Pacific University Athletics

2012: Appeared in 20 games and made five starts at first base…Finished with one hit and a run scored against Hawaii Hilo on 2/16/12…Scored a run and had two RBIs against Puget Sound on 2/25/12.
 
2011: Played in 33 games and made 28 starts as the Boxers’ regular starting first baseman…The league’s top defensive first baseman, ranked sixth in the NWC with a .996 fielding percentage…Committed just one error in 229 chances…Finished fourth for Boxers with seven stolen bases…Hit safely in all three games of the season-opening Pomona-Pitzer series, including a 2 for 4 effort in the opening game on 2/5/11…Posted season-long five-game hitting streak from 4/6/11 to 4/10/11, which included a 2 for 4 day with two RBI against Concordia (Ore.) on 4/6/11…Finished season with nine two-hit games…Was on receiving end of 20 of the Boxers’ league leading 37 double plays.
 
2010: Appeared in 18 games and made five starts in the outfield…Capped season by going 3 for 4 with a double, a home run, two runs and two RBI against Whitworth on 4/17/10…Also picked up pair of RBIs against Corban on 3/2/10.
 
High School: Played for Coach Marquardt at Kennewick High School…2009: First Team All-Area and First Team All-Columbia Basin League (CBL) selection as an infielder…Scholar-athlete award winner…Batted .322 with two home runs…2008: First Team All-Area and First Team All-CBL selection as an infielder…Scholar-athlete award winner…Batted .486 with four home runs…Also played varsity football…Was a two-time All-CBL selection at tight end and linebacker.
 
Personal: Son of Tom & Jeannie French…Chemistry major and biology minor…His father played football at Eastern Washington University…Chose Pacific for the baseball program and the graduate pharmacy program…Favorite TV Show: The Walking Dead…Favorite Book: Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)…Favorite Class In School: Chemistry…Career Ambition: Pharmacist.