2019:
Redshirt due to injury ... Named Preseason All-OVC.
2018:
Named All-OVC First Team … Played in every game in 2018 and started 56 … Played right field in 46 of those games, was the designated hitter in the rest … Hit .340 with 72 hits, 46 runs, 19 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs, and 68 RBI … Hit in the fifth spot for 45 games … Led the team and ranked in the OVC in slugging percentage (2nd in OVC, .665), runs batted in (4th, 68), home runs (5th, 16), total bases (7th, 141) ... Led the team with 30 walks and 57 games played … Ranked second on the team and tenth in the OVC with 19 doubles … Ranked second on the team with stolen-base percentage (.818), batting average (.340), on-base percentage (.437), hits (72), and runs scored (46) … Finished third on the team in hit by pitch (8), stolen bases (9), total plate appearances (252), and at bats (212) … Had an eight-game hitting streak that stretched from Apr. 29-May 15 … Reached base safely in 12 straight games that stretched from Mar. 16- Apr. 4 … Created 22 multiple-hit games and 23 multiple-RBI games … Had a season-best against Belmont (5/11) with four hits, two runs, five RBI, two home runs, and a walk.
Jefferson College:
Hit .323 with 40 runs scored, eight doubles, 10 home runs and 42 RBIs in 44 starts…Ranked second on the team in home runs…Boasted a .615 slugging percentage and a .474 on-base percentage…Had five stolen bases.
East Carolina:
Played in three games as a freshman in 2016.
Prep:
Four-year starter and letterwinner at Fort Zumwalt North High School…Three-time First-Team All-District selection…Hit .500 and registered a perfect field percentage his senior year…Hit .473 as a junior and .450 as a sophomore…Helped the Panthers to 54 wins over his four-year career…Named Most Valuable Player…Member of Team Missouri at PBR’s Midwest Future Game…Finished his prep career hitting .500 with five home runs and 25 RBIs…Added four triples, scored 19 runs, swiped five bases and drew 10 walks en route to First-Team All-Gateway Athletic Conference honors in the Central Division as a senior…Selected to play in the 2015 East-West Senior All-Star Series in St. Charles, Missouri…Listed as the sixth-best outfield prospect in Missouri by Perfect Game…Named All-Central Regional Honorable Mention by Perfect Game…Rated as the 86th-best prospect in Missouri following his prep career by MaxPreps.com…Honors member.
Personal:
Born on July 16, 1997 ... Son of Robert and Lesa Dirden ... Majoring in Health Sciences
