University of Sioux Falls Athletics

2015 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 20 games starting in 15… batted .347 with seven runs scored, 17 hits, and seven RBIs… had three games with three or more hits… one game with multiple RBIs… recorded 85 putouts, 12 assists, and a .980 fielding percentage… had season-high three hits in three games… drove in season-best two RBIs vs. Minnesota-Crookston on Mar. 31, 2015… finished with .408 slugging percentage and .407 on base percentage.

2014 (FRESHMAN): Played in 24 games starting in 14…recorded a batting average of .245 with ten runs scored…posted four doubles and four RBIs…had a season high two runs scored, two RBIs and two doubles vs. Southwest Minnesota (4/15/14)…recorded three Multi hit games…had 16 total bases…had eight steals in nine games…Finished with .978 field percentage…44 put outs…posted .327 slugging percentage and .302 on-base percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL: Hit .515 as a senior at Pueblo County HS (Colo.)…two-time Southern (3A) Conference pick at catcher, including a first team nod as a senior…also played point guard for the Hornets…two-time CHSAA All-Academic Team honoree in both baseball and basketball…member of the National Honor Society…also played summer ball with the Loaf ‘N Jug, Pueblo’s premier Connie Mack League team...tabbed a second-team All South-Central League backstop as a junior...batted .372/.421/.437 and scored 78 runs with the Pueblo Evolution (Connie Mack) during the summer of 2012. 

PERSONAL: Born September 16, 1994…son of Dennis Downs and Kelly Nogare and Flo Downs (stepmother)…major is undecided…favorite athlete is Buster Posey.