New Mexico State University Athletics

Awards
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-American
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District (VII)
2020 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason All-American (First Team)
2020 Perfect Game Preseason All-American (Second Team)
2020 NCBWA Preseason All-American (Second Team)
2020 Preseason All-WAC Team
2019 NCAA RBI per game leader (1.70 per game)
2019 NCBWA All-American
2019 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American
2019 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region
2019 First Team All-Conference, WAC
2019 Academic All-Conference, WAC

2020 (Senior)
CoSIDA Academic All-American ... Started all 16 games during the pandemic-shortened season ... Slashed .250/.375/.456 during the shortened season, hitting one home run and driving in 10 runs ... Plunked by a team-high eight pitches ... Knocked in his first two RBI of the season in the first game of the doubleheader against Texas Southern (2/15) ... Two hits, including a double, and an RBI in the nightcap of the doubleheader ... Drew seven walks in the four-game set against Iona ... Two hits, including his lone home run of the season, and two RBI in the series finale against the Gaels (2/23) ... Doubled and drew a walk on the road at #8 Arizona State (2/15) ... Two hits and an RBI in the opener against Purdue Fort Wayne (2/28) ... Doubled and drove in a run against #24 Texas A&M (3/7) ... Perfect Game and NCBWA Preseason All-American ... Preseason All-WAC honoree.

2019 (Junior)
NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-American … ABCA/Rawlings All-Region selection … First Team All-Conference in the WAC … 53 games played with 52 starts … Batted .400 with 20 home runs and 90 RBI … Second in the country in RBI, fourth in slugging percentage (.769) and ninth in on-base percentage (.520) … Batted .419 with 13 home runs and 53 RBI in 27 WAC games … Compiled a .453 average with 18 home runs and 68 RBI in 31 home games … Hit .429 against left-handed pitching … Only committed three errors in the field … Recorded four home runs and 12 RBI in the season-opening four game series sweep vs Texas Southern … Finished 5-for-6 with three home runs and seven RBI in the first conference win of the season vs CSUB (3/23) … Blasted a first inning grand slam and drove in seven runs in a rivalry win vs UNM at home (3/26) … Went 4-for-5 with two home runs and eight RBI against California Baptist (5/17) to help the Aggies clinch a share of the WAC regular-season title … Recorded seven RBI or more in four games … Four multi-home run games …Eight games of three hits or more … 21 multi-RBI games … Hit safely in 19 of the final 20 games … Reached base safely in the final 55 games.

2018 (Sophomore at Howard JC)
Played in 29 games during his sophomore season ... Posted a .358 batting average ... Added three home runs and 17 runs batted in.

2017 (Freshman at Kansas State)
Played in 12 games with two starts behind the plate in his freshman season ... Posted a slash line of .200/.438/.300 with a double and two runs batted in ... Went 2-for-5 (.400) as a pinch hitter ... Started vs. Omaha on March 21 and at Texas on March 25 ... In Big 12 games, went 1-for-4 (.250) ... Drew a season-high three walks and scored two runs vs. Omaha on March 21 ... Double and RBI on March 5 vs. Eastern Illinois.

High School
Attended Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona … 2016 MaxPreps Second Team All-America selection ... 2016 Arizona First Team All-State ... 2016 Rawlings First Team All-Region (Region 7) ... Hit .444/.606/.864 his senior season at CDO along with six home runs, 30 RBI and 46 runs scored and drew 33 walks ... In his junior season, hit .426 while driving in 35 and scoring 35 runs.

Personal
Son of Jim and Cheri Peterson … Has an older brother, Cody … Father, Jim, wrestled collegiately at North Dakota State … Maintains a 4.0 GPA while majoring in engineering.