Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2020 (Shortened due to COVID-19): Started 17 games, including 11 at catcher…Hit .254 with 13 runs scored, six doubles, four home runs and 14 RBI…Drew seven walks and was hit by a pitch a team-high seven times…Ranked second on the team in doubles and home runs…Tallied five multiple-hit games and five multiple-RBI performances…Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, a pair of doubles and two RBI at UT Martin (3/6)…Homered in three-straight games from Feb. 29-Mar. 3…Was hit by pitch on three occasions vs. Ohio (3/1)…Ranked tied for seventh in the Ohio Valley Conference in doubles and tied for first in hit by pitch…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
 
2019: Started 11 games at catcher before missing the rest of the season due to a concussion…Hit .257 with seven runs scored, three doubles, a triple and seven RBI…Walked nine times…Reached base safely in 10-straight games…Collected multiple hits on three occasions…Posted two hits in back-to-back starts vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (3/2) and Southern Illinois (3/6)…Also had a season-best three runs scored and three RBI against the Mastodons…Drew a pair of walks vs. Western Illinois (2/24) and Purdue Fort Wayne (3/2)…Had two or more RBI in three of his starts…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
 
2018: Played in 48 games and logged 40 starts…Scored 19 runs, added four doubles and ranked third on the team with seven home runs…Added 23 RBI and ranked second on the team with 27 walks…Had multiple hits three times and posted multiple RBI in six contests…Went a perfect 4-for-4 with two runs scored, a double and one walk at UT Martin (3/17)…Hit a grand slam and notched a season-high five RBI vs. South Dakota State (3/2)… Hit safely in four of his final six games of the season…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

Prep: Suburban West All-Conference and All-Metro pick at Lafayette High School…Hit .508 with seven home runs and 29 RBI as a senior…Boasted a 1.000 slugging percentage that year…Limited to just seven games due to injury his junior season.

Personal: Born April 4, 1999...Majoring in Business…Son of Dave and Tonia Stauss…His younger brother, Ty, is also with the Redhawks.