Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

2021: Named Second-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference and ranked 17th among the Top 100 shortstops by D1Baseball…Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist…Was one of only two players on the team to start all 52 games as Southeast Missouri’s shortstop…SEMO’s top hitter with a .378 batting average…Also led the team in RBI (49), total bases (109), slugging percentage (.542), hits (76), and sacrifice flies (4)…Ranked second on the team in doubles (11), triples (2) and home runs (6)…Scored 32 runs and walked 22 times…Hit .374 with 19 runs, nine doubles, a triple, four home runs and 25 RBI in 27 OVC starts…Finished the 2021 regular-season with a league-best .400 batting average to claim his second OVC regular-season batting title…Notched a team-best 22 multiple-hit games and 13 multiple-RBI performances…Had a 15-game hitting streak from Mar. 30-May 1, the longest of any Redhawk…Fielded at a rate of .959 and helped turn 30 double plays…Had a pair of four-hit games vs. Jacksonville State (4/3) and at Austin Peay (4/28)…Scored two runs in eight games…Finished with a season-high five RBI at Austin Peay (4/28)…Fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle at Murray State (4/10) and vs. Eastern Kentucky (5/8)…Went 3-for-4 with two runs, a double, home run and two RBI against the Racers and 3-for-4 with two runs, a double, home run and three RBI against the Colonels…Went 2-for-2 with two RBI and three walks in the Redhawks OVC Tournament clinching win over Murray State (5/30)…Also had a RBI vs. Austin Peay (5/27) and a hit, run scored and RBI vs. Murray State (5/28) in the OVC Tournament…Named OVC Player of the Week on Apr. 5…Knocked in the go-ahead run on a two-RBI single in the sixth inning to lead SEMO to its 6-5 come-from-behind win vs. Jacksonville State (Apr. 2)…Ended the season as the OVC leader in hits and assists (148), while ranking third in batting average (.378), sixth in on-base percentage and sixth in RBI…Ranked 49th nationally in batting average and 46th in hits per game (1.46). 

2020 (Shortened due to COVID-19): Named CoSIDA Academic All-District…Was ranked among D1 Baseball’s top 40 junior hitters…Started all 17 games at shortstop…Ranked second on the team with a .406 batting average…Was one of three players who hit .400 or better…Led the Redhawks in runs (26), doubles (9), walks (11) and on-base percentage (.494)…Ranked second on the team in hits (28), slugging percentage (.696) and total bases (48)…Tied for second on the team with nine multiple-hit games…Narrowly missed hitting for the cycle when he opened the UT Martin series by going 4-for-6 with two singles, a double, home run, three runs and six RBI on Mar. 6…Went 4-for-6 with three runs scored and a double against the Skyhawks the next day (3/7)…Registered multiple hits in five of his final seven starts of the season…Was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored vs. Northern Illinois (2/22)…Led the OVC in runs scored and ranked second in doubles, total bases and total plate appearances (85)…Also ranked among OVC leaders in batting average (7th), slugging percentage (7th, .696), on-base percentage (3rd), hits (t3rd), walks (t4th) and at-bats (6th, 69)…Ranked second in the nation in runs scored and fourth in runs per game (1.53)…Was also ninth nationally in total bases…Preseason Third-Team All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
 
2019: First-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection…Led the OVC with a .383 batting average and .480 on-base percentage in 55 starts at shortstop…Led the Redhawks with 80 hits, 19 doubles, three triples, 111 total bases, 40 RBI, and a .531 slugging percentage…Ranked second on the team in runs (43) and walks (37)…Posted multiple hits in a team-high 27 starts…Rated second with nine multiple-RBI performances…Reached base safely in 20-consecutive games from Mar. 1-Apr. 1…Strung together a 14-game hitting streak from Mar. 1-22, longest on the team…Hit his first career home run at Eastern Illinois (3/31)…Collected a season-high four hits when he finished at 4-for-5 with a run scored, double and two RBI vs. Jacksonville State (4/7)…Had nine hits in three games vs. the Gamecocks…Also had a four-hit game at Morehead State (5/16)…Posted a season-high five RBI vs. Tennessee Tech (4/19)…Tallied multiple hits in four of his first six starts of the season…Ranked among league leaders in hits (5th), doubles (3rd) and walks (9th)…Rated 24th in the nation in batting average…OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.
 
Long Beach City College: Started 47 games at Long Beach City College in 2017…Hit .331 with 26 runs scored, 60 hits, six doubles, one home run and 20 RBI…boasted a .407 on-base percentage…Had 17 multiple-hit games.
 
Prep: Attended Los Alamitos High School.
 
Personal: Born November 28, 1997…Is working on his Master's in Higher Education Administration…Son of Bruce Wilber and Kathleen Rowden…Has one brother, Greg…His father played professional baseball for the Portland Mavericks, an independent team in the Class A Northwest League...He was teammates with Kurt Russell on the Mavericks roster.