Before PSU
Played two seasons at Georgia in 2022 and 2023…Appeared in 89 games, making 71 starts…Tallied 64 hits, including eight doubles and 12 homers, 44 RBI and 47 runs…Added 30 walks. 2023: Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors…tabbed to the SEC Academic Honor Roll…Played in 46 games and made 39 starts, splitting time between first base, right field and designated hitter…Collected 30 hits, including seven doubles and six homers, 23 RBI and 24 runs. Worked 16 walks. Had a 1.000 fielding percentage…Had six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games. 2022: Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll…Helped Georgia to an NCAA Regional appearance…Played in 43 games, making 32 starts, splitting time between right field and designated hitter…Batted .276 with 34 hits, including one double and six homers, 21 RBI and 23 runs. Added 14 walks…Had nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games.
High School
Played at Red Land High School for head coach Nate Ebbert…Led Red Land to a district title and the 5A PIAA championship game as a senior…Helped the Patriots to win a state championship as a sophomore…As a senior, batted .353 with eight doubles, four triples, four homers and 32 RBI…Junior season in 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19…As a sophomore, hit .375 with three homers, 22 RBI and six steals…Played travel ball for Team Elite…Also lettered in football at Red Land…Graduated as Red Land’s 2021 valedictorian, ranking first academically in his class, and earned a National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation.
Personal
Son of Bret and Colleen Wagner…Has a sister, Emma…Engaged to his fiance, Paige Richards...Father, Bret, was a pitcher for Wake Forest and was a first-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1994…Cousin, Luke, pitched at Georgia and Purdue…Played on Red Land’s Little League World Series team with former Nittany Lion Jaden Henline, winning the 2015 United States Championship…Earned bachelor’s degree in finance from Georgia…Pursuing business management foundations graduate certificate.