Career Stats

2009 | Junior

Played in 42 games and started 35 - 26 at catcher and nine at DH... Batted .316 with 24 RBIs, a career-high four home runs, and 16 runs scored... Hit safely in the final eight games of the year and in 12 of the final 13... Batted .457 with seven RBIs and six runs scored over the final eight games... Hit .382 and drove in 16 runs in his last 18 games... Had 14 multi-hit games, six multi-RBI games and one multi-run game... Hit solo home runs in each of the last two games of the season against Buffalo (5/13) and Butler in the Horizon League Tournament (5/19)... Also hit a solo homer at Towson (3/7) and a three-run shot against Kent State... His three RBIs against the Golden Flashes were a season high... Hit three doubles in three games from April 5-14... doubled twice at Kent State (4/14) as part of a 3-for-4 day... Scored twice and knocked in two against Buffalo... Went 3-for-5 against Butler in the league tournament.

2008 | Sophomore

Batted .323 with 13 doubles, a home run and 32 RBIs... was hit by a pitch a team-high 13 times... batted .361 with eight doubles against Horizon League opponents... his 35 hits in league games ranked sixth in the circuit... played in all but one game (55) and started 49 - 22 at catcher, five at first base and 22 at designated hitter... hit .315 against lefties, .327 against right-handers, .333 with runners in scoring position and .429 at home... had 16 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games... had a nine-game hitting streak from April 25 to May 10... also hit safely in six straight from April 1 to April 5... batted .500 over the stretch... had a career-high four hits in five at bats against Milwaukee (April 20)... had three hits four different times, including back-to-back games against Kent State and Milwaukee (May 13 and 15)... hit his first career home run at West Virginia (May 12)... scored two runs in four games... registered three RBIs against UIC (April 12) and at Milwaukee (May 16)... doubled twice against UIC (April 12) and Kent State (May 13)... had doubles in three-straight games on April 19 and 20.

Okaloosa Walton College

Hit .275 with 11 RBIs and 10 runs scored in 31 games for the Raiders.

High School

Was a three-year letterwinner and team captain two years for the Spartans ... was a First-Team All-Federal League selection as a senior and honorable mention pick as a junior ... earned the Courageous Athlete Award ... also played football ... played summer baseball for the Youngstown Metros along with current teammates Tom Clayton, Corey Vukovic and C.J. Morris ... was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal

Awarded the Judith Ann Ritz Memorial Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year ... son of Doug and Karen Porter ... has one sister (Adrienne) ... is the grandson of YSU Hall of Fame member and former women's basketball coach Ed DiGregorio ... major is business management ... born June 18, 1987...2009-10 recipient of Judith Ann Ritz memorial Scholarship.