Elon University Athletics

2008: Named Southern Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player after hitting .591 with three homers, 11 RBI, 13 runs scored (tied a tournament record) and a 1-0 record in the tournament ... A Second Team All-Atlantic Region pick by the American Baseball Coaches Association ... First Team All-SoCon selection by both the league’s coaches and media ... Named SoCon Player of the Week once ... Selected to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association’s All-State squad ... Dubbed team MVP ... Led the Phoenix and ranked 27th in the nation with a .410 batting average, the first Elon player to end the year over .400 since 1988 ... His 84 hits are the third-highest season total in program history ... Topped the team and rated third in the conference and 39th in the country with 71 runs scored, tied for the most in a season in school history ... Ended the year with 12 doubles, five triples and 11 homers to slug a team-best .678, the fifth-best percentage in program history ... His .492 on-base percentage ranked 49th nationally ... Went 7-3 with a 5.13 ERA in 15 appearances on the mound ... Walked just 20 hitters while fanning 46 in 66.2 innings ... Reached base safely in 46 of the 55 games in which he had a plate appearance ... Posted a season-long 13-game hitting streak during which he had eight multi-hit outings ... Led the team with 25 multi-hit games ... Drove in two or more runs in 13 contests ... Went 5-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBI while also hurling 6.0 innings to earn the win in Elon’s 17-8 victory over College of Charleston in the SoCon title game ... The five-hit performance in the title game equaled the tournament record ... Scored five runs while also striking out a season-best seven hitters in 6.2 innings to help Elon defeat Wake Forest 19-10 ... Hurled 7.0 shutout innings, scattering five hits while striking out three to pick up a win as Elon shutout then-#4 North Carolina 2-0.