Collegiate Honors
· College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
(2023)
2023 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Saw time in 41 games during his final season with the team and made starts in 32 contests primarily in the outfield … hit .215 on the season with 26 hits including seven doubles, two triples and three home runs … was tied for the team lead in triples … had 15 RBIs on the year and also scored 14 runs … was 4-for-4 on stolen base attempts on the season … opened the season with a single in two at bats in his season debut at North Alabama (2/19) … had a hit and drew a walk in the opener at Pacific (2/24) … picked up his first extra-base hit of the year with a. triple at Northern Kentucky (3/19) … had a double and a walk and scored a run at Oakland (4/1) … drew a pair of walks and had a double with two runs scored against Carroll (4/10) … had two hits with an RBI and a double at Iowa (4/12) … had a solo home run at Purdue Fort Wayne (4/15) … connected on three hits including a triple and drove in a season-high five RBIs in the opener against Oakland (5/5) … had a double in the opener on the road at Wright State (5/12) … drilled his second home run of the year the following day at Wright State (5/13) … had a two-hit day with a pair of doubles and scored two runs against Purdue Fort Wayne (5/19) … drove in two runs and homered in the opening game of the Horizon League Tournament against Youngstown State (5/24) … had an RBI and had one hit at Wright State in the season finale (5/26).
2022 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Appeared in 32 games, making 22 starts for the Panthers... hit .228 with four doubles and two home runs... drove in 13 runs and scored 11 more... went 3-for-3 with two home runs and three RBI in his first start of the season, helping MKE to a win over Alabama A&M on February 19... that game kicked off a five-game hitting streak... drove in a run, finishing 2-for-3 in a win over Concordia Wisconsin on March 30... also had two hits and an RBI against Youngstown State on April 16... recorded 33 putouts and one assist in the outfield without an error, the second most error-free chances on the team.
2021 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Saw action in 20 games, making nine starts... recorded five hits including a double... drove in five runs and scored two more... also was a perfect 5-for-5 on putouts in the outfield... made his season debut on February 26 at Kentucky and went 2-for-3... followed that with a three-RBI performance the next day against the Wildcats... got a start on May 23 at Youngstown State and finished 1-for-4 with an RBI single.
2020 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Appeared in six contests in his first year with the Panthers... made his collegiate debut on February 29 at Oregon... reached base at Miami (OH) on March 8 and scored a run in the eighth inning... season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School: Named First-Team All-League in the Chicago Catholic League Blue Conference after batting .371 with 14 extra-base hits, 42 runs batted in and 30 runs scored … also named to the 2019
Pioneer Press Baseball All-Area Team … team captain … helped the Ramblers to the school’s first sectional title since 2008 as a junior … named all-conference after hitting .304 with a 1.054 OPS … hit five home runs, had 33 RBI and scored 26 runs … also a two-year member of the football team … honor roll member … played for Windy City club team.
Personal: Son of Bobby and Maria Novak … an accounting major … chose Milwaukee because it was close to home and the quality of the baseball program … career goal is to become a CPA … most memorable sports experience was winning the sectional championship in baseball in 2018 … born April 14, 2001.
