Arkansas State University

2023 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region (Second Team)
2023 Natural State Baseball All-Arkansas
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week (5/21/23)

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2024 | SENIOR
Appeared in 28 games and made 18 starts … Hit .239 at the plate with seven RBIs and nine runs scored … Placed fourth on the team in on-base percentage at .382 and was hit-by-pitch seven times, ranking third … Recorded three consecutive multi-hit performances from March 19 to March 24, including a 3-for-5 effort with one RBI at Marshall (March 23) … Drew three walks and an HBP on March 26 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff … Recorded lone home run of season along with a season-high two RBIs after batting 2-for-3 with a run scored against Southern Miss (May 12) … Crossed the plate two times in series opener at ULM (May 16).

2023 | JUNIOR
ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region … All-Arkansas First Baseman … Led the team in batting (.346), home runs (15), RBIs (55), hit by pitch (16), slugging (.657), on base percentage (.500) and total bases (119) while finishing tied for the team lead in hits (63) … Ended the season with a 42-game on-base streak, the longest since Zach George ended 2015 with 55 consecutive games on base … Ranked third in the conference in on base percentage and on base + slugging (1.157) … In Sun Belt paly, slashed .347/.786/.529 with 12 round trippers and 34 RBIs … His 55 RBIs were the most since Matt Burgess’ 58 in 2014, while his 15 homers tied for second most in program history … Totaled 22 multi-hit contests … Opened the season with an eight-game hitting streak, with six of those games being multi-hit outings … Reached base three times with three runs scored against Illinois State (Feb. 26) … Went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs versus Eastern Illinois (March 10) … Walked three times and scored twice at Central Arkansas (March 28) … Homered twice and scored three times at Texas State (April 1) … Went 2-for-4 with three runs and a homer at Georgia State (April 14) … Drove in three runs and scored thrice with a homer against ULM (April 22) … Homered in four straight games from April 29-May 5, the final game driving in five runs – four on a grand slam against Old Dominion (May 5) … Ended the year as the Sun Belt Player of the Year after homering twice and driving in eight runs against South Alabama (May 18-20).


2022 | SOPHOMORE
Led A-State in hitting (.309), while tallying 10 homers, 38 hits and 22 RBIs … Slugged a team-best .610 … Hit a team-best .326 in Sun Belt Conference play, including hitting seven of his 10 dingers … Took over as the team’s full-time catcher in the middle of the season, catching the final 22 games and 26 of the last 27 … Slashed .327/.443/.663 when playing as the Red Wolves’ backstop (33 games) with nine homers and 20 RBIs … Tallied 10 multi-hit outings … Closed out the year with a 3-for-4 day at ULM (5/21) …  Went 5-for-6 with four RBIs and a pair of runs scored at Memphis (5/10), finishing a triple shy of the cycle … Homered in three consecutive games on two occasions … Scored two times on two hits, including a homer at UT Arlington (4/30) … Drove in three runs with a homer in A-State’s series-clinching win over Troy (4/23) … Walked three times in back-to-back games at Little Rock (4/15) and Arkansas (4/19) … Went 2-for-3 as designated hitter versus Louisiana (4/8) … Scored twice on two hits, including a home run at Georgia Southern (3/27) … Hit a pinch-hit 3-run home run at Southern Illinois (3/23) … Belted his first career jack on Opening Day at Samford (2/18), a 2-run blast as designated hitter.

2021 | FRESHMAN
Played in 16 games, starting eight and splitting time at catcher and designated hitter … Scored two runs with a double at Murray State (March 2) … Recorded a double and a run scored at Abilene Christian (March 5) … Reached base three times two days later versus the Wildcats (March 7) … Scored two runs versus ULM (May 20).

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Lutheran South High School where he was a three-year letter winner … In three seasons, recorded a .419 average, .538 on-base percentage to go along with a staggering .839 slugging percentage … Garnered first team all-conference honors and second team all-state allocades.

PERSONAL
Son of Russell and Renee Hager … Birthday is September 23 … Majoring in exercise science.