2019: Closed out his Milwaukee career with First Team All-Horizon League honors, putting together a season that was worthy of Player of the Year consideration ... earned Mideast ABCA Second Team All-Region honors ... signed to play professionally with the Joliet Slammers after the conclusion of the season ... batted .376, which ranked second in the Horizon League and was the second-highest batting average for any Panther player in the past 10 seasons ... limited to only 48 games (all starts) due to injury, yet recorded 71 hits, 52 RBI, 35 runs scored, 15 doubles, 3 triples and 7 home runs ... posted a team-high .598 slugging percentage as well as a team-best .439 on-base percentage ... batted .425 versus lefties, .500 with the bases loaded (5-for-10) and an amazing .459 with runners in scoring position ... went 2-for-3 in the season opener against Marshall Feb. 15, driving in a pair ... tied what was his MKE-high with a three-hit game at Arizona March 3, driving in two ... set a new mark with a 4-hit contest the next game at BYU March 7, scoring twice ... had two doubles that game and scored twice ... recorded four hits, two RBI and a pair of doubles at Northern Kentucky March 22 ... hit his first home run of the season the next day ... went 3-for-3 with a walk in a win over Wright State April 19 ... cracked a pair of home runs and tied his career-high with four RBI against Northern Kentucky April 26 ... went 3-for-5 the next day against the Norse ... arguably the hottest hotter in the league as the season came to a close, finished the campaign on a 16-game hitting streak that raised his average 43 points ... batted .426 in the stretch (29-for-68), driving in 24 runs in the 16 contests ... the brunt of the production started with a grand slam and career-high five RBI's in a win over Oakland at Miller Park May 11 ... had three hits that day against the Golden Grizzlies ... put up a 3 hit/2 run/4 RBI statline in a win over Youngstown State May 16, cracking another home run ... opened the Horizon League Tournament with a bang, helping Milwaukee over YSU May 22 with a 4-for-5 outing that included three runs scored and four RBI ... went 3-for-5 the next day against UIC ... ended up with an amazing run in the postseason, earning Horizon League All-Tournament Team honors after batting .542 (13-for-24), driving in 10 runs and scoring eight more in MKE's five-game run in the event ... finished the year with Top 10 showings in eight different Horizon League categories: second in batting average, fourth in doubles, fifth in slugging percentage, sixth in RBI and triples, eighth in hits and ninth in both home runs and on-base percentage.
• 2019 game-by-game in PDF Format
2018: Named Second-Team All-Horizon League in his first season in Milwaukee ... started and appeared in 49 games as MKE's regular catcher ... finished the season with 41 hits, 15 doubles (fourth in the league), a team-best five home runs (11th in league), 31 RBI's and 24 runs scored ... season batting average was .241 ... came up clutch for the Panthers all season, batting .388 with runners in scoring position ... caught 18 would-be base stealers (second in the conference) ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, an RBI and a walk in the season opener against Ohio State Feb. 16 ... had two more hits and drove in a season-high four runs the next day in a win against Canisius ... season-high three hits and three runs scored in a win at Youngstown State March 17, driving in three more on the strength of a home run ... went deep at Wright State March 23 and again at Oakland March 30 ... part of a 2-for-4 day against the Golden Grizzlies, scoring twice and driving in two ... 2-for-3 with two RBI at Valparaiso April 11 ... homered and drove in two against YSU April 21 ... finished 2-for-3 with a home run at Miller Park against Wright State May 12 ... brilliant outing against Northern Kentucky in the Horizon League Tournament opener, going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI ... all three of his hits were doubles, tying the school and league tournament record for two-baggers in a game.
• 2018 game-by-game in PDF Format
Prior to MKE: Spent two seasons at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa ... appeared in 29 games as the Eagles went 35-20 in 2016 ... batting .354 with three home runs and 16 RBI, posting a .488 on-base percentage and .538 slugging percentage ... hit .261 in 51 games as a sophomore, finishing with eight home runs, 39 runs batted in and 30 runs scored.
High School: Rated the No. 23 prospect in the state by MaxPreps.com in high school, where he was an All-Northern Illinois Big 12 East selection as a senior after batting .330 with 13 doubles and 24 RBI in league play ... two-time all-region selection, batting .417 in 2015 and .421 in 2014 ... was also named
Morris Herald News All-Area as a senior ... a multi-sport athlete who also played four years for both the football and wrestling programs ... also played for the Illinois Indians from 2010 through 2016.
Personal: Son of Robert and Kim Bordner ... comes from a sports family, dad played college hockey and brothers played college football ... a communications major ... chose UWM because of the baseball program ... career goal is to pursue his baseball career as far as possible and then work within the sport ... most memorable sports experience was winning regionals in baseball as a junior ... lists hobbies as hunting and fishing ... has done volunteer work with his church ... born December 30, 1996.
