2019: Started all 40 games … led the Tigers defensively by fielding 19 double plays and recording 79 assists … finished the season with 45 hits, 30 runs scored, 8 doubles, and 5 stolen bases ... went 4 for 7 with a double, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored against Vassar … went 3 for 5 with a triple, 3 RBI, and a scored run against RPI
2018: One of five Tigers to play in all 38 games … made 37 starts … led team with 150 at-bats and 10 stolen bases … hit his first collegiate home run in his final at-bat of the season, a two-run inside-the-park homer against Rochester in the Liberty League Tournament … drove in two runs and stole a base in a win over Vassar during the Liberty League Tournament … opened the season with a career-high four-hit effort, going 4-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBIs and a stolen base in a win over Penn State-Altoona … was 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and a career-high four RBIs in a 13-3 win over Bard … had three hits and stolen base in game one of a doubleheader against Bard the next day … enjoyed a nine-game hitting streak, April 22 to May 1 … stole a pair of bases in a 10-1 win over St. Lawrence … reached base in 29 games … had at least one hit in 27 different games … had eight multiple-hit games … made just five errors defensively in 157 chances for a sparkling .968 fielding percentage.
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2017: Enjoyed a tremendous rookie season, emerging as RIT’s starting second baseman … earned All-Liberty League first team honors … batted .302 with a team-best seven stolen bases and six sacrifices … scored 44 runs, second on the team and third most in one season all-time at the university … third on the team with 48 hits and fourth with 62 total bases … Liberty League Rookie of the Week, April 10 … made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement in the season-opening 11-2 win over Arcadia … recorded his first two hits and scored a run in game two of the doubleheader … doubled and drove in three runs in a win over FDU-Florham … enjoyed an eight-game hitting streak to start his collegiate career, hitting .433 (13-for-30) over that stretch with 13 runs scored … was 2-for-2 with a triple, two walks and season-high four runs scored in a 14-2 win over Rensselaer … went 3-for-6 with a double and three RBIs in a 12-11 win over Rensselaer in game two … recorded season-high four hits in a 2-1 win over Rochester … walked three times and scored three runs in a win over St. Lawrence … scored a run in six straight games two separate times … drove in a run in four straight games, May 6 to May 11 … reached base in 35 of 41 contests … recorded 12 multiple-hit games … second among all RIT batters, hitting .388 with a .465 on-base percentage and .506 slugging percentage in 23 Liberty League regular season contests … was a stalwart defensively, leading the team with 102 assists, while committing just five errors in 176 chances for a .972 fielding percentage.
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Before RIT: Played four years of varsity baseball at Coudersport High School … named league Most Valuable Player … Coudersport Pitcher of the Year … Big 30 All-Star … also played four years of varsity football … Big 30 All-Star.
Personal: Civil Engineering Technology major … son of Shantel and Christopher Waterman … has three siblings, Arianna, Maverick, and Mackenzie.
