University of Illinois Springfield Athletics

• Two-time first-team all-GLVC selection, and in 2019 named second-team all-region
• Ended his UIS career ranked second in home runs (30) and RBI (142)
• Also in the top-10 in UIS history in batting average, hits, runs, slugging percentage, doubles, and total bases

UIS:
2021- First-team All-GLVC … ranked in the top-10 in the GLVC in doubles, hits, home runs, runs, RBI, slugging percentage, and total bases … started and played in 44 games … batted .343, with a .651 slugging percentage and .429 on-base percentage … recorded 47 runs, 58 hits, 14 doubles, one triple, 12 home runs, and 51 RBI … second on the team with 294 putouts, and had a team-high .997 fielding percentage … had 17 multi-hit games, 14 multi-RBI games, and 12 multi-run games … had a season-high four hits against Southwest Baptist … recorded five RBI in three games … scored three times in three different games … had a pair of home runs in a William Jewell contest … had a 15 game reached base streak during the season … batted .359 against right-handed pitching … had a team-high six hits and .600 batting average with the bases loaded … named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team, and was on the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
 
2020- Started all 14 games at first base … ranked 10^th in NCAA Division II in RBI per game, 41^st in runs per game, and 67^th in home runs per game … led the GLVC in RBI per game, and third in runs per game and home runs per game … had a team-high 23 RBI and tied for the team-high with 18 runs … had a .327 batting average, .600 slugging percentage, and .422 on-base percentage … recorded 18 hits, three doubles, four home runs, and 33 total bases … tied for the team-high with eight walks … in the field, was second on the team with 94 putouts, and had four assists … batted three-for-six with the bases loaded, including two grand slams … led the team with 13 two-out RBI … batted .440 with runners in scoring position … led the team with six multi-RBI games … had five multi-hit games and seven multi-run contests … had four RBI in two games in the Newman series, and against Purdue Northwest … collected three hits versus Newman and Southern Indiana … scored twice in seven of his 14 games … named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
 
2019- ABCA second-team all-region … first-team all-GLVC … ranked 18^th in NCAA Division II in hits, and 40^th in RBI … also ranked in the top-100 nationally in doubles, total bases, and hits per game … second in the GLVC in hits, fourth in RBI, fifth in hits per game, sixth in total bases, seventh in doubles, and eighth in RBI per game … set a program record with 230 at-bats on the season … collected top-five UIS program single-season marks in hits and RBI … started and played in 57 games … had a team-high .357 batting average, 82 hits, 58 RBI, 16 doubles, and 125 total bases … had a .543 slugging percentage and a .411 on-base percentage … recorded 47 runs and nine home runs … was the starting first baseman in 55 games, and had 392 putouts, 25 assists, and a .974 fielding percentage … hit .408 with runners on base … had a team-high 25 multi-hit games, including a season-high five against Truman State … also led the team with 18 multi-RBI contests, including four against Truman State and Quincy … had 13 games with two or more runs, including three against four teams … in 10 postseason games, had 11 hits, five runs, six RBI, and two homers … led the team in the GLVC Tournament with a .467 batting average, seven hits, and four RBI … had the game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth against Maryville to advance UIS to the GLVC Championship game … hit a first-inning two-run homer in the regional championship game … sparked a ninth-inning, four-run rally in the regular season against Indianapolis with a leadoff double … had an 11-game hitting streak during the regular season in which he went 25-for-47 (.532) … led the team with 23 two-out RBI … hit .408 with runners on base, including a .700 average with the bases loaded.
 
2018- Appeared in 22 contests with three starts … batted .250 with a .667 slugging percentage … five of his nine hits were home runs … had 10 RBI and six runs … had a season-high two hits, two runs, and three RBI against Robert Morris-Peoria … also had multi-RBI games against Malone and Bemidji State … named to the GLVC Academic All-Conference team.
 
High School:
An all-conference baseball player as a senior … also lettered in football and basketball.
 
Personal:
The son of Julie and Dan Monroe … a business administration major.