2005: Started each of the final 55 games for the Sycamores after missing the first three games of the season ... Recorded 28 RBI with 52 hits and 19 runs scored ... Also earned 16 base on balls ... Season-high three hits in four at-bats to lead ISU to 15-8 victory over Austin Peay (Mar. 19) ... Posted four RBI to led Sycamores to a 9-4 win at Wichita State (May 14) and also had four RBI and a triple four days earlier in win over Valparaiso (May 10) ... On-base four times against Indiana (Apr. 6) with two hits and two walks ... Tallied multiple hits in 14 games.

2004: Second Team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection in his first collegiate season ... Posted a .322 batting average, the second best on the team ... Also second on the squad with 10 doubles ... Went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in collegiate debut, the season-opener at St. Louis ... Hit his lone home run of the season on March 13 against Western Illinois, when he went 3-for-6 with two RBI in a 13-9 victory ... Recorded a career-high four hits and three runs in 17-12 win over Butler ... 15 multi-hit games, including three or more hits in six games ... Played in 55 of 57 games and made 51 starts, with 41 coming as a designated hitter and 10 at first base.

High School: Three-year varsity starter at North (Ill.) High School ... Academic all-conference selection ... Named all-conference on the field his junior season and voted team captain his senior year ... Three-time Baseball Factory Preseason All-American ... Selected to Northwest Suburban Coaches Association Tournament Team in June of 2002 ... Participated in Junior Olympics Tournament in Jupiter, Florida in June 2001 and Best of the West Tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii in June 2002.