University of South Carolina Upstate

2015: Started all 53 games at shortstop and was Upstate''s leadoff hitter in 49 games ... Led the team with 21 multi-hit games, including six three-hit games ...  Led the team with 12 stolen bases in 12 attempts ... Hit .335 which was second-best on the team and 10-best in the Atlantic Sun ... Second on the team with 149 assists ... Finished eighth in the A-Sun with 47 runs scored ... Went 4-for-5 with three stolen bases and a run scored against Northern Kentucky (April 24) ... Scored a season-high four runs against Valparaiso (March 8). 

2014: Saw action in 42 games at either shortstop or second base … Led the team with 113 assists … Scored 12 runs and posted a .210 batting average … Went 2-for-3 in his Upstate debut against Ball State (Feb. 15) … Had a career-high four hits in Upstate’s 13-2 win over Dayton (Feb. 16) … Went 3-for-5 with one run scored against Butler (Feb. 23) … Picked up three hits at Charlotte (Apr. 1) and at ETSU (May 4).

Before USC Upstate: Four-year letterwinner at Seminole High School under head coach Justin Frost … Hit .408 as a senior in 2013 … Named second team all-conference … Was a member of the Florida Coaches All-State Team.

Personal: Born on November 7, 1994 in Orlando, Fla. … Son of Jeffrey and Sandy Fickas … Has four sisters and one brother … Majoring in accounting … Favorite food is wings … Favorite movie is “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” … Favorite TV show is “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” … Favorite actor is Dwayne Johnson …Favorite actress is Natalie Portman... Favorite singer is Toby Mac … Favorite song is “All Around the World” … Favorite season is summer … Favorite sports figure is Aaron Rodgers … His dream job is to play in Major League Baseball.