Career Statistics
2016: Finishes career ranked second in school history in at-bats (566), third in hits (185), third in doubles (36), tied for third in both triples (6) and stolen bases (57), fifth in games started (140), sixth in games played (141) and sixth in runs scored (119)... Played and started in 29 games... Hit .278 with four doubles, a home run and 11 RBIs... Finished fourth on the team in hits with 32... Ranked third on the team in stolen bases with 10 in just 13 attempts... Had three-straight 2-for-4 performances from March 19-26, which included a home run and three RBIs... Went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIs against Rockford on April 4... Went 9-for-28 over a six-game stretch from April 24-May 4... NACC Scholar-Athlete.
2015:Â Started 37 games for the Eagles and finished third on the team with a .318 batting average... Became the eighth different Eagle in program history to record at least five hits in a game with a 5-for-5 performance against the University of Chicago on April 8... Tied an Edgewood College single game record with three doubles in the season opener against Augustana College on March 15... Had three hits in each half of a doubleheader against Aurora University, going 6-for-9 with two doubles and two runs batted in on the day... Posted both a nine-game hitting streak and an eight game hitting streak during the season... Led the team with a career-high 19 stolen bases... Named Edgewood College Position Player of the Week for March 9-15... Finished his junior season with 153 career hits, ranking him 10th all-time in school history and 47 stolen bases which is fourth in Edgewood College history... Has had at least 50 hits in each of his first three seasons.
2014: Lone Eagles player to be named to the First Team All-NACC team... Named to the Capital One Academic All-District first team... Started in 39 games primarily at shortstop and finished second on the team in hitting (.335)... Led the team in hits (53) and stolen bases (18), tied for the team lead in total bases (62)... Knocked in 14 runs on the season and had five doubles and two triples... Started the year by going 3-for-4 with four runs, a double and a walk... Had 15 multi-hit games... Went 18-for-30 (.600) over a six-game span from April 10-16... Went 2-for-5 with four RBI in a win over Dominican on April 16... Compiled a 12-game hitting streak from April 8-26... Went 0-1 in two appearances on the mound with a 3.00 ERA
... NACC Scholar-Athlete.
2013: Named to Northern Athletics Conference All-Freshman team... Started 35 of team's 39 games at shortstop... Finished third on the team with a .368 batting average, and led team with 10 stolen bases... Had multiple hits in 13 of the final 22 games of the season... Compiled three four-hit games, including a 4-for-5 performance with a double and a triple against Wisconsin Lutheran on April 15... Stole four bases in a game against MSOE on April 21... Made three appearances as a pitcher and did not allow an earned run in 2.2 innings of relief... Earned first career save by closing out Benedictine University in a 12-9 win on April 6 after entering with the bases loaded... Shared team lead with three triples, becoming the 10th different Eagle in school history to have three or more triples in a season.
High School: Played four years of baseball... Contributed to a second place finish in conference his junior year... Earned first team all-Eastern Athletic League... Named team Most Valuable Player... Also a four year letter winner for basketball... Finished in the top 10 percent of his graduating class.
Personal: Parents are Joni O'Neal and Jim Lauritzen... Major is Criminal Justice and sociology.