University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

At UNK: Needs 52 put outs to break the school record (876, Travis Kerkman) ... as a junior, earned 2nd-team All-RMAC honors ... also 1st-team Academic All-RMAC for a 3.63 GPA ... was UNK's starting first baseman again ... only Loper to start all 56 games (54 at first, two at DH) ... batted .342 with nine HR's and 61 RBI's ... also scored 41 times, walked 33 times and had eight doubles, two triples and five steals ... .977 fielding percentage with 411 put outs ... mainly batted cleanup ... 16 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI efforts ... on the team, first in homers, RBI's and at-bats ... second in slugging percentage (.535) and total bases (108) ... on April 2nd at Mesa State, went 3 for 6 with three runs and nine RBI's ... hit two Grand Slams, and a run scoring double, in the 24-18 win ... had three other games with four RBI's ... in a double header vs. Augustana, a combined 3 for 7 with six RBI's ... in the NCAA Tournament, a combined 4 for 9 ... in the summer of 2010, played for the Willmar (Minn.) Stingers of the Northwoods League ... in 2009, was Lopers starting first baseman ... 3rd-team All-RMAC ... batted .325 with 11 HR's & 49 RBI's ... also 46 runs, 13 doubles & 26 walks ... in the field, 383 putouts & 13 assists ... batted in the 5th, 6th & 7th spots ... 20 multi-hit games ... 14 multi-RBI games ... long hit streak of nine games  ... batted .364 with bases loaded (one Grand Slam) ... on March 13th at Regis, 3 for 6 with six RBI's & three runs scored ... later in the year, 3 for 5 with four RBI's & three runs scored vs. the Rangers ... one other game with four RBI's ... five games with three hits ... in the summer of 2009, played for the Yorktown (Canada) Cardinals of the Western Major Baseball League ... batted .261 with seven HR's & 25 RBI's in 37 games

Prior to UNK: Played two years at Cloud County C.C. (Concordia, Kans.) ... batted .275 with 10 HR's as a sophomore

High School: Attended Beatrice High School ... four-year letterwinner in baseball and three in football ....two-time all-state in baseball ... helped Beatrice's American Legion team win 2006 Class B state title

Personal: Son of Terry & Vicki