Year-by-Year Statistics: Career | 2016 | 2015
Johnny Bench Award Finalist (2016)
Atlantic Sun First Team All-Conference (2016)
Atlantic Sun Preseason All-Conference Team (2015)
Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week (April 20, 2015)
2016: One of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award, annually given to the nation's top catcher by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission... A unanimous First Team All-Conference selection... Also garnered Preseason All-ASUN honors... Won the ASUN batting title and ranked 30th in the country with a .382 average (81-for-212)... His batting average was tied for the sixth-highest in a single season in program history... Started all but one of the Ospreys' 58 games, all at catcher including the first 46 of the season... Only struck out 14 times and was the 28th hardest to strikeout in the country... His .466 on-base percentage was the second highest in the league and the 55th highest in the country... Drew 36 walks the second most in the ASUN... Led the team with 16 doubles... Had 22 multi-hit games, including three, four-hit performances... Hit safely in his first seven games, a 10-game hit streak dating back to 2015...Reached base safely in a career-best, 17-straight from April 29 to May 27... Hit a
walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to defeat Dartmouth 8-6 on March 23... Went 4-for-4 with a home run and two RBis against UNCW on March 13... Drove in a season-high three runs against Kennesaw State on April 3... Batted a league-best .443 (35-for-79) in conference play... Committed only one error and was error-free in hs first 56 games of the season... Threw out 17 runners attempting to steal, the second most in the conference.
2015: Started 40 of the 43 games in which he appeared... Made 37 starts at catcher, three as the DH... Batted .325 with three home runs and 32 RBIs... Scored 26 runs and racked up 50 hits in 154 at bats... Named the
Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week on April 20... Set the school record for RBIs in a game with nine against Jacksonville on April 19... Finished the game, 4-for-4 with two home runs and three runs scored... Went 4-for-5 with an RBI against former school, Fairfield on March 8... Put together a seven-game hit streak from Feb. 18 - Feb. 28... Had a hit in eight of his first 11 games as an Osprey... Had the highest fielding percentage (.996) amongst catchers in the Atlantic Sun... Threw out nine runners trying to steal, seventh most in the A-Sun.
Prior to North Florida: 2014 Male Athlete of the Year at Seminole State... A 2014 NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American and a First Team All-Region selection as a sophomore... Led the team in RBIs (41), batting average (.402) and on-base percentage (.438)... He was No. 2 on the team in hits (53), home runs (4) and slugging percentage (.553)
... Played his freshman season at Fairfield University (Conn.) where he appeared in 32 games for the Stags.
High School: Won the Group 2 State Championship at Governor Livingston as a junior... Hit a school-record, .564 as a senior captain to help the Highlanders to a 21-9 overall record... Also holds school mark for career hits (117)... A Second Team All-State honoree in 2011 and 2012... A First Team All-Region and First Team All-Area selection as a junior and senior.
Personal: Son of John and Nancy Skinner... Has one brother, Jacob (22)... A Criminal Justice major
