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PRIOR TO ASU
Sophomore (2025, California)
- Second on the team in stolen bases (10) and at bats (215), fourth in hits (58) and hit by pitches (5), fifth in doubles (10) and sixth in runs scored (33). RBI (31) and walks (15), while his .270 batting average was sixth among regulars
- Posted a torrid late-season six-game hit streak May 11-21 (.556, 10-18, 6 R, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 3 SB, SAC) with multiple hits in each of the last four contests and three hits in each of the last two before going 0-for-3 with an RBI in the season finale against Georgia Tech on May 22 in an ACC Championship quarterfinal, raising his average 23 points from .247 with seven games to go to its final .270
- Had key single to restart a ninth-inning rally and then scored on Max Handron’s game-winning walkoff homer in 8-6 comeback win over Boston College on May 15
- Had a .944 fielding percentage (an improvement from .930 as 2024 freshman) with 11 errors in 195 defensive chances
- Posted a career-long 11-game errorless streak from March 8-24
- Had a career-long nine-game hit streak from March 15-29 (16-44, .364, 7 R, 3 2B, 9 RBI, 2 B, 1 HBP)
- Stole third base before coming all the way around to score on a wild pitch on the same play in the fifth inning of a May 10 win against Florida State
- Scored game-winning run in 10th inning March 23 at Stanford and had three-run double in top of the ninth March 24 at San Francisco
- Homered on the first pitch of the season he saw Feb. 14 against Nevada
- Ranked as the nation's No. 19 shortstop heading into the season by DIBaseball
Freshman (2024, California) - Named a second-team Perfect Game Freshman All-American and was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection as a 2024 rookie
- One of just five freshman on the 32 person All-Pac-12 squad along with teammate Jarren Advincula
- One of four players to play in and start all 55 of the team's games with all of his starts at shortstop
- Hit .299 (66-for 221) with 43 runs scored, 15 doubles, one triple, six homers, 42 RBI and seven stolen bases, with his 15 doubles tying for second on the team
- His 66 hits were the 10th most ever by a Cal freshman
- Posted a .389 on base percentage, adding 29 walks and five hit by pitch
- Registered a 457 slugging percentage
- Second on team with 22 multiple-hit games including six with three hits
- Had a team-high 14 multiple-RBI contests including four with three runs driven in
- Started the year hitting ninth but moved his way to the top of the order
- Cal was 23-15 when he hit 1-3 in the lineup
- Hit .313 (15-for-48) against lefties, .295 (51-for-173) against righties
- Hit .394 with runners in scoring position
- Registered a .930 fielding percentage with 17 errors in 243 chances including 75 putouts and 151 assists
- Took part in 26 double plays to rank second on the team
- Had at least one defensive chance in all 55 of his games, at least one assist in each of his first 36 and 52 of 55 overall, and at least one putout in each of his final 11
- Raised batting average to.632 through seven games and kept it at .400 or higher through the first 20 games of the campaign
High School / Club
- A two-time letterwinner for the Warriors and coach John Diatte
- Earned West Catholic Athletic League MVP, first-team All-WCAL, San Francisco Chronicle and San Jose Mercury News, second-team Cal-Hi All-State, as well as his school's Ultimate Warrior selections as a 2023 senior when he led his squad to Central Coast Section and WCAL titles with a perfect 16-0 record in WCAL play to become the first baseball squad to ever go undefeated in league play
- As a senior, Hit .365 (35-for-96) with 45 runs scored, 12 doubles, 46 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 55 games played as a senior
- Career .303 hitter (46-for-152) with 15 doubles, one triple and four home runs