MEDIA
PROFESSIONAL
Selected by the Houston Astros in the 5th round and 160th overall in the 2020 MLB draft, making him the highest player ever drafted in the Division II era and second highest drafted in school history...Led Minor League Baseball in 2023 with 35 home runs with Triple-A Sugar Land Space Cowboys and set the club's single season RBI record (91) a season later...Called up on Aug. 16, 2024 and made his MLB debut on Aug. 17, 2024, batting eighth in the lineup for the Astros and playing third base...Went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run scored in the 6-1 victory against the Chicago White Sox...Knocked his first major league home run (451 ft) on July 2, 2025 at Colorado Rockies.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2020
2020 CCAA All-Star Team...CCAA Player of the Week (3/3)...CCAA All-Academic...UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (3/2)...Named a West Region Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball...Team Captain...Started all 20 games played at shortstop...Ranked second in hits (20), runs (23) and hit for .333...Also recorded 15 RBIS and was walked 13 times...Hit five home runs on the season with three during game two against San Francisco State on Feb 29...Hit for a pair of doubles against Cal State San Marcos on Mar 8.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2019
NCBWA All-America honorable mention ... ABCA/Rawlings All-West Region First Team ... D2CCA All-West Region First Team ... NCBWA All-West Region First Team ... CCAA Most Valuable Player ... All-CCAA First Team ... One of 13 UC San Diego Athletes of the Year ... One of eight (from all levels of college baseball) Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Players of the Week (3/18), with the other seven (two other position players) from Division I (click here) ... NCBWA West Region Player of the Week (3/19) ... CCAA Player of the Week (3/19) ... San Diego Sports Association Star of the Month for March (4/10) ... UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (3/20) ... Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason Player to Watch ... NCBWA Preseason All-West Region Second Team shortstop ... One of three Tritons to start or even appear in all 57 games, all at shortstop ... Led Tritons in at-bats (229), hits (72), doubles (25) and total bases (132) ... Led CCAA and was second nationally in Division II in doubles ... Second on team with .314 batting average ... Opening Day starter at shortstop and in leadoff position for second straight year at Concordia Irvine (2/1), scoring winning run on error in 10th inning after rallying from 1-2 deficit to draw leadoff walk.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018
CCAA Freshman of the Year ... All-CCAA honorable mention ... Made Perfect Game Top NCAA Division II Freshmen list at No. 7 (9/28) ... Appeared in all but one contest, starting 59 at shortstop ... Made college debut as starting shortstop in leadoff position of batting order in opener at Concordia Irvine (2/8), finishing 1-for-2 with three walks and a run scored ... First college hit came in first career plate appearance, a single up the middle on 2-2 count in very first frame ... Led Tritons with .375 (6-16) batting average, six hits, six RBI, nine total bases, three walks (tied) and .500 OBP during split vs. Cal State LA (4/26-28) ... Went 2-for-5 with one run and season-high four RBI vs. CSULA (4/27), with two-out RBI single in second and two-out, three-run home run in fourth ... Had UC San Diego's longest reached-base streak of season, getting on base safely in each of his first 31 collegiate games, and produced first double-digit hit streak of season, at 14 games (4/14-5/5).
SUMMER BALL
Spent 2019 summer in nation's best summer league, Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL), with Orleans (Mass.) Firebirds ... Made debut as starting shortstop in No. 7 position in batting order at Bourne (Mass.) (6/16), going 0-for-1 with a hit-by-pitch, two sacrifice flies, two RBI and a stolen base in 9-0 seven-inning win to open doubleheader, becoming second Triton in as many years to appear in CCBL after Ted Stuka ... First hit was two-out single to center in sixth inning of 9-5 loss vs. Yarmouth-Dennis (6/20) ... First home run accounted for lone run in 1-0 seven-inning home win vs. Wareham (6/23), off scoreboard in left to lead off third ... Participated in event at Fenway Park in Boston (6/27) featuring 60-yard dashes, infield/outfield and batting practice in front of more than 100 professional scouts ... Played in La Mirada for Southern California Catch of prestigious California Collegiate League (CCL) during 2017 summer ... Homered on back-to-back days to take over team lead at four, going 2-for-5 with a walk, double, two-run blast to left in fifth, three runs and three RBI in 13-6 win vs. Arroyo Seco Saints (7/20) to earn Catch's Co-Player of the Game, and then 1-for-2 with two walks, a solo shot, two runs and one RBI in 14-6 loss at Academy Barons (7/21) ... So Cal Player of the Game in 7-6 win at Orange County Riptide (7/16), going 2-for-6 with second home run of summer, of three-run variety, to break 1-1 tie in fifth ... Played for SoCal Giants during 2016 summer, and was chosen for Jesse Flores Scout Ball All-Star Game in October of 2016.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Newbury Park High School ... Aided Panthers to Marmonte League title as a senior ... 2017 All-Marmonte League First Team and All-Ventura County Second Team ... Career .325 hitter, playing primarily at second base ... Team's Gold Glove and Scholar-Athlete awards as a junior, hitting .321 and slugging .410 with a .430 on-base percentage ... Added NPHS Silver Slugger Award as a senior.
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 28 in Thousand Oaks ... Parents are Lane and Yoonie Whitcomb, who both attended Wayne State ... Has an older sister named Ashley and a younger sister named Kylie ... International studies-international business major at Sixth College ... Career goal is to play professional baseball ... Enjoys surfing and fishing ... Roots for Los Angeles Dodgers.
CAREER HITTING HIGHS (current through 2019 season)
At Bats: 6, Multiple times (Last 3/8/20 vs Cal State San Marcos-1)
Runs: 4, 3/3/19 vs Sonoma St.
Hits: 4, 3/26/18 at Cal State Monterey Bay-1
Doubles: 2, multiple times (Last 4/28/19 vs Cal State Dominguez Hills)
Triples: 1, Twice (Last 2/11/19 vs. Concordia OR)
Home Runs: 3, 2/29/20 vs San Francisco State)
RBI: 7, 3/17/19 at Cal State San Marcos
Walks: 4, 4/8/18 at Chico State-2
Stolen Bases: 1, multiple times (last 3/30/19 vs. Chico State)
