Stats: 2021 | 2020 | 2019
2021: Started all 48 games he played in the outfield, serving primarily as the team's leadoff hitter ... Held a .260 batting average, collecting 40 hits and scoring 40 runs ... Drew 40 walks, a top five mark in the Ohio Valley Conference and also finished in the top five in on base percentage with a .458 mark ... Led the conference in hit by pitch with 17, finishing in the top 25 among NCAA Division I Baseball players ... Hit a home run in just the second game of the season on Feb. 26 against Northern Kentucky, following that up with his first multi-hit game of the season in the second game of the doubleheader ... Had back-to-back multi-hit games on March 11-12 at UT Martin ... Collected a career-high three hits on March 30 against UT Martin ... Finished the season with five more multi-hit outings, including a two-hit performance on March 9 at Wake Forest ... Drew a career-high three walks on May 15 at Eastern Kentucky.
2020: Made 12 game appearances with nine starts, starting the final seven games of the season ... Finished the year with a .333 batting average and a .485 slugging percentage, collecting 11 hits ... Came up with a double on Feb. 22 against Evansville ... First career home run came on March 1 against UNC Asheville, allowing Belmont to take the walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth inning ... Went 3-for-4 at the plate that same day, giving him a career-high in hits ... Tallied a career-high three putouts on defense on March 3 at Western Kentucky ... Recorded his second career multi-hit game on March 7 at Morehead State ... Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019: Appeared in 13 games and had seven at-bats, recording an on-base percentage of .500 ... Collected first career hit on March 2 against Bowling Green ... Registered a career-high two walks and a season-high two putouts on defense on March 12 against Lipscomb ... Made first career start on March 26 at Southern Illinois ... Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Prior to Belmont: Played for head coach Bill Moore at Brentwood High School ... 2017 team leader in batting average and runs scored ... 2017 All-State honoree and TBCA Player of the Year ... 2018 All-District honoree.
Personal: Studying Business Administration at Belmont ... Son of Casey and Lisa Shacklett ... Has two siblings ... Born in Brentwood, Tenn. ... Also played varsity football ... Earned 2018 All-State honors in football ... Lists Brett Favre and Mookie Betts as his favorite athletes.
