2020: First-team D3baseball.com Preseason All-American, and was one of Wooster’s Div. III-leading two first-team selections … Played in five games, three of which were starts … Tied for the team lead with four walks and scored three runs … Drew a pair of walks in finale against Alfred State (March 15).
2019: First-team ABCA All-American in first full season as a starter … Also earned second-team All-America honors from D3baseball.com … The program’s second second baseman to be a first-team ABCA All-American … First-team ABCA All-Mideast Region, second-team D3baseball.com All-Mideast Region, and first-team All-NCAC selection … Played in, and started, 43 games … Ranked third on the team with a .390 average (64-for-164) … Tops on the squad with 56 RBI, a mark that ranked 13th nationally and second within the NCAC … Twenty-six of 64 base knocks went for extra bases, seven of which were round-trippers … Logged a 13-game hitting streak from March 15-April 6 … Hit two balls out of the park as part of a 4-for-4 game with four runs scored and three RBI in game one of Wittenberg (May 1) double-dip … Made presence felt at Wooster Regional (May 17-19), going 11-for-19 with 11 RBI, six runs scored, and four extra-base hits … Tallied 22 multi-hit games on the year and had at least three RBI 10 times.
2018: Made substantial strides and became the Scots’ primary backup infielder, and a starter when regular third baseman Chandler Dippman was on the mound … Entered 34 games, 16 of which were starts … Hit .402 (33-for-82) with 25 runs, 20 RBI, seven doubles, and four home runs … Smashed a pair of round trippers as part of 2-for-4 performance with three runs scored against Wabash (May 12) in championship round of NCAC Tournament … Went 4-for-5 with three RBI in first collegiate start versus North Central (March 20) … Drove in a career-high six runs versus Hiram (April 5) despite not starting the game … Clubbed his first collegiate homer – a three-run shot – in the sixth-inning versus the Terriers and plated three more runs on a bases-clearing double in the ninth inning … Broke the program record with eight at bats at Ohio Wesleyan (April 8).
2017: Backed up Wooster’s veterans and entered six games as a defensive replacement or pinch runner … Made collegiate debut versus Pitt.-Greensburg (April 13) … Logged a putout at Kenyon (April 17).
Prior to Wooster: Two-time all-state at Blanchet Catholic High School … Earned three all-league certificates and played on a pair of state championship teams for Dave Shultz … Earned four letters in baseball and two in basketball.
Personal: Born March 17, 1998 … Son of Gary Dukes and Kathy Witwer … Majoring in communication studies.
