Bio

Senior (2024): Served as DC's regular third basemen for the third consecutive year...Led the team with 11 hit-by-pitch and hit .247, sixth-best among qualified hitters on the team along with his 22 hits...Did not debut until 3/24 at Hanover, recording an RBI single...Carried a .292 (7-for-24) average through six March contests...Launched first of two homers of the year on 3/27 at Wright State-Lake and followed with another on 4/16 at Kent State Tuscarawas...Reached base in a season-long 11-game on-base streak from 3/30-4/20 and climbed aboard in all but three games...Compiled five multi-hit games, including the final contest of his career on 5/5 vs. Earlham with a 2-for-3 performance that included a walk...Set a new career benchmark with a .380 on-base percentage, which was third-highest on the team among qualified hitters

Junior (2023): Played in 36 games as DC's regular third baseman...Hit .270, fourth-best on the team, with a team-high eight doubles, two triples, 21 RBIs and 17 runs scored while 34 hits were tied for second in the program...16 errors were most on the team...Recorded at least one hit in seven straight games to start the season and got on base in each of the first 12 games…Knocked a career-best four hits, tied a career-best four RBIs and fell a homer shy of the cycle during a 10-5 loss vs. Manchester on April 7…Hit safely in nine straight games from 3/26-4/15 while carrying a .444 (16-for-36) average during that stretch with 13 RBIs and six extra-base hits…From 3/26-5/3, batted .365 (23-for-63) with 14 RBIs over an 18-game stretch…Tied a career-high with four hits and missed the cycle by a home run during conference play against Manchester on April 7 and drove in four runs, also a career-best…Compiled a new career-best for RBIs in a game with five on a second four-hit game of the season during a 14-12 non-conference loss to Ohio Wesleyan on 4/12...Finished the year 1-for-22 over last six games

Sophomore (2022): Started 35 games... Led team with 24 runs batted in and tied for first in homers with three... Batted .242 with 29 hits, six doubles, and three home runs... Stole three bases... Recorded a .919 fielding percentage with 25 putouts and 43 assists... Had eight multi-hit games... Hit a grand slam to help the Yellow Jackets to a 6-2 win over Ohio Northern.

Freshman (2021): Played in 23 games... Recorded nine hits with a double, a home run, and two runs batted in.

High School: Graduate of Liberty Center High School in 2020... Earned four varsity letters in baseball, three in basketball and two in football... Named Second Team All-Northwest Ohio Athletic League in baseball his sophomore and junior years... Hit .391 with 18 runs batted in as a junior... Division VI Second Team All-Ohio and First Team All-Northwest District selection as a tight end in football as a senior after catching 24 passes for 610 yards and 11 touchdowns... Also recorded a team-high 10 sacks on defense his senior year... Football team reached the regional semifinals and went 10-2 overall with a conference championship in 2019... Division III honorable mention all-district and Second Team All-NWOAL pick in basketball his senior season after averaging 12.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.

Personal: Son of Robert and Randi Murdock... Has two sisters and a brother... Major is criminal justice... Would like to become a police officer and work his way up to a detective... Enjoys hunting... Favorite athletes are LeBron James and Miguel Cabrera... Fan of the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Browns.