Francis Marion University Athletics

FMU: 3-year returning letterman.....Conference Carolinas All-Defensive Team 2025 (utility player)....Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Team 2025, 2024, 2023....CSC Academic All-District Team 2023, 2024, 2025....Played in all 48 games in 2024 and made 47 starts (35 in CF, 12 in LF)....Batted .268 with a team-high 34 runs scored, 12 doubles, a homer, and 16 RBIs....On-base percentage of .395....13 multi-hit games and 3 multi-RBI games....Committed only one error in 114 chances (4 outfield assists)....Started the final 23 games of the 2023 season....Second on the team with a .336 batting average....Had a .406 on-base percentage in 39 games....11 multi-hit and 2 multi-RBI games....Ended the year by reaching base safely in 12 straight contests....Recorded a 9-game hitting streak....Reached base at a .444 clip when leading off an inning....Appeared in 12 games in 2022....Batted .333 with four runs scored and a pair of RBIs....Batted 3-for-7 with runners in scoring position....1 Multi-Hit game....An athletic player....Can run and hit for average....A local product, he will compete for playing time behind the plate and in the outfield....Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete honor society....Tri-Beta National Honor Society....Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award 2023, 2024.....FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll 2021 (fall), 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring)....Student-Athlete Advisory Committee 2022-23, 2024-25 (treasurer)....Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll 2022 (spring, fall), 2023 (spring, fall), 2024 (spring, fall), 2025 (spring).

PERSONAL:

• Born in Florence, SC
• Graduate of Pee Dee Academy, where he played for former Patriot Brian Davis
• All-State selection in 2020.
• During 2019 season (2019), batted .465 with six doubles, 13 RBIs, and a .566 on-base percentage
• Earned both All-State and All-Region recognition in 2019 and was named a North-South All-Star
• 4-year starter
• Member of three Golden Eagles state championship squads
• Member of the Canes South 2021 travel ball team
• Played with the Florence Post 1 American Legion squad that went 18-8 in 2020
• Also an All-State receiver on the gridiron for Pee Dee Academy
• Co-SCISA Football Player of the Year in 2020
• Nickname is Oak

PERSONAL FAVORITES:

• As a child what you wanted to be when you grew up:  Professional athlete
• How you got your nickname:  Not sure, just kind of stuck my Freshman year
• Favorite Fictional Character:  Captain America
• Favorite Athlete:  Luka Doncic
• Favorite Sports Team:  Denver Broncos
• Favorite Movie or TV Show:  Catch Me If You Can
• Favorite Food:  Mexican Food
• Favorite Vacation Spot:  The beach
• Favorite Musical Artists:  J Cole and Tyler Childers
• Favorite Thing About FMU:  How you get to know so many people because of its smaller size
• Favorite Off-Field Activity:  Golf
• Goals for Upcoming Season:  Make regionals and be All-Conference
• Why you first chose your sport:  My dad loved baseball, so naturally I fell in love with it too
• Biggest mental challenge in your sport:  Staying level headed when you’re playing bad
• Interesting Notes: I have been skydiving; Won 4 State Championships; was an All-State football player as well as an All-State baseball player
• Brush With Greatness:  I own several school records for football at my high school