Hopes to replicate last year’s breakout season as an everyday starter at either left field or DH while hitting in the middle of the order, likely No. 6 this spring … A captain and “real leader on the team,” according to the coaching staff … 2012: Collected third-team all-region honors from D3baseball.com and first-team all-North Coast Athletic Conference status … Was the Scots’ leader in batting average for much of the year before being taken over late, finishing at .364 with nine doubles, six home runs, and 31 RBI … Also drew 20 walks as part of a .449 on-base percentage to lead the team in those categories … Tied for fourth in the conference in homers, tied for seventh in walks, eighth in slugging percentage (.566), tied for eighth in runs scored (36), ninth in on-base percentage, and tied for 10th in hits (52) … After the spring break trip, reached base successfully 29 consecutive games (March 27-May 5) and recorded 11 multi-hit games during that stretch which saw his average rise from .306 to as high as .407 … Went 3-for-5 with an RBI vs. Adrian (May 16) in NCAA Div. III Championship first-round game … Doubled twice during a 2-for-5, two-RBI performance against Marietta (April 25) … 2011: Started 18 times at DH and 13 in left field, while serving as the No. 6 hitter primarily … Batted .233 with four doubles, three home runs, and 14 RBI … Drew 18 walks to up his on-base percentage to .358 … Singled a couple times and walked once during 13 plate appearances at NCAC Tournament (April 28-29) … Doubled and homered during 2-for-4,    three-RBI performance vs. Scranton (March 22) … 2010: Entered nine games as a pinch hitter or catcher/outfielder … Recorded one hit, coming vs. Kenyon (March 18), in seven at bats … Also had one of his two RBI in that Kenyon game … Prior to Wooster: Named to the All-Ohio First Team (Division III) and the Player of the Year in the Mid-State League as a senior at Grandview Heights High School … Four-time all-MSL during his baseball career with the Bobcats, while leading them to league championships in 2008 and 2009 … Totaled 11 varsity letters – four in baseball and basketball, two in football, and one in soccer … Personal: Born June 18, 1990 … Is the son of David and Cheryl Ray … Majoring in history with a minor in education.