2021: NCBWA Second-Team All-America ... Third-Team All-America by Baseball America, ABCA/Rawlings and D1Baseball ... First-Team All-Conference USA ... Conference USA All-Academic Team ... Finished third in the country and tied the ODU record (Ron Walker) with 56 walks ... Finished 11th nationally with 68 runs scored and led Conference USA and tied for 16th nationally with 18 home runs ... The 18 homers is the second most in a single-season in ODU history ...Played in all but one game, starting all 59 games he played ... Led the team in homers (18), runs scored (68), walks (56), slugging percentage (.681) and on base percentage (.464) ... Hit .319 with 15 doubles, three triples, 18 homers and 61 RBIs ... Hit five leadoff home runs on the year and ODU was 5-0 in those games ... 14 of his homers came against C-USA opponents ... Had 19 multi-hit games ... Registered a trio of three-hit games ... Hit his first homer of the season against URI (2/27) and went 2-for-4 with a double ... Drove in a season-high four, twice, first against FIU, when he was 1-for-2 with a homer, and also against Charlotte, when he was also 1-for-2 with a homer ... Went 2-for-4 against Rice (4/17) with a pair of homers and three RBIs ... Notched his second two homer game of the season against Charlotte when he was 3-for-3 with a double and two homers and three RBIs ... Recorded three-straight two-hit games in the series against WKU, while hitting a double (4) in each game of the series ... Named to the Conference USA All-Tournament Team ... Hit the game-winning two-run homer in the 10th inning to lift ODU over Louisiana Tech in the Conference USA Championship Game ... Went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored in ODU's NCAA Regional opening win over Jacksonville ... Was 0-for-2 with a pair of walks in his final career game against Virginia.
2020: Hit .367 with five doubles, two triples, three home runs and 16 RBIs... Second-best batting average on the squad...Had a season-high four hits against VMI on March 3... Put together a season-high three RBIs against Norfolk State on March 10... Compiled four multi-hit games... Hit a walk-off single to defeat Rutgers, 8-7 on March 7... Led the team in hits with 22... Named C-USA Hitter of the Week on March 9.
2019: Finished the season third on the team with a .308 batting average ... Played in 37 games, starting 35, most of them in center field ... Had 11 multi-hit games ... Finished the season with three multiple hit games ... Went 3-for-5 with two runs and an RBI against High Point ... Was 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs against Norfolk State ... Notched a 3-for-5 day with two RBIs against VMI.
2018: Hit .272 with eight doubles, two triples, two home runs and 19 RBIs in 48 games, all starts, despite being hampered by a shoulder injury for a majority of the season ... Recorded two walkoff hits, including a walkoff inside-the-park home run against Middle Tennessee ... Also had a walk-off RBI single against Rutgers ... Recorded 16 multi-hit games, which was the third-most on the club ... Had a season-long hitting streak of seven games, along with a 14-game reached base streak ... Stole seven bases, which tied for second on the team, in 10 attempts.
2017: A Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball News ... Also named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team ... Played in all but one game, making 45 starts as an outfielder ... Played all three outfield positions ... Hit .341, which ranked second on the team, with two home runs and 36 RBIs ... Hit his first career home run at UTSA and also had a season-high four RBIs in the game ... Also homered against Marshall ... Hit a walkoff two-out single against LA Tech ... Had an OBP of .419 which ranked second on the team ... Also stole six bases on eight chances ... Recorded 16 multi-hit games, including two four-hit games, and had nine games with two or more RBIs ... Moved to the leadoff position midway through the season, starting with the Southern Miss series ... Hit .571 with seven runs scored in the USM series ... SUMMER BALL: Helped lead the Charlottesville Tom Sox to a Valley League title ... Hit .244 with 20 RBIs, 23 runs scored and six stolen bases.
PREP: An all-conference, all-region and all-state VHSL during both his junior and senior seasons ... Helped lead his team to the 2015 state championship ... Played club ball for the Marucci Stars ... Held a 4.3 GPA and was an Honor Roll member all four years.
PERSONAL: Son of David and Diane Battle ... His father, David, played college football at Doane College in Nebraska ... Favorite food is the Cookout tray ... Favorite athlete is Andrew McCutchen ... Favorite professional sports team is the Green Bay Packers ... Favorite musical artists are Future and Travi$ Scott ... Favorite movie is Straight Outta Compton ... Played ice hockey as a kid... Majoring in sport management.