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2017

Named a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist in addition to a second honor as Golden Spikes Award Midseason and Preseason Watch List member
Named Big West Field Player of the Year and First Team All-Big West
Won National Batting Title with .442 batting average, also topped the nation with a .567 on-base percentage
Big West Player of the Week on May 29 batting .737 (14-for-19) with four doubles and seven RBI
Broke 46-year UCI batting record with .442 average
Finished tops in the Big West in batting, on-base percentage, slugging, double, and walks
Tied career high with five hits in season finale vs. UC Davis
Team leader in batting average, on-base and slugging percentage, hits, doubles, runs, home runs, RBI, total bases, walks, and stolen bases

2016

Named to Golden Spikes Award Midseason and Preseason Watch Lists
Big West Player of the Week on March 21
Finished tops in the Big West in slugging, second in batting, and third in on-base
Reached base in a nation-high 52 consecutive games that included a 19-game hitting streak
Career-best 2-HR game at LMU
Personal-best five-hit effort against at UCLA
Team leader in batting average, hits, runs, home runs, RBI, total bases, walks, and sac flies
Six outfield assists
Earned a spot with the U.S. Collegiate National Team over the summer
Played series in Taiwan, Japan, and Cuba
Hit go-ahead HR in 8th inning to defeat Cuba and clinch team's first series win in Cuba
Played briefly with the Santa Barbara Foresters
Overall, hit .289 scoring seven times and adding three HRs and six RBI

2015

Collegiate Baseball “Louisville Slugger” Freshman All-America first team
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American first team
American Baseball Coaches Association All-West Region second team
Perfect Game Summer Collegiate All-American first-team honors
Big West Freshman Player of the Year
All-Big West first-team
Two-time Big West Player of the Week
The Big West’s leader in RBI with 52 and total bases with 118
Sixth in the conference’s freshman batting records in doubles
Ranked seventh in the conference in batting average at .330 and tied for fourth with seven home runs
Team leader with 15 multiple-RBI games
Reached safely in a team-high 21 games and hit in 19 straight games
Career-high four runs batted in against California
Personal-best four-hit effort against San Jose State
Played with the Wenatchee AppleSox over the summer
Boasted the second-best average in the league at .356 and was second with 42 RBI
Logged 68 hits, including six home runs, to go along with 13 stolen bases in 49 games played
Reached safely in 41 consecutive games to set a West Coast League record
Rewrote the Wenatchee AppleSox single-season records with 21 doubles, a league-leading six triples, 33 extra-base hits and 119 total bases

Valencia High School

2014 Foothill League Player of the Year
Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year as a senior
Valencia High School’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
All-CIF Southern Section first-team
Also collected all-state first team honors
Los Angeles Times All-Area Team
Louisville Slugger All-American
Was a 2014 MaxPreps All-State first-team choice
All-Region first-team recognition
Received a spot on the 2012 Foothill League Southern Section first-team
Holds the school’s single-season record with 43 runs
Tied for the No. 2 spot in the program with a .500 batting average in a single season
Belted 14 round-trippers to finish second
Third in the program with 48 hits in 2014
Also finished third with 12 doubles as a senior
Drove in 30 runs and scored 43
Eight stolen bases and one triple
Competed with the Conejo Oaks in the Connie Mack League and helped the team advance to regionals

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