Millersville

Career Highlights

• All-PSAC East First Team (2019, 2021)
• ABCA/D2CCA/NCBWA All-Atlantic Region First Team (2019)
• Millersville's career home runs leader (29)
• Led the PSAC in runs scored (2019)
• Millersville single-season record for runs scored (66, 2019)

2021 (Fifth-Year Senior)

• Capped an incredibly productive career as Millersville's all-time leader in home runs with 29
• Ranked in third in career runs, fifth in hits, third in triples, seventh in walks, ninth in RBIs, fifth in steals and fifth in total bases
• Led the team with 10 home runs, becoming only player in program history with two seasons of 10 or more home runs
• Tied for the team lead with 17 stolen bases
• Ranked fifth in the PSAC in runs and hits, sixth in steals and eighth in home runs
• Posted second-highest batting average of his career (.335) and finished hitting .324 over 215 games played
• Played outstanding center field defense, recording 79 putouts and an assist with just one error
• Slashed .354/.438/.606 with eight homers and 26 RBIs (second on the team) against PSAC East opponents
• Started the season with 10 hits and seven runs in the first five games
• Drove in a season-high five runs with three hits against West Chester on April 17
• Drove in eight runs and recorded seven hits with three homers in the April 23-24 Bloomsburg series
• Hit home runs (including the career record breaker) in back-to-back games at Kutztown on May 8, totaling six RBIs in the doubleheader
• Totaled five hits and five runs scored in the team's four PSAC Tournament games

2020 (Senior)

• Played and started in all 18 games in center field
• Scored 17 runs (seventh-highest total in the PSAC and third-most on the team)
• Hit .291 with 16 hits and 11 RBIs (both totals were fifth-most on the Marauders)
• Stole six bases in eight attempts
• Walked fifteen times (fifth-highest amount in the PSAC)
• Hit two home runs (one on Feb. 2 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas vs. Arkansas-Monticello and the other on March 7 vs. Le Moyne)
• Had a season-high four RBIs in that March 7 game vs. Le Moyne
• Ended the season on the five-game hitting streak
• Season ended early due to coronavirus pandemic

2019 (Junior)

• Ultra-productive offensive performer, ranking sixth in the PSAC in hitting (.368) and fifth in slugging (.653)
• Led the PSAC with 75 hits
• Ranked 10th in RBIs (44), 10th in doubles (14), fourth in home runs (12) and fourth in steals (27)
• Joined division player of the year Jared Melone as the only players in the PSAC to rank in the top 10 in doubles and home runs
• One of only two players in the league to rank in the top 10 in homers and stolen bases
• Posted 10th-best slugging percentage in Millersville history
• 75 hits tied for 10th most
• Four triples tied for fifth
• Tied for fourth in single-season home runs and total bases (133)
• Posted seventh-best single-season steals total
• Hit .390 with a .700 slugging percentage and .456 OBP against the PSAC East
• Led the team with 24 multi-hit games
• One of only three players with a four-hit game
• Led the team with 14 multi-RBI games
• Drove in three runs four times
• Named PSAC East Athlete of the Week on April 8
• Opened the season by reaching base in the first 32 games
• Logged a 15-game hitting streak
• Hit .440 (33-for-75) as the leadoff hitter in an inning
• Hit .362 with runners in scoring position
• Ranked second on the team with 21 two-out RBIs
• Hit two home runs and drove in three vs. Goldey-Beacom on March 8
• Went 7-for-15 in the four-game series
• Hit five home runs in an eight-game stretch between March 16-March 24
• Swiped four bases and had four hits against Le Moyne on March 15
• Totaled nine multi-hit games in a 15-game hitting streak from March 17-April 12
• Scored at least one run in all but 17 games
• Team went 7-10 when he did not score
• Hit a solo home run in game one of the NCAA Super Regional against Bloomsburg

2018 (Sophomore)

• One of three players to start all 57 and started every game in center field
• Team went 27-11 with him as the leadoff hitter
• Had just one error in 89 chances
• Hit .294 and ranked third in the PSAC in stolen bases with 21
• Led the PSAC in at-bats
• Second on the team and sixth in the league in hits (62)
• Third on the team with four home runs
• Tied Millersville's single-season record for triples with five
• Ranked second on the team in slugging percentage (.445)
• Reached 34 times in 85 chances (.400) as the leadoff hitter in an inning
• Started the season on a tear, reaching base in each of the first 18 games
• Had at least one hit in 17 of the first 18 games
• Turned in nine multi-hit games in that stretch
• Scored 23 runs in the first 17 games
• Boasted a .408 average through the first 18 games
• Stole a season-high two bases three times
• Had a career-high four hits an a career-high four runs scored against Lock Haven on April 27
• Came up a homer shy of the cycle in the PSAC Tournament win over Gannon
• Triple was a walk-off in the 10th inning
• Recorded at least one hit in every game of PSAC Tournament
• Hit a three-run home run in the win over Bloomsburg
• Scored six runs in the NCAA regional including two in three consecutive games

2017 (Freshman)

• Part of the left field platoon and a go-to pinch runner
• Totaled 41 games played and 16 starts
• Hit .273 with a .403 OBP in 55 at bats
• Went 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts
• Drove in 14 runs
• Hit a home run and stole a base against Mansfield on April 3
• Opened the season with a hit, walk and two RBIs in game one
• Had two hits four times
• Hit .476 with runners in scoring position
• With a runner on third and less than two outs, he plated a run six times in seven chances

High School

• Named All-Mid-Penn Colonial Division First Team
• Named All-Public Opinion First Team
• Hit .423 with three homers and 14 doubles
• Named Public Opinion Athlete of the Week once
• Hit walk-off home run to help American Legion team to Franklin County title
• Also lettered in football

About the Marauder

• Why Millersville: To get an education and play baseball.
• Favorite class or professor at Millersville: Shop classes
• Off-the-field hobbies: Hunting and fishing
• Interesting summer job or internship: Landscaping
• Hidden talent: Fishing
• Favorite pro athlete: Mookie Betts, Mike Trout
• Favorite show to binge watch: Ozarks
• Pregame ritual: It's a secret

Personal

• Son of Merle and Donna Friese
• Majoring in construction management