ahead, 3-2, vs. Bethune-Cookman on March 22, the first of which put him in sole possession of sixth on Florida's all-time home run list with 41 long balls
- Tallied four hits and two home runs over weekend series at Vanderbilt from April 15 to April 17
- Passed Gator great Mike Zunino for sole possession of fifth on Florida's all-time home run list with 48 homers with a two-run homer vs. Stetson on April 19
- Connected for a career-high three home runs and eight RBI vs. South Florida on May 3, using his eighth-career multi-homer and first-ever three-homer game to pass JJ Schwarz for fourth on Florida's all-time home run list
- Hit 20th home run of season vs. South Carolina on May 20, becoming the second Gator ever to hit 20 homers in back-to-back seasons
- Totaled 14 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI performances (second on team)
2021 (Sophomore*):
- 2021 Third Team All-American (Collegiate Baseball)
- Named All-SEC First Team and to the All-SEC Defensive Team in the outfield
- SEC Co-Player of the Week (March 22)
- Unanimous Preseason First Team All-American and Preseason All-SEC First Team (outfielder)
- USA Baseball Golden Spikes Awards Preseason Watch List
- Listed at No. 5 in Baseball America’s Preseason Top 150 as well as BA’s Top 100 2021 MLB Draft College Prospects lists
- Ranked second in the SEC and tied-ninth nationally in home runs (20) while ranking ninth in the SEC in walks (40) and T-13th in slugging percentage (.560)
- Made 59 starts for the Gators in center field
- Became just the fifth player in the history of the program to hit 20 home runs in a single season
- Slashed .249/.364/.560 with 20 home runs, 10 doubles, 51 runs, 46 RBI, 40 walks and six stolen bases
- Posted four two-homer games over the course of the season (Feb. 24 vs. North Florida, May 1 vs. No. 2Â Vanderbilt, May 7 at Kentucky and May 15 vs. Georgia)
- Homered twice on three straight Saturdays from May 1 to May 15
- Reached base safely in 23 consecutive games spanning from April 2 vs. Ole Miss to May 14 vs. Georgia, batting .304/.441/.759 during that time
- Collected a career-high five RBI vs. North Florida on Feb. 24
- Tied career high with three hits (3-for-4) vs. Texas A&M on March 20
- Recorded 17 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI games
- Drove in five game-winning runs for the Gators
- Registered two outfield assists and finished with a .971 fielding percentage across 139 chances
2020 (Sophomore):
- Preseason All-SEC Second Team (outfielder)
- Started all 17 games in center field
- Batted .294 with 20 hits -- second-most on the team -- and a team-high 19 runs as Florida's leadoff hitter
- His five home runs were tied for 36th nationally, and his 19 runs were tied for 49th nationally
- Also drew 13 walks to post a .407 on-base percentage
- Recorded seven multi-hit games, including a three-hit outing at Jacksonville (Feb 18), and logged three multi-RBI games
- Hit a game-tying, two-out RBI double in the ninth inning of a road win at then-No. 1 Miami (Feb 22)
- Scored three runs twice (Marshall, Feb 16; South Florida, May 7)
- Drew 10 walks in the final six games of the season
2019 (Freshman):
- Played in 56 games, making 54 starts in center field as a true freshman after enrolling in January
- Batted .232 on the year with seven home runs and 26 RBI; tied for the team lead with 28 walks and seven stolen bases on the season
- Notched eight multi-hit games and had five games with multiple RBI
- Had 11 two-out RBI and led the team with five game-winning RBI
- Had a season-high seven-game hitting streak from Feb. 23 to March 5 in which he went 11-for-25 (.440) with five RBI, three doubles and a home run
- Hit two home runs against Yale on March 10
TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL:
- Skipped his senior season and enrolled early in January of 2019
- Named the Ocala Star-Banner’s 2018 Player of the Year and named to the 2018 Florida High School All-State Team
- Tied the single-season Trinity Catholic HS record with 11 home runs in 2018 and led all high school hitters in Marion County with a .453 average
- Helped lead Trinity Catholic to the Class 4A Region 1 Finals
- Played in the 2018 Under Armour All-American Game at Wrigley Field and the Perfect Game All-American Game at Petco Park in San Diego
- After a nine-pitch at bat, hit a walk-off home run to lead the Central Florida Gators to the 2016 Perfect Game WWBA Championship
- High school coach was former Gators pitcher Tommy Bond (at UF 1995-98)
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|
AVG |
GP |
GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
SLG% |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
GDP |
OB% |
SF |
SH |
SB |
PO |
A |
E |
FLD% |
| 2019 |
.232 |
56 |
54 |
168 |
32 |
39 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
26 |
.411 |
28 |
5 |
45 |
2 |
.353 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
132 |
2 |
1 |
.993 |
| 2020 |
.294 |
17 |
17 |
68 |
19 |
20 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
.603 |
13 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
.407 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
39 |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
| 2021 |
.249 |
59 |
59 |
225 |
51 |
56 |
10 |
0 |
20 |
46 |
.560 |
40 |
2 |
79 |
3 |
.364 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
133 |
2 |
4 |
.971 |
| 2022 |
.239 |
66 |
66 |
234 |
63 |
56 |
10 |
1 |
24 |
55 |
.598 |
62 |
10 |
69 |
5 |
.414 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
154 |
1 |
0 |
1.000 |
| Total |
.246 |
198 |
196 |
695 |
165 |
171 |
35 |
1 |
56 |
140 |
.541 |
143 |
17 |
211 |
10 |
.384 |
8 |
4 |
24 |
458 |
6 |
5 |
.989 |
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SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Hits: 3, seven times
Doubles: 1, 35 times
Home runs: 3, South Florida, May 3, 2022
Total bases: 8, five times
RBI: 8, South Florida, May 3, 2022
Runs scored: 4, Florida A&M, March 2, 2022; at No. 22 Miami, March 6, 2022
Walks: 4, at No. 22 Miami, March 6, 2022
Hit by pitch: 3, vs. Alabama, May 28, 2022
Struck out: 5, at No. 25 South Carolina, March 26, 2021; at Mississippi State, May 8, 2022
Sac flies: 1, nine times
Sac bunts: 1, four times
At bats: 6, 4 times
Stolen bases: 2, Winthrop, March 03, 2019 ; Florida State, March 12, 2019
Caught stealing: 1, 7 times
Putouts: 9, Tennessee, May 10, 2019
Assists: 1, six times
