UIC Athletics

2020: Appeared and started in all 16 games (4 as C; 11 at 2B; 1 in LF) before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Recorded four multi-hit games and two multi-RBI efforts … Led the team in stolen bases with six (6-of-8)… Hit a pair of doubles and contributed two RBI against Augustana (March 11) ... Posted two hits and scored twice vs. St. Bonaventure (March 6) ... Collected season-high four hits, including a triple, in game two of doubleheader at Auburn (Feb. 15).

2019: Slashed .279/.356/.322 in 46 games ... Has started all 46 games played (20 at 2B, 13 at SS, 13 at 3B) ...Led off in team-high 34 games ... Ranked fourth on the team with 14 multi-hit games ... Ranked second on team with seven stolen bases (7-of-9) ... One of three Flames to record five hits in a game (April 9 at Northern Illinois) ... Tied for team lead with two triples ... Walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run against Indiana at NCAA Louisville Regional (June 1) ... Batted .364 and scored four runs during Horizon League Championship (May 23-25) ... Placed career-high two sacrifice bunts in Horizon League Tournament victory against Wright State (May 24), and both came in scoring innings for the Flames ... Produced career-high five hits and matched career high with four runs in 15-10 victory at NIU (April 9) ... Scored four of UIC's 21 runs at Milwaukee (March 30) ... Matched career high with two RBI vs. Oakland (March 16).

2018: Batted .293 in 38 games with 28 starts ... Collected four extra-base hits ... Walked 23 times and struck out only 16 in 99 at-bats and 128 plate appearances ... Produced 10 multi-hit games during the season ... Named to the Horizon League All-Tournament Team ... Hit .357 with seven hits and four runs scored in four conference tournament games ... Had season-high three hits, walked twice and scored two runs in Horizon League Championship opener vs. Milwaukee (May 24) ... Hit safely in season-high five consecutive games between April 20 at Northern Kentucky and April 28 vs. Milwaukee to raise batting average from .150 to .246 ... Opened season as designated hitter vs. Southern (Feb. 16).

2017: Appeared in 29 games and made 19 starts ... Drove in nine runs and scored nine runs ... Collected 15 hits ... Posted three multi-hit games and one multi-RBI effort ... Two of three multi-hit games came on the road against SEC opponents Vanderbilt and Mizzou ... Drove in the first run of the game on an RBI single against Wright State (May 13) ... Drew career-high three walks and scored twice at Northwestern (March 7) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs in series finale at Missouri (March 5) ... Stole first career base at Missouri (March 3) ... Collected an RBI and two hits in extra-inning victory at No. 7 Vanderbilt (Feb. 26) ... Batted in two runs in a game for first time at New Orleans (Feb. 18) ... Made opening-day start in left field and notched two hits during MLB Urban Youth Invitational game vs. Prairie View A&M (Feb. 17).

PREP AND PERSONAL: Lettered all four years in baseball at Romeoville High School … Captained the Spartans for three season … Earned All-Southwest Prairie Conference honors as a senior … Two-time All-Area honoree … Son of Joe and Katie Bottcher… Has one brother, Dylan… Major is Criminology, Law & Justice.