Career Honors
· 2018 First Team All-Big 12
· 2018 All-Big 12 Tournament Team
· Drafted in the 37th Round by the Boston Red Sox
· 2018 Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List
· 2017 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
· 2017 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
· 2017 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
· Two-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2017, Fall 2017)
· Dean's List (Fall 2017)
2018 (Sophomore)
Started all 58 games at third base … First Team All-Big 12 … All-Big 12 Tournament Team … Big 12 Player of the Week (4/30) … Academic All-Big 12 First Team … Bragan Award Watch List … Drafted by Boston Red Sox in 37thround of 2018 MLB Draft but did not sign … Set career highs with .310 batting average, 38 runs, 67 hits, 22 doubles, 49 RBI, 39 walks, 115 total bases, .435 on-base percentage and .532 slugging percentage … Matched freshman year total of eight home runs … Led team with 22 doubles, 49 RBI, .435 on-base percentage, and 12 hit-by-pitches … Ranked 10thin Big 12 with 49 RBI … Placed third in conference and 18thin nation with 22 doubles … Tied for eighth all-time on Baylor leaderboard with 22 doubles in one season … Reached base in 37 consecutive games from March 10-May 13, Baylor’s longest streak since 2003 (David Murphy, 39) … Recorded season-long 17-game hitting streak from April 13-May 13 … Posted two doubles vs. HBU (2/18), vs. UAPB (4/18) and vs. OSU (5/11) ... Tallied 11 multi-run games … Notched 22 multi-hit games … Recorded at least two hits in nine of 11 games from April 24-May 18 … Collected 12 multi-RBI games including seven games with at least three RBI … Drove in career-high five RBI at Kansas State (4/28) … Hit home runs vs. HBU (2/18), at UCLA (2/24), at Texas (4/8), at Memphis (4/13), vs. UAPB (4/18), at Kansas State (4/28, 4/29) and vs. TCU (5/27) in Big 12 tournament championship game.
2017 (Freshman)
Played in 50 games with 47 starts (32 at third base, eight in outfield and seven at first base) ... All-Big 12 honorable mention ... Big 12 All-Freshman Team ... Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ... Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (spring 2017, fall 2017) ... Dean's List (fall 2017) ... Had seven multi-run games ... Posted nine multi-hit games ... Notched six multi-RBI games ... Made Baylor debut vs. Niagara (2/17) with start at first base, had one walk in four plate appearances ... Started at third base vs. Niagara (2/18), went 2-for-5 with three RBI and two runs ... Went 3-for-4 at No. 7 TCU (4/22) with season-high three runs, season-high four RBI and first career two-home run game ... Went season-best 4-for-5 vs. Prairie View A&M (5/10) with two runs, season-high four RBI and one homer ... Also had homers vs. UTSA (3/28), vs. Stephen F. Austin (walk-off, 4/18), at Oklahoma State (5/13) and vs. Kansas State (5/18 and 5/19) ... Had season-high eight-game hitting streak from April 9-22 ... Notched season-high 17-game on-base streak from April 9-May 13.
High School
Three-year letterwinner for coach Brett Kay at JSerra Catholic High School ... 2016 Rawlings/Perfect Game honorable mention All-American ... 2016 Perfect Game second-team All-California Region ... Helped team to Trinity League championships during sophomore and junior seasons ... Hit .400 in 2014 and .343 in 2015 ... Named second-team All-Trinity League sophomore and junior years.
Personal
Born on May 23, 1997 ... Son of Stan and Denise Wendzel ... Sister, Bailey, played volleyball at Brown ... Pre-business major.