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2008: Earned honorable mention All-Ivy recognition as a utility player and shared team MVP honors...Appeared in 39 games, making 37 starts...Hit .315 with a career-high seven home runs and 27 RBIs, which ranked third on the team...Posted a .311 batting average with five homers and 13 RBIs in Ivy League play...Began the year as the team's starting second baseman, but moved behind the plate for the final 13 contests after Yale's top two catchers went down with season-ending injuries in the same weekend...Hit .364 and slugged .691 after moving to catcher...Got a hit in first nine games, and 11 of 13 overall, at catcher...Went 3-for-5 with two home runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Princeton on April 5...Drove in the tying run, then scored the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth in Yale's 6-5 comeback win over Cornell the following day...Smacked a two-run walk-off homer give the Bulldogs a 7-6 win over Harvard on April 13 after Yale trailed 6-2 in the eighth inning...Went 3-for-6 with two home runs, including the game-winner, in the Bulldogs' 8-7, 11-inning victory at Dartmouth (April 20)...Finished a triple short of the cycle, going 4-for-6 with two doubles, a home run, three RBIs and three runs scored at Hartford on April 23.
2007: Limited to 18 games because of a shoulder injury...Made 14 starts at designated hitter...Hit .207 (12-for-58) on the season...Knocked doubles at Davidson (March 13) and vs. Ohio State (March 19)...Had four two-hit games, including a 2-for-5 day at Navy on March 25 where he also drove in two runs.
2006: One of two Bulldogs to play in all 45 games, starting 44...Tied for second on the team with a .301 batting average...Led the team and placed third in the Ivy League with 173 at-bats...Scored a team-high 32 runs while belting out 52 hits, which ranked second on the squad...Belted a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to cap a Bulldog comeback from a 6-1 deficit and defeat Holy Cross 7-6.
2005: Started eight games and played in 13...Had his best game of the season on April 12 against NYIT, where he went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run scored.
Before Yale: Captained baseball team and earned three letters...Earned team's Scholar-Athlete and Coach's Awards.
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2005.... .100 13-8 30 4 3 0 1 0 4 5 .167 3 0 5 0 .182 0 1 0-0 73 5 2 .975 2006.... .301 45-44 173 32 52 9 0 1 21 64 .370 13 7 28 3 .369 2 2 5-8 81 129 10 .955 2007.... .207 18-14 58 5 12 2 0 0 3 14 .241 6 1 13 0 .292 0 2 3-4 0 0 0 .000 2008.... .315 39-37 143 33 45 8 0 7 27 74 .517 17 3 25 2 .399 0 1 10-13 131 65 6 .970 TOTAL... .277 115-103 404 74 112 19 1 8 55 157 .389 39 11 71 5 .357 2 6 18-25 285 199 18 .964






