Stats: 2021 | 2020 | 2019
2021: Named to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Top Players to Watch in the OVC preseason list ... Played in 34 games, starting 33 as a designated hitter, infielder and outfielder ... Came up with 26 hits, scoring 14 runs and drove in 12 runs while hitting three home runs ... Hit his first home run of the season on March 6 at No. 4 Ole Miss, following that up with his first multi-hit game of the season later in the series on March 7 ... Collected his second home run of the season on April 10 at Jacksonville State ... Went 3-for-5 at the plate on April 17 against Murray State, coming up with a season-high for hits ... Added a multi-hit game on April 24 at Tennessee Tech ... Third home run of the season came on May 9 at Wake Forest, hitting the fourth home run of his career in games against opponents from Power 5 conferences to lead Belmont Baseball players in the last decade in that category.
2020: Started all 17 games on the season, hitting .238 with 15 hits, 15 RBIs and three home runs ... First player since Drew Ferguson and Matt Beaty in 2015 to hit two home runs in the first three games of a Belmont season ... Came up with a season-high eight putouts at first base in the season opener on Feb. 14 against Kansas ... Posted a season-high three RBIs on Feb. 16 against Kansas ... Collected a career-high three hits on Feb. 20 against Samford ... Recorded his second multi-hit game of the season on Feb. 23 against Bradley while adding two RBIs ... Hit his third home run of the season on March 7 at Morehead State ... Was the walk-off hero on March 10 against Toledo, driving in the go-ahead run with a bottom of the ninth inning single up the middle ... Named to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2019: Played in 42 games and made 36 starts, mostly in the designated hitter spot ... Finished the year with a .241 batting average, three home runs and 17 RBIs ... Recorded seven multi-hit games, including a three-hit outing on three different occasions ... Started his collegiate career with a three-game hitting streak on Feb. 15-17 ... First collegiate home run came on March 15 at UT Martin ... Hit another home run on March 30 at Austin Peay ... Went 3-for-5 at the plate on April 19 against Murray State, hitting a home run and scoring a career-high three runs and collected four RBIs.
Prior to Belmont: Played for head coach Cory Hamrick at James Clemens High School.
Personal: Studying Nursing at Belmont ... Son of Andrew and Cynthia Crider ...Born in Carrolton, Ga. ... Enjoys fishing and swimming ... Favorite athlete is Mike Trout ... Has three siblings, Charlie, Joey and Jack.
