2018 JOHNNY BENCH AWARD WATCH LIST
2015 PRESEASON ALL-MAAC TEAM
2014 ALL-MAAC SECOND TEAM
CAREER HIGHS
Hits: 4 (Twice) last: at Fairfield (5/7/16)
RBI: 6, vs. Bowling Green (3/3/18)
Runs: 3, (Twice) last: at St. Bonaventure (5/6/18)
Walks: 5, vs. Milwaukee (2/18/18)
Steals: 1 (Twice) last: at Campbell (3/5/16)
Hitting Streak: 12 games (3/18/18 to 4/14/18)
2018 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
• Signed a professional contract with the Utica Unicorns of the USPBL.
• Appeared in 54 games during his final season, starting 53 times.
• Averaged .285 with 49 hits, scoring 44 times for the Griffs.
• Barreled up nine doubles, a triple, and seven homers to post 35 RBI and a .471 slugging percentage.
• Led the MAAC in both walks (50) and hit-by-pitches (15) to finish second-best in on-base percentage (.473).
• Ranked 26th nationally in walks and 29th in on-base percentage.
• Tied for team lead with four sacrifice flies.
• Hit safely in 12 straight games from March 18 to April 14.
• Tallied five hits and seven walks during the MAAC Championship, including three-walk contests against Niagara and Quinnipiac.
• Became the tenth Canisius player to reach 200 games played with his collegiate finale versus Gonzaga in the NCAA Regional.
• Had 12 multi-hit games, including three-hit performances at Western Carolina on February 23 and at West Virginia on March 16.
• Registered six RBI off of a pair of homers in the first half of a March 3 doubleheader versus Bowling Green.
• Drew a program-record five walks in a single game during the February 18 contest versus Milwaukee.
• Comes in second in school history with 50 hit-by-pitches.
• Finished career ranked second-best in school history with 124 walks.
2017 • SENIOR SEASON
• Played in 54 games for Canisius, starting 53 of those.
• Posted 47 hits, 28 runs, and 41 RBI, maintaining a .299 batting average.
• Hit eight doubles, one triple, and three home runs, leading to a .420 slugging percentage.
• Collected 34 base-on-balls and 20 hit-by-pitches, helping to post a .468 on-base percentage.
• Posted a season-high three hits, including a home run, at Gardner-Webb in the first game of a doubleheader on February 18.
• Had a career–tying six-game hit streak that spanned April 1 to April 11, in which he tallied eight hits and two extra-base hits.
• Posted a career-high four RBI against Buffalo in the second game of a twin-bill with the Bulls on April 11.
• Hit home runs in both games of a doubleheader at Quinnipiac on April 29.
• Was hit-by-pitch three times at Kennesaw State on March 25.
• Led the MAAC in on-base percentage, walks, and hit-by-pitches.
• Tied for the team lead in RBI (41), walks (34), hit by pitch (20), on-base percentage (.468).
2016 • JUNIOR SEASON
• Played in 49 games for the Blue and Gold and made 34 starts.
• Recorded 31 hits and 15 RBI in his junior season, to go along with six doubles, and 20 walks.
• Finished the season with a .258 batting average, a .384 on-base percentage and a .308 slugging percentage.
Matched a career-best four hits against Fairfield on May 7 as he rapped four hits and recorded one RBI against the Stags.
• Posted a season-high two RBI twice during the 2016 campaign, doing it against Rider (April 17) and Cornell (April 26).
• Posted a six-game hitting streak, spanning from May 7 to May 19.
2015 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
• Did not play in 2015.
2014 • FRESHMAN SEASON
• Ranked 44th nationally (second among freshmen) in on-base percentage (.464).
• Ranked fourth in the MAAC in on-base percentage (.464) and seventh in batting average (.336).
• Appeared in 43 games (36 starts) and took over the job as the team's top catcher.
• First Canisius freshman to make an All-MAAC team since Brian Burton in 2008.
• Ranked first among MAAC rookies in batting average.
• His .336 batting average was the highest for a Canisius freshman since Ian Choy hit .358 in 2007.
• Also had 23 RBI and drew 20 walks.
• Posted four hits and three RBI in the series finale against Niagara on May 13.
• Had game-winning sac-fly in a 7-6 walk-off win over Youngstown State on April 23.
BEFORE CANISIUS
• Played four years at Lake Shore.
• Hit .542 as a senior when earning Second-Team All-State honors.
• Also earned Third-Team All-State honors in 2012.
• Three-time All-WNY selection and also a three-time All-ECIC selection.
• Also played four years of hockey.
PERSONAL
• Son of David and Evangeline.
• Has an older brother, Gregory.
• Majoring in sport management.
• Born April 3, 1995.
