University of Illinois Springfield Athletics

• 2021 First-Team All-American by the NCBWA and ABCA
• 2021 GLVC and NCAA Midwest Regional Player of the Year
• The top player in program history in batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage

UIS:
2021- First-Team All-American by the NCBWA and ABCA, and second-team All-American by the D2CCA … named NCAA Midwest Region Player of the Year by the NCBWA, ABCA, and D2CCA … GLVC Player of the Year … first-team all-GLVC at third base … once named the GLVC Player of the Week … in the NCAA Division II National Rankings, was second in slugging percentage, fourth in hits per game, fifth in doubles per game, sixth in batting average, eighth in home runs per game, ninth in total bases, 11^th in runs per game, and 12^th in RBI per game, and 32^nd in on-base percentage … led the GLVC in each of those statistical categories … tied a NCAA Division II record with two home runs in a single inning against Truman State … set the school’s single-season records for batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base percentage … appeared in 38 games, and started each contest … batted .440 with a .940 slugging percentage and .514 on-base percentage … collected 53 runs, 66 hits, 20 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs, 55 RBI, and 141 total bases … tied for the team-high with 22 multi-hit games, 15 multi-RBI games, and 18 multi-run games … scored a season-high four times against Drury … had a season-high four hits in three games … had a season-high six RBI against William Jewell … had a home run in five consecutive games early in the season … hit two home runs in a game against Hillsdale, Truman State, and William Jewell, and had three doubles in another William Jewell contest … during the season, had a streak of 22 straight games of reaching base … had nine hits, five runs, and five RBI in the postseason … batted .461 against right-handed pitching … had a .490 batting average with two outs … invited to play in the MLB Draft League over the summer, and batted .301 for the State College Spikes.
 
2020- GLVC Player of the Week once during the season … appeared in 13 games, and started each contest … appeared in 11 games at third base, and two at second base … ranked 12^th in NCAA Division II in hits per game, 17^th in home runs per game, 19^th in runs per game, 40^th in slugging percentage, and 51^st in batting average … led the GLVC in hits per game and home runs per game, second in slugging percentage and runs per game, third in total bases and batting average, fifth in RBI per game, and tenth in on-base percentage … led the team with a .426 batting average, .741 slugging percentage, 23 hits, five home runs, 18 runs, and 40 total bases … also recorded two doubles, 18 RBI, and three stolen bases … batted .567 with runners on base and .526 with runners in scoring position … led the team with eight multi-hit games … also had four multi-RBI games and five multi-run games … ended the season on an 11-game hitting streak, the longest for UIS on the year … had season-high four RBI against Saginaw Valley State and Purdue Northwest … had a season-high four hits versus Southern Indiana … scored a season-best three times against Saginaw Valley State and Purdue Northwest … hit two home runs in the final game of the Purdue Northwest series … had two doubles in a game with Southern Indiana, and also reached base five times in six plate appearances.
 
Prior to UIS:
Transfer from Kirkwood Community College … named to the all-region team in 2019 … batted .414 with a .691 slugging percentage and .473 on-base percentage … had 54 runs and 63 RBI in 50 games … led the team with 21 doubles and nine homers … a member of the University of Iowa baseball team in 2018 … appeared in 14 games with three hits, two runs, and three RBI.
 
High School:
All-conference performer as a senior … batted .404 that year with eight home runs and 52 RBI … helped lead his team to the 2015 state championship game, and a conference title … ranked as the No. 1 shortstop in Illinois, and the eighth-best prospect by Prep Baseball Report … member of the Hitters and Chi-Town Cream club teams.
 
Personal:
The son of Yafawn and Daniel Pettigrew … has one sibling, Ian … a business major.