University of Nebraska - Kearney Athletics

At UNK: Was the Lopers starting second baseman and lead off hitter in 2010 ... 1st-team All-RMAC ... played in 53 of a possible 56 games with 53 starts ... finished the year at .394 with two HR's and 23 RBI's ... also scored a team-best 61 times and had 13 doubles and two triples ... six steals ... had a .933 fielding percentage with 129 assists ... had 25 mutli-hit games and two multi-RBI games ... .510 slugging percentage ... led the Lopers in runs and assists and was second in hits and batting average ... batted well over .400 for most of the spring ... had seven games with three hits ... scored five runs in a game twice ... hit homers against Mesa State and CSU-Pueblo ... in the summer of 2010, played for the Regina (Canada) Red Sox of the Western Major Baseball League ... batted .274 with 23 RBI's in 42 games

Prior to UNK: Played at Parkland College (Kankakee, Ill.) ... played on two national championship (Division II) teams ... in 2009, the Cobras didn't lose a game in the World Series held in Enid, Oklahoma ... named to the World Series all-tourney team thanks to a .570 average ... for the year, .429 with five HR's, 43 RBI's and 19 stolen bases

High School: Attended Carey Baptist Grammar in his native Melbourne ... lettered in cricket and soccer

Personal: Son of Ian & Debi ... second-ever Loper student-athlete from down under, following tennis player Katie-Mary Outhwaite (2007-10)