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2020: Played in 11 games with nine starts (3 in 1B; 6 as DH) before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Posted three hits, including two extra-base hits … Doubled and contributed an RBI against Vanderbilt (Feb. 22) … Slammed a home run at Auburn (Feb. 15). 

2019: Appeared in 43 games with 39 starts ... Owned 11 extra-base hits and 14 RBI ... Ranked second on team with four sacrifice flies ... Ranked fifth on the team with nine doubles ... Notched five multi-hit games ... Singled in NCAA Louisville Regional against Cardinals (May 31) ... Went deep and scored twice against Youngstown State (May 11) ... Tied career high with three hits against Milwaukee (May 3) ... Reached base safely in 11 consecutive games between March 23 - April 12 ... Homered and drove in season-high two runs against Northwestern (April 3) ... Started on opening day at Georgia Tech and hit a sacrifice fly against the Yellow Jackets (Feb. 15) ... Graduated in May with a degree in Kinesiology: Exercise Science & Health Promotion in May.

2018: Appeared in 37 games with 31 starts ... Hit .248 with two home runs and 16 RBI ... Produced seven extra-base hits and scored 11 runs ... Hit by 10 pitches, most on squad ... Named Horizon League Batter of the Week on March 19 by posting a batting average of .462, an on-base percentage of .533 and a slugging percentage of 1.000 with a team-high 13 total bases as he helped the Flames to three wins over Northern Illinois and Northern Kentucky ... Clubbed two home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in a career-high seven RBI in an 18-3 victory over Northern Illinois (March 14) ... Matched a career high with three hits and scored a pair of runs for UIC that day.

2017: Received a medical redshirt ... Did not appear in a game ... Retained three seasons of eligibility.

2016: Earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team status … Named to All-Horizon League Second Team and Freshman Team ... hit .300 (48-160) with three home runs and 31 RBI … ranked second on team in RBI and tied for third in home runs … was just one of two Flames to hit above .300 ... posted a .412 slugging and .358 on-base percentage … ranked second in Horizon League with a team-high nine sacrifice bunts … made 22 starts at third base, 23 as the designated hitter and three at first base … appearances at first base came during the Horizon League Baseball Championship … had game-tying, two-run single on 5/7 vs. Northern Kentucky ... matched career-high (twice) with three-hit effort on 5/1 at Valparaiso ... compiled season-high, nine-game hitting streak from 3/26-4/12 ... collected career-high five RBI on 2/20 at Texas Southern, going 3-3 with a double, home run ... had 13 multihit and eight multi-RBI games.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Was a two-sport athlete at St. Thomas Aquinas ... earned third team All-State honors in baseball as a senior ... member of state runner-up team that went 26-4 ... led team in hits (48) and RBI (35) ... participated in the WBCA Senior All-Star Game ... garnered first-team All-Conference accolades as a junior and senior ... played wide receiver and linebacker on the football team, earning second team All-Conference ... parents are Bill and Beth Dee ... Younger brother, Sean, is also on the Flames ... Nephew of UIC head coach Mike Dee ... Majoring in Kinesiology: Exercise Science & Health Promotion at UIC.