Milwaukee Athletics

2026 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Appeared in 38 games for the Panthers during his sophomore season with starts in 19 games … hit .241 on the year with 21 hits in 87 at bats including three doubles and two home runs … drove in 15 runs and scored 14 … had a .345 slugging percentage and also had a .305 on-base percentage with seven walks drawn … was 8-for-9 in stolen base attempts … had two hits including his first home run of the season and drove in three runs during the team’s series finale at LSU (2/15) … had a hit and stolen base in a win at Duke (2/21) …collected a double at Minnesota (3/4) … recorded a pair of hits in three at bats at Purdue (3/10) …drove in a run with two hits in Horizon League action at Northern Kentucky (3/15) … walked twice and scored a run in the team’s win over Central Michigan (4/13) … had a pair of singles and drove in a season-best four runs in the team’s non-league win over St. Thomas (4/21) … had two hits including a home run and drove in a pair of runs at UIC (5/6) … was 2-for-2 off the bench and had a pair of doubles with two driven in at Youngstown State (5/10) … had a pinch single and scored a run in the Horizon League Championship opener against Northern Kentucky (5/21) … collected a hit in his final game of the season during the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship at No. 4 Auburn (6/1).

2025 | Game-by-Game Statistics
Made appearances in 39 games during his freshman season with the Panthers including 23 starts on the year … had 79 at bats and had 11 hits as he finished the season hitting .139 … had two doubles along with a triple and a home run … drove in 12 runs and also scored 12 runs … drew 12 walks for a .266 on-base percentage … was 1-for-1 on stolen base attempts … did not make an error in 20 defensive chances in the outfield … walked in his collegiate debut at Mercer (2/15) … collected his first career hit in the series finale at UNLV (3/2) … also had a hit off the bench at Minnesota (3/4) … drove in his first career RBI with his first career home run and also walked three times against Kansas (3/8) … had a two-RBI afternoon and also had a double at Northern Kentucky (3/29) … picked up another RBI at Valparaiso (4/1) … drove in a pair and also walked twice at Purdue Fort Wayne (4/4) …picked up two more RBIs in the middle game of the series versus Youngstown State (4/18) … scored two runs in the win over Northern Illinois (4/29) … added another RBI the following afternoon versus MSOE (4/30) … went 1-for-2 with a double and drove in a run at Oakland (5/17).

High School
Graduated from Oak Creek High School in Oak Creek, Wisconsin in 2024 … played four seasons of baseball for the Knights … was a part of the 2024 Sectional Championship and Southeast Conference Championship team as a senior … was a First Team All-State selection as a senior … was also recognized as a First Team All-Conference selection during each of his seasons in high school … holds the program record for stolen bases in a season, as well as the career stolen base record at Oak Creek High School … also played one season of basketball and three seasons of football at the varsity level … was a three-time team captain with the football team … set several Oak Creek football records including the single-season passing yards record and the single-season passing touchdowns record in 2022 as well as the career passing touchdown record … played club baseball for Hitters Baseball Academy.
 
Personal
Son of Dave and Sue Palkowski … has two older siblings, Ryan and Cole … is majoring in business while studying at Milwaukee.