2024 All-MVC Second Team
2024 MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2024 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2023-24 MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
2023-24 MVC Honor Roll
2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-MVC
2023 D1Baseball 14^th Ranked MVC Draft Prospect
2023 Perfect Game 16^th Ranked MVC Draft Prospect
2023 Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
2023 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team
2022-23 MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
2022-23 MVC Honor Roll
2022 All-OVC Second Team
2022 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Finalist
OVC Player of the Week (May 9, 2022)
OVC Co-Player of the Week (May 22, 2022)
D1Baseabll 8^th-best prospect in OVC for the 2023 MLB Draft
2022 OVC All-Tournament Team
2021-22 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2019-20 OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2024 (Graduate Student)

• Started in all 58 games as first base
• Posted the fourth-best season batting average (.310) and hit .340 in conference play
• Led team and tied career high with 62 RBIs, tied for the fourth-most in a season in program history
• Recorded a career-high and team-high 13 doubles
• Hit a career-high 16 home runs
• Second on the team with 66 hits and a .596 slugging percentage
• Third on the team in on-base percentage (.402) and fielding percentage (.992)
• Fifth on the team with 34 runs scored
• Became Belmont’s all-time leader in career RBIs with 222. Heaton surpassed Derek Wiley on May 7 at Austin Peay with a three-run home run in the fourth inning that brought his season total to 214 at the time
• Finished career second all-time in career at-bats (908) and home runs (43), fourth in hits (269), and eighth in doubles (53)
• Tied career high with four hits on April 16 vs. North Alabama, including two doubles, a home run and four RBIs
• Career-high three doubles March 28 at Murray State, 4-for-6 with four RBIs
• Season-high two home runs in Belmont’s 9-6 win over UAB on March 8
• Served as team captain

2023 (Senior)

• Named team captain
• Made 57 starts in 59 appearances
• Finished fourth on the team in batting average (.267) and third in slugging percentage (.465)
• Posted a .465 slugging percentage and .351 on-base percentage
• Totaled a career-high 27 walks
• Ended the season with .993 fielding percentage, and ranked top-10 in the MVC in conference putouts (177) and double plays (17)
• One of six Bruins to start in at least 50 games
• 58 hits and 44 RBIs marked his third consecutive season of 50+ hits and 40+ RBIS
• Led team with 24 RBIs in conference play, and was top-15 in the MVC
• Recorded first extra-base hit of the season on Feb. 18 vs. UT Martin
• Had two hits and two RBIS in series against ranked NC State
• First multi-hit game and home run against Middle Tennessee on Feb. 28
• Went 3-for-11 with two runs in series vs. Kansas (Mar. 3-5)
• Began MVC play with hits in hits in four-of-six games against Illinois State (Mar. 24-26) and Evansville (Apr. 1-2)
• Huge series against Indiana State (Apr. 14-16) going 4-for-12 with three RBIS, and a home run on Apr. 15.
• Recorded an eight-game hit streak from Mar. 22 – May 7, recording 12 hits, 7 RBIS, and three doubles.
• Season-high four RBIs against Murray State on Apr. 28
• Had a season-high three hits in the second game of the series against Valparaiso (May 13), including a double and three RBIs, which helped Belmont defeat the Bruins 13-3 in seven innings
• Recorded a pair of hits in the game against No. 9 Tennessee, with a double (May. 16)
• Went 5-for-11 in final regular season series against Bradley (May 18-20), with two multi-hit games, a home run (May 18), and three RBIs
• Opened MVC Tournament tying a season-high of three hits, along with a pair of home runs and four RBIs
• Blasted a go-ahead grand slam in an elimination game vs. Valparaiso on May 24, to propel Belmont to its first MVC Tournament win in program history
• Ended the season on an eight-game hit streak, with 14 hits, four home runs, three doubles, and 11 RBIs

• One of two Bruins to play in all 59 games, starting all of them at first base
• Hit .325 with 13 home runs and 62 RBIs
• Led team in doubles (19), triples (4), home runs (13), RBIs (62), and slugging percentage (.597)
• Ranked inside the top 100 in NCAA Division I in total bases (145), RBIs (62), doubles (19), and triples (4)
• Finished with the fourth-most RBIs in a single season in Belmont's NCAA Division I era (62), the fourth-most at-bats in a season in the NCAA Division I era (243), and the tenth-most home runs in a single season in the NCAA Division I era (13)
• Tied for second in the OVC in doubles (19)
• Had two multi-homer games (at Murray State, April 1, and at UT Martin, May 6)
• Went 8-for-15 at the OVC Tournament with five runs, five RBIs, a double, and a triple to lead Belmont to championship game
• Stole nine bases on eleven attempts
• Finished a triple shy of the cycle at UT Martin on May 8, going 4-for-6 with a home run, a double, two singles, and a stolen base
• Committed just two errors in 547 chances on the season, good for a .996 fielding percentage
• Anchored the fourth-best defense in NCAA Division I by fielding percentage (.983)
• Hit a home run at Purdue on April 23 in a series-clinching 11-1 win, part of Belmont's first-ever road sweep of a Power Five opponent
• Named OVC Player of the Week on May 9 for the first time in his career after going 9-for-15 with three home runs and nine RBIs in the sweep of UT Martin
• Named OVC Co-Player of the Week on May 22 after going 8-for-18 with two home runs and a double across one game against No. 1 Tennessee and three games at SIUE to help clinch the OVC regular season championship ... Finished year with 11 RBIs in final six games

• Played in 46 games, starting all of them at first base
• Held a .298 batting average with 50 hits, nine doubles, three home runs, and 44 RBIs in addition to having a .417 slugging percentage
• Made his season debut on March 5 at No. 4 Ole Miss
• Hit first career triple on March 7 at No. 4 Ole Miss, capping off the day with a 3-for-5 outing at the plate
• Hammered his first home run of the season on March 12 at UT Martin
• Drove in the go-ahead run on March 26 against Austin Peay, helping Belmont to a come-from-behind win
• Recorded a season-high four RBIs on March 30 against UT Martin
• Second home run of the season came on April 10 at Jacksonville State
• Matched his season-high four RBIs on April 17 against Murray State, hitting his third home run of the season in the process
• Tied season-high three hits on May 5 at Murray State
• Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak, driving in seven combined runs in Belmont’s final two games of the year

• Only Belmont freshman to start every game of the season
• Co-led the OVC in fielding double plays with 14
• Second in the OVC in putouts with 123
• Hit .239 on the year with 16 hits and 10 RBIs
• First career multi-hit game came on Feb. 16 against Kansas
• Came up with a career-high three hits on Feb. 18 against Southern Illinois
• Posted a season-high two RBIs on Feb. 20 against Samford
• Hit his first collegiate home run on Feb. 22 against Evansville
• Matched his season-high in RBIs on March 10 against Toledo, driving in two runs
• Had five total multi-hit games

• Attended Castle High School
• Hit .392 as a senior, earning Indiana All-Star, All-State Honorable Mention, and All-Metro Player of the Year
• Helped his team win two sectional and regional championships, while earning All-Conference First Team honors
• Member of the basketball team
• Academic All-State in three sports
• Member of the National Honor Society. 

• Graduated with a degree in Data Science in May 2022
• Pursuing a Master of Sport Administration degree
• Favorite Movie: Moneyball
• Favorite Book: Moneyball
• Favorite TV show: NCIS
• Favorite food: Mexican
• Favorite vacation spot: New York City