University of South Carolina Upstate

2017: Played in 50 games and registered 49 starts…Hit .278 on the season with 54 hits and 28 RBI…Has a slugging percentage of .366 and on-base percentage of .322… Added three doubles and two homeruns…Led the team in triples with four…Led the team in steals with 12…Compiled seventeen multi-hit and four multi-RBI games…Had a nine-game hitting streak and reached base in eleven straight games…Drove in a season-high four RBI against Rutgers…Had a .964 fielding percentage.

Before Upstate: Played at Potomac State College in West Virginia where he was a member of the Region XX Championship team in 2015…batted .305 with 20 RBI in 2015 and hit .429 with 13 doubles and RBI in 2016.

High School: Attended Brooke High School where he was a three-year letterwinner in baseball and basketball…Batted .476 with 42 stolen bases as a senior and was never caught stealing during his high school career…Earned 2014 Ohio Valley Athletic Conference First Team honors…Averaged 15.5 points per game during his senior year on the basketball court and was a two-time first team all-conference player.

Personal:  Born December 6, 1995 in Wheeling, W.Va…Son of Rusty and Kim Schwertfeger…Father played baseball at West Liberty State (W.Va.)…Has two sisters, Courtney (24) and Carly (22)…Majoring in interdisciplinary studies…Hobbies include hunting, fishing, weightlifting, kayking and riding ATVs…Hot Wings are his favorite food…Lawless is his favorite movie…Favorite TV show is Ridiculousness…Clint Eastwood is his favorite actor and Megan Fox is his favorite actress…Jon Langston is his favorite singer…Favorite season is fall…Mark McGwire is his favorite sports figure…Favorite quote is “Life’s a garden, dig it!”…Dream job is to be a Major League Baseball player.