Selected in the 32nd round of the 2015 first-year player draft…graduated from Red Bank Regional High School (N.J.), 2010…attended George Mason University, where he hit .301 in 39 games as a senior in 2015, recording career highs in at-bats (136), runs (19), hits (41), RBI (25) and walks (19)…also started 13 games on the mound, posting a 3.44 ERA with a career-best 77 strikeouts in 83.2 innings…his brother, Ryan, has been in the major leagues with the Red Sox and Cubs.