At what age did you start playing baseball and how did you get into baseball?
I started at the age of four. My dad had me play it and I fell in love with the sport.
Do you have any pregame superstitions or routines?
Praying before a game.
What is one thing that someone wouldn’t know about you?
I can juggle anything.
Who is your biggest role model and why?
My parents. They have always pushed me to be the best.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
JUNIOR – 2026
Committed in October 2024
PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE – 2024-25
Spent two years at Paris Junior College
NJCAA Division I All-America Second Team in 2025
ABCA/Rawlings NJCAAÂ Division I All-America Second Team in 2025
Region XIV North Player of the Year for both the All-Conference and All-Region teams in 2025
Rawlings Gold Glove winner at third base in 2025
All-Conference First Team in 2024
All-Region XIV First Team in 2024
All-Academic First Team in 2024
TXNMJC All-Star in 2024
Slashed .379/.463/.621 (149-for-393), with 25 doubles, five triples, 20Â home runs, 135Â RBIs, 78Â runs, 53 walks and 38 stolen bases in 109 career games
2025: .389/.460/.671 (84-for-216), 15 2B, 5 3B, 12 HR, 81 RBI, 46 R, 25 BB, 26 SB in 58 games in 2025
Led the team in batting average (.389), on-base percentage (.460), slugging percentage (.671), hits (84), home runs (12), RBI (81)
2024: .367/.467/.559 (65-for-177), 10 2B, 8 HR, 54 RBI, 32 R, 28 BB, 12 SB in 51 games as a freshman in 2024
Ranked in the top 10 in Region 14 in batting average, hits, RBIs and home runs in 2024
Had 28 walks compared to only seven strikeouts in 2024
Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage during conference play in 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
Played four years of baseball at Lake Travis High School in Lakeway, Texas
Ranked the No. 32 shortstop in the state of Texas, and the No. 181 overall prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report in 2023
THSBCA 6A All-State Elite Team Shortstop
SBLive Texas All-State First Team Shortstop
Blue Bell/TSWA All-State Shortstop
THSBCA All-State All-Star Game
American-Statesman All-Central First Team Shortstop
USA Today Austin Area Baseball POY Finalist
AABCA All-Star Game
26-6A All-District 2021, 2022, 2023
Batted .450/.503/.611 with 53 hits, 15 doubles and three home runs in 2023
Helped his team become District Champions and Regional Quarterfinals Finalists in 2021, District Champions and Regional Finals Finalists in 2022 and Regional Quarterfinals Finalists in 2023
THSCA Academic All-State
PERSONAL
Son of Fred and Anita Schlotterback
Has two younger brothers, Gavyn and Ethan
His brother, Gavyn, also plays at Kansas
Picked Kansas over Campbell, Coastal Carolina, Dallas Baptist, Ohio State and VCU
Chose Kansas because, “Coach Fitzgerald, Coach Coyne, and Coach Hancock were all instrumental in helping me make my decision. After meeting with them I felt Kansas is on the verge of something special, and I knew I wanted to be a part of it."