2025: One of Wooster’s top hitters, which earned a spot on the All-NCAC third team … Started 37 games, mostly at third base … Second on the squad with a .359 batting average (52-for-145) … One of three Scots to score 33 runs, which tied for team lead … Third-most plate appearances with 145 … Patient eye at the plate with a team-high-tying 28 walks … Also tops with a .469 on base percentage, which was good for sixth in the NCAC … Recorded nine doubles, one triple, two home runs, and 23 RBI … Had an eight-game hitting streak in the early-to-mid season, five of which were multi-hit efforts … Back-to-back two-hit, three-RBI games helped lead Wooster to wins over Chatham (March 11) and Allegheny (March 12) … Total of 16 multi-hit games on the year with a stretch of four such games to open NCAC play … Tallied 11 hits and five RBI over that span … Went 6-for-9 with three RBI in doubleheader sweep of Ohio Wesleyan (March 29) … Had three doubles in one game against the Battling Bishops, which tied for the second-most doubles in a single game in program history … Fired off eight hits in the NCAC Tournament … Member of the spring semester AD Honor Roll.
2024: Made an immediate impact on the team in a variety of roles – designated hitter, corner infield, and an occasional pitching appearance … Entered 34 games … Batted .275 with the second most at-bats on the team (142) and the third most hits (39) … Tied for second on the squad with 26 RBI … Tallied 17 runs, three doubles, one triple and three home runs … Also threw three innings of relief across two appearances … Had a 9.00 ERA, giving up three earned runs on three hits and striking out two … Collected first collegiate hit vs. Otterbein (Feb. 24) … Crushed all three home runs in a four-game span, including back-to-back games vs. Denison (April 13) … Had had a career-high tying three hits in the first Denison game and plated three RBI … Drove in a collegiate-best four RBI in opening game vs. Kenyon (April 9) … Doubled and tripled as part of a three-hit performance in second game of DePauw doubleheader (Apr. 20) … First three-hit game came vs. Marywood (March 11) … Tossed a scoreless inning of relief in first collegiate appearance vs. Otterbein (Feb. 25), giving up one hit and striking out one batter … Member of the AD Honor Roll for the fall 2023 semester.
Prior to Wooster: Part of New Albany High School’s state championship team as a sophomore … All-conference selection as a senior … Credited with an over .400 average as a junior and a .332 average as a senior … Three-year letterwinner … Coached by Michael Sandman.
Personal: Parents are Amy and Andy Barienbrock … Has yet to declare a major.
