Stats: 2021| 2020 | 2019
2021: Earned First Team All-OVC Honors ... Named to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Top Players to Watch in the OVC preseason list ... One of two players on the team to hit over .300, accumulating a .332 batting average ... Led the Bruins in runs (49), hits (64), doubles (15) and home runs (8) ... Finished the 2021 regular season in the top 10 in seven statistical categories in the OVC ... Started all 52 games for Belmont, all in the outfield ... Recorded first three-hit outing of the season on Feb. 26 against Northern Kentucky, driving in two runs ... Had five combined hits, two home runs and seven RBIs in the opening OVC series March 11-12 at UT Martin ... First four-hit outing came on March 19 against SIUE, also scoring three runs with three RBIs and two doubles ... Held a 13-game hitting streak from March 19-April 6, marking the second time in the last three seasons where a Belmont player held a 10+ game hit streak ... Second four-hit outing of the season came on March 27 at Austin Peay, scoring a career-high four runs while hitting his third home run of the season ... Drove in four runs on March 31 against Trevecca ... Combined for six hits in the April 3 doubleheader against Eastern Illinois, hitting a home run in the process ... Snagged his first weekly award of the season on April 6, being named Tennessee Sports Writers Association Player of the Week ... Hit a home run and drove in four runs on April 17 against Murray State ... Instrumental part in Belmont’s series win on April 25 at Tennessee Tech, going 3-for-4 at the plate while hitting two home runs and driving in a career-high six runs to help the Bruins secure the first of two wins of the doubleheader ... Tabbed to OVC Player of the Week honors on April 26 ... Finished the season collecting a hit in four of Belmont’s final five games.
2020: Started every game in the outfield ... Co-led the OVC in stolen bases with nine ... Scored 17 runs, good for tying the fourth-most in the OVC ... Came up with six doubles, good for sixth-most in the OVC, while hitting .306 with a slugging percentage of .431 ... Snagged his first three-hit game of the season in the Feb. 14 season opener against Kansas ... Recorded his first multi-RBI game on Feb. 20 against Samford ... Collected a career-high two doubles on Feb. 23 against Bradley ... Had back-to-back games with three RBIs on Feb. 28-29 against UNC Asheville, coming up with a career-high two stolen bases on Feb. 28 ... Hit his second career home run on March 1 against UNC Asheville ... Capped off the season with his third three-hit outing on March 10 against Toledo.
2019: Started 38 games as a designated hitter or in the outfield ... Collected 39 hits with 18 RBIs with a .277 batting average in his first season with Belmont ... Made his debut on Feb. 15 against Illinois State, scoring two runs ... Collected his first multi-hit game on March 12 against Lipscomb ... Hit first collegiate home run on April 9 at Western Kentucky, coming up with his first multi-RBI game in the process ... Stole a career-high two bases on April 19 against Murray State ... Came up with his career-high in hits with three on May 18 at Eastern Kentucky.
2018: Did not play.
Prior to Belmont: Played for Tim Costo at McCallie High School.
Personal: Studying Exercise Science at Belmont ... Son of Chris and Ellen Behrends ... Has one sister, Anna ... Born in Cordon, Ga. ... Lists playing in the state tournament as his greatest sports thrill ... His dad, Chris, played collegiate and professional basketball ... Favorite movie is "Guardians of the Galaxy".
