Baylor

Career Honors
· 32nd overall pick by the Kansas City Royals in the 2020 MLB Draft 
· 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team 
· 2020 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year (Coaches, D1Baseball.com, Baseball America) 
· 2020 Preseason Second Team All-American (D1Baseball.com, Baseball America) 
· 2020 Preseason All-American (Collegiate Baseball) 
· 2019 First Team All-Big 12 
· 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team 
· 2018 First Team Freshman All-American by Baseball America
· 2018 Second Team Freshman All-American by D1 Baseball
· 2018 Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball
· Unanimous Big 12 All-Freshman Team selection (2018)
· 2018 Second Team All-Big 12 

2020 (Junior) ...  2020 Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year (Coaches, D1Baseball.com, Baseball America) ... 2020 Preseason Second Team All-American (D1Baseball.com, Baseball America) ... 2020 Preseason All-American (Collegiate Baseball) ... played in 14 games on the season, batted .298 (17-for-57) with 7 runs scored, 4 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs, 15 RBI … had a slugging percentage of .544 and an on base percentage of .339, also fielded .983 … had six multi-hit outings on the year … tallied a season-high 3 hits in the season opener vs. Nebraska (2/14), going 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and 1 double … tallied a season-high 3 RBI as he went 2-for-6 with 1 home run vs. Nebraska (2/15) … had three-straight two-hit performances, vs. Oral Roberts (2/22), vs. Oral Roberts (2/23) and vs. Missouri (2/28) … hit his second home run of the year, a mammoth shot in the Bears’ comeback victory vs. LSU (2/29) at the Shriner’s College Classic … was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI and a season-high 2 walks at Cal Poly (3/7) … also had 2 hits in the series-clinching game three of the series at Cal Poly (3/8) … 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection 

2019 (Sophomore): Made 53 starts at shortstop and two appearances on the mound in relief … Finished the season batting .323 with 41 RBI, good for third-best on the team … Led the team with 76 hits … Collected 18 doubles, 3 triples and 6 home runs … fielded .944 on the year and was 6-of-8 in stolen bases … Named to All-Big 12 First Team … Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors (4/1) … Season-high three hits at OSU (5/16) … Tallied multi-home run game vs. ACU (3/13) … Season-high four RBI at Kansas (3/30) … Pitched scoreless inning vs. Holy Cross (2/17) … Leads team with 24 multi-hit games … Recorded 10 multi-RBI games.

2018 (Freshman): Played in 55 games with 53 starts (31 at shortstop, 22 in left field) … Made two appearances on the mound in relief … Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and Baseball America … Second Team Freshman All-American by D1 Baseball … Unanimous Big 12 All-Freshman Team selection … Second Team All-Big 12 … Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (3/26) … Made Baylor debut as defensive replacement vs. HBU (2/17) … Notched first-career hit vs. HBU (2/18) … Crushed a grand slam for first-career home run vs. Kansas (3/23) … Hit leadoff home run vs. Kansas (3/25), Baylor’s first since 2012 (Nate Orf) … Scored team-high 52 runs … Ranked 52ndin the nation as toughest to strike out averaging 11.1 at-bats per strikeout … Tied for eighth in Big 12 with 52 runs scored … Posted 14 multi-run, 19 multi-hit and 10 multi-RBI games … Scored season-high four runs at Kansas State (4/28) … Notched season-best four hits at Kansas State (4/27) … Drove in season-most four RBI vs. Kansas (3/23) … Recorded season-long 11-game hitting streak from April 22-May 17 and 21-game on-base streak from April 8-May 18 … Hit home runs vs. Kansas (3/23, 3/25), at Memphis (4/13), at Kansas State (4/27, 4/29), and vs. Kansas (5/24) in Big 12 Championships … Worked two scoreless and hitless innings vs. Texas State (4/2) and vs. UAPB (4/18) with a total of three strikeouts.

High School: Four-year letterman for Coach Orlando Ruiz at W.B. Ray High School ... Helped team to district championship as junior ... Over high school career had .454 batting average, 88 hits and 29 stolen bases ... Named to MaxPreps Underclass All-American Team as an outfielder ... Named to all-district academic team twice ... Named all-district first team shortstop twice ... USA Today All-USA Texas second team shortstop in 2016 ... THSBCA all-state first team shortstop in 2016 ... 2016 Perfect Game Underclassman Honorable Mention.

Personal: Born on Sept. 25, 1998 ... Son of Jeffrey and Kathy Loftin ... majoring in HKLS.