2022: Played in eight games, starting six times… Had a .182 batting average… Produced three RBIs in four hits… Scored twice.
2021: Played in 32 games with 31 starts for the Bobcats… Batted .253 with 24 hits and 12 RBI… Drew 13 walks and stole two bases… Hit two doubles against Norther Illinois (Apr. 18).
2020: Appeared in 11 games for Ohio ... Hit .250 with two doubles ... Swiped one base ... Went 2-for-3 at SEMO (Feb. 29) ... Went 3-for-5 with one run scored (March 8).
2019: Academic All-MAC ... Appeared in 49 games while setting career highs in batting average (.270), on-base percentage (.351), slugging percentage (.313), RBI (16), doubles (2), triples (1), home runs (1) stolen bases (1), and runs scored (21) … Hit his first career home run against Bowling Green (Mar. 29) going 1-3 … Had his best weekend of the year against Bowling Green (Mar. 29-31) getting a hit in all three games going 5-12 with a double, HR, three RBI, and two runs scored.
2018: Played in 13 games with 10 starts in the middle infield, hitting .188 with a .219 slugging percentage and a .286 on-base percentage … Had a season-high two hits against Eastern Michigan (April 14) … Tallied six hits, one double, two walks, and scored a run.
Prior to Ohio: Received Ohio Division I Honorable Mention All-State honors from Prep Baseball Report as well as garnering First Team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference and First Team All-GWOC Central Division recognition as a junior in 2016 at Beavercreek High School .... Helped guide the Beavers to a sectional championship as a sophomore in 2015 under coaches Brandon Long, Justin Nidiffer, Ian Baltzer, Micah Wilson and Pat Will ... Also competed at the club level for both the Cincinnati Flames and Team RPM under Travis Beck, Brian Caudill, Charlie Miller, Chris Daniel and Brad Funderburg ... Batted .434 with 188 hits and 49 walks while totaling 170 strikeouts over 136 innings pitched over the course of his summer seasons ... After being named to the Perfect Game All-Tournament Team in 2015, competed in the U.S. Baseball Championships in Richmond, Va., where he pitched the title game, striking out eight and collecting three hits in a 3-1 win over the Virginia Cardinals ... In a 2016 matchup between Worthington Wood Bat and Bo Jackson Elite, he fanned 16 and tallied three hits in a 1-0 win ... Was rated as the No. 13-best shortstop in the state of Ohio by Prep Baseball Report.
Personal: Born May 12, 1999 ... Son of Nicole and Brad Funderburg ... Has a brother, Garrett ... Majoring in electrical engineering with a computer engineering track ... Enjoys playing video games, working out and longboarding ... Favorite professional sports teams are the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Browns ... Favorite athlete is former Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame second baseman Jackie Robinson.
