2025 (GRADUATE STUDENT)
Awards: Earned the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
Season: Started 36 games at first base…Batted .292 with 38 hits, nine doubles, two triples, four homers, 27 RBI, 27 runs, 23 walks and 11 steals. Posted a .485 slugging percentage, .432 on-base percentage and a .996 fielding percentage…Had 11 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games…In conference games, collected 19 hits, three doubles, two triples, tw homers, 12 RBI, 14 runs, eight walks and two steals.
Game-by-Game: vs. Missouri (2/14): Recorded a two-run homer and an RBI single. vs. Stetson (2/15): Had a double and scored twice. at Longwood (2/22-23): Had an RBI single and stole a base in the series opener…Had a double and an RBI single among three hits and stole a base in the series finale. at Richmond (2/28): Went two-for-three with two singles and two walks. at VCU (3/1): Collected a solo homer, an RBI double and a two-run single, while scoring two runs and stealing a base. at William & Mary (3/2): Singled, stole a base and scored two runs. vs. Indiana (3/7): Collected a double among two hits and scored two runs in the first game of a doubleheader…Had an RBI single in game two. at Georgetown (3/11-12): Drew three walks, while scoring a run and stealing a base in game one…Drove in three runs, including a two-run double, in game two. at Northwestern (3/14-15): Tallied two hits and two runs in the series opener…Had an RBI single and scored a run, while adding a stolen base. vs. St. Bonaventure (3/18): Notched a two-run single among two hits and recorded two steals. vs. Lafayette (3/19): Had an RBI single. at Michigan (3/28-30): Launched a solo homer and added a double among three hits, while scoring three runs in the series opener…Recorded a three-run double and added a single and a run in game two…Had an RBI triple in the series finale. vs. Bucknell (4/1): Collected a double, two runs, two walks and a steal. at Minnesota (4/4-6): Tallied a two-run homer and a two-run triple in the series opener…Had a single in game two…Recorded three hits, an RBI, three runs and a steal in the series finale.
Before PSU
Played two seasons at Georgia in 2022 and 2023…Appeared in 89 games, making 71 starts…Tallied 64 hits, including eight doubles and 12 homers, 44 RBI and 47 runs…Added 30 walks. 2023: Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors…tabbed to the SEC Academic Honor Roll…Played in 46 games and made 39 starts, splitting time between first base, right field and designated hitter…Collected 30 hits, including seven doubles and six homers, 23 RBI and 24 runs. Worked 16 walks. Had a 1.000 fielding percentage…Had six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games. 2022: Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll…Helped Georgia to an NCAA Regional appearance…Played in 43 games, making 32 starts, splitting time between right field and designated hitter…Batted .276 with 34 hits, including one double and six homers, 21 RBI and 23 runs. Added 14 walks…Had nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games.
High School
Played at Red Land High School for head coach Nate Ebbert…Led Red Land to a district title and the 5A PIAA championship game as a senior…Helped the Patriots to win a state championship as a sophomore…As a senior, batted .353 with eight doubles, four triples, four homers and 32 RBI…Junior season in 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19…As a sophomore, hit .375 with three homers, 22 RBI and six steals…Played travel ball for Team Elite…Also lettered in football at Red Land…Graduated as Red Land’s 2021 valedictorian, ranking first academically in his class, and earned a National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation.
Personal
Son of Bret and Colleen Wagner…Has a sister, Emma…Engaged to his fiance, Paige Richards...Father, Bret, was a pitcher for Wake Forest and was a first-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1994…Cousin, Luke, pitched at Georgia and Purdue…Played on Red Land’s Little League World Series team with former Nittany Lion Jaden Henline, winning the 2015 United States Championship…Earned bachelor’s degree in finance from Georgia…Pursuing business management foundations graduate certificate.