PRIOR TO MSU
Batted .526 with six home runs, 15 doubles and stole 30 bases during his senior season ... Compiled
a .541 batting average as a junior at Christian Heritage Academy in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... Selected
as Louisville Slugger TPX “Collegiate Baseball Newspaper” Preseason First Team All-American and
Louisville Slugger TPX “Collegiate Baseball Newspaper” Postseason Second Team All-American honors
... Received Rawlings All-American Honorable Mention West Division Team ...Selected to the 2010
USA Pro-Day Baseball All-American First Team and for the Ferguson Jenkins Oklahoma Outstanding
Baseball Player award ... Earned DIAMOND BASEBALL All-American First Team honors ...
Participated in the International Home Run Derby at Tropicana Field ... Received Oklahoma Coaches
All-State Honors and was named to the Oklahoman Newspaper All-State teams his senior, junior
and sophomore seasons … Batted .454 with 50 RBI during his sophomore season ... Played three
seasons with Summer National Team OK Ambassadors and led the team in hits, RBI and home runs
... Had a .501 batting average with 21 home runs and started every game during his varsity career …
Grandfather, Don Demeter, was a World Series champion with the LA Dodgers in 1959.