Baseball

2023: Fourth-team D3baseball.com All-American, with selection extending program’s run of at least one All-American to eight straight seasons … Consensus All-Region 7 player, earning first-team laurels from D3baseball.com and second-team honors from the ABCA/Rawlings … Fifth second baseman in program history to earn All-American honors … Earned an elevation to first-team All-NCAC and was a CSC Academic All-District® honoree … Started every game … Led Wooster with a .418 average (71-for-170) and was 45 percentage points higher than his .373 2022 average … Finished just shy of having the 17th 75-hit season in program history and enters senior year with the 11th-highest career batting average (.397; 137-for-345) in program history … Ranked in the top-100 nationally in average and fourth within the NCAC in average and on-base percentage (.497) … Backed up .418 average with a .983 fielding percentage, earning a nomination for ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove … Had just three errors in 181 chances and had nearly five chances per game in the field … Finished year with team-leading 39 runs, 26 RBI, 23 walks, 14 doubles, four triples, and three home runs … Had just 10 strikeouts in 201 plate appearances … Hit .388 (31-for-80) over 19 games that came against teams ranked in the final 2023 NCAA Div. III regional rankings … Had 21 multi-hit games on the year … Went 15-for-24 with seven RBI, six runs scored, two homers, and a double over a five-game stretch from April 16-22 … Roasted DePauw (April 22), going 7-for-10 with five runs, four RBI, two homers, and two walks … Started key stretch with 4-for-5 game at La Roche (April 16) … Had five three-hit games against teams that made the Div. III Championships … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll for second time.

2022: One of the NCAC’s top utility players, evidenced by second-team All-NCAC honors … Started year not hitting while pitching, but quickly became a regular force in the lineup, even while pitching … Split time between second base and designated hitter when not on the bump ... Led Wooster with a .373 average (57-for-153) … Added 43 RBI, 28 runs, 10 doubles, four triples, and three home runs to line … Ranked third on the team with 51 1/3 innings pitched … Posted a 5-1 record with a 3.68 ERA over 11 outings, eight of which were starts … Allowed 25 runs (21 earned) on 65 hits and held the opposition to a .317 average … Allowed 1.23 walks per nine innings, a total fourth on the program’s single-season leaderboard … Named to the Salisbury Super Regional All-Tournament team … Went 9-for-14 with six RBI and two doubles in three-game set with national runner-up Sea Gulls … Homered in back-to-back games against Bethel (May 20) and Crown (May 22) at Alton Regional … Went 2-for-3 with home run, five RBI, and two runs scored against Williams (March 25) in Florida finale … Key in win over OAC rival Mount Union (April 28), finishing 4-for-5 with five RBI and two doubles … Clubbed a game-tying three-run double in the top of the ninth inning against the Purple Raiders … Earned save with scoreless inning in nightcap of doubleheader at Spalding (March 5) and went three scoreless innings against North Central (March 17) to earn second save … Struck out five against the then-fifth-ranked Cardinals … Allowed two runs on 10 hits in six innings at Wittenberg (May 4) in what turned into a must-win game for Wooster to stay alive in race to make NCAC Tournament … Member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Made most of opportunities as a utility player … Offensively, hit .409 (9-for-22) with five RBI, five runs scored, a double, and a triple … Also pitched in four games, posting a 1-0 record with a 12.27 ERA in 3 2/3 innings … Stepped up in a big way during the NCAC Championship Series against Denison (May 20, May 21) … Went 5-for-7 with a RBI and run over the final two games of the NCAC Championship Series … Earned first collegiate win against Hiram (April 25), firing 2 1/3 innings of relief … Allowed an unearned run on two hits in that outing … Prior to Wooster: Second-team all-state and first-team all-league honoree while prepping for Nick Hall at Ashland High School … Logged a 1.85 ERA spanning over 70 innings.

Personal: Born May 23, 2002 … Parents are James Westrick and Linda Hopkins … Mathematics major and statistical and data sciences minor.