2020: Was having a breakout season … Started seven games and hit .552 (16-for-29) … Led Wooster in hits and runs (11), and was tied for the team lead with 11 RBI … NCBWA Div. III National Hitter of the Week and NCAC Hitter of the Week for games spanning March 9-15 … Wooster’s first NCBWA National Hitter of the Week since Kurt Kapferer in 2005 … Strung together a 15-for-25 (.600) week, during which he tallied 11 runs, 10 RBI, three walks, two doubles, two stolen bases, and clubbed his first collegiate homer … Turned in a 4-for-6 showing against longtime Mideast Region nemesis Marietta (March 14) … Contributed three RBI, two runs, and a stolen base against Marietta … Was 2-for-2 with two runs scored, two walks, and a home run against Swarthmore (March 11) … Went 4-for-4 on “senior day” with four runs scored against Alfred State (March 15).
2019: Played in 35 games, 17 of which were starts in the outfield … Hit .242 (15-for-62) on the year with 13 runs and 11 RBI … One of the keys in victory over Mid-Atlantic Region power Johns Hopkins (March 16) with three hits, three RBI, and two runs … Added a second three-RBI game versus Bethany (March 21) … Opened the season with a 2-for-4 night against Swarthmore (March 11).
2018: One of the team’s top reserves … Earned a substantial uptick in time with action in 31 games, three of which were starts … Tore the cover off the ball, evidenced by finishing with a .452 average (14-for-31) … Logged 15 RBI and scored 14 times … Logged a quintet of two-RBI games, headlined by a two-run double against Kenyon (May 10) in the NCAC Tournament … Went 2-for-2 against Ohio Wesleyan (April 8) with a pair of RBI and runs scored.
2017: Key outfielder, who entered 18 games, primarily as a late-inning defensive replacement … Scored three runs on the year, including one at the NCAA Div. III Mideast Regional against Misericordia (May 19) … Went 1-for-2 at the plate with hit coming against Hiram (April 30).
Prior to Wooster: All-state in baseball and football at nearby Waynedale High School … Helped team to state runner-up finish as a senior while prepping for former Wooster All-American pitcher Justin McDowell … Two-time all-league in baseball and football … Earned four letters in football and three each in baseball and basketball.
Personal: Born Aug. 9, 1997 … Son of Scott and Jill Spidell, and older brother of teammate, Steve … Majoring in communication studies.
