2015: Second Team All-Conference honors... ABCA/Rawlings East All-Region Second Team... 2015 VaSID All-State Second Team... Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 30th round of the 2015 MLB Draft... Third in the Atlantic 10 with 50 runs scored and second 76 hits... .355 batting average was good for fourth in the A-10... Also led the team and tied for first in the Atlantic 10 with 29 stolen bases... 15 doubles, two triples and four homeruns, second most on the club... 29 RBI with 21 walks... Slugged .500 and had an on base percentage of .441 that both led the team... 25 multi-hit games... Hitting streak of 26 games from 3/28 to 5/10, one game shy tying the longest hitting streak in program history... Was hit by a team-high 12 pitches.
2014: Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team and Atlantic 10 Tournament Most Outstanding Player... Batted .666 (10-15), scoring two runs and drawing four walks while adding three RBI and two stolen bases in the four tournament games... 4-5 with a run scored and two stolen bases in the A-10 Championship game against VCU... Started all 56 games in his first season at Mason, one of four Patriots to do so... 269 plate appearances is the fifth most in a single season at George Mason... Ended the season with a team-high 70 hits, second on the team with a .302 batting average and 34 RBI along with 37 runs scored (T-2nd)... 21-25 on stolen base attempts, leading the team and T-3rd in the Atlantic 10 ... Added 12 doubles, three triples and two homeruns... Third on the team in slugging percentage (.405) and fourth in on-base percentage (.363)... A team and conference-high eight sacrifice flies... Team-high 19 multiple hit games along with eight multi-RBI games to go with a team-long 14 game hitting streak during the season... Inside the park homerun at Longwood on February 26... A double shy of the cycle against Towson (4/22)... Five games with three RBI led the team... Season-high four stolen bases at Rhode Island on April 20... Tied a program record with seven at-bats against Morehead St. on February 16... .988 fielding percentage.
At Coastal Carolina: Batted .228 with six doubles, one triple and 13 runs batted in in two seasons with the Chanticleers … Appeared in 72 games, 29 as a starter … Also swiped four stolen bases … Saw his batting average jump more than 120 points from freshman to sophomore year.
High School: Tabbed first team Virginia All-Group AAA and VirginiaPreps.com honorable mention All-AAA baseball teams ... Earned first team All-Met honors by the Washington Post ... Named first team All-Concorde District, helping the Cougars to their first district title since 2006 ... Stole 24 bases and batted .438 with 30 RBI ... Was 3-0 with five saves as a pitcher ... As a junior, earned all-region honors ... Batted .420 with a region-best 29 stolen bases ... Was All-Concorde District as a sophomore, batting .350 with 15 stolen bases ... Also played football, earning All-Concorde District as a wide receiver as a senior and at running back as a junior, and was an all-state performer in track ... Named the 2010-11 Oakton High School Male Athlete of the Year as he was the baseball co-MVP and the football Offensive MVP.
Personal: Son of Evy Willis … Has one sister, Lindsey … Communications major.
BATTING STATISTICS AT MASON
YEAR |
GP/GS |
AVG |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
SB/SBA |
2014 |
56/56 |
.302 |
232 |
37 |
70 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
34 |
22 |
24 |
21/25 |
2015 |
51/51 |
.355 |
214 |
50 |
76 |
15 |
2 |
4 |
29 |
21 |
24 |
29/34 |
TOTALS |
107/107 |
.327 |
446 |
87 |
146 |
27 |
5 |
6 |
63 |
43 |
48 |
50/59 |