2017: Selected by the Chicago White Sox in MLB First-Year Player Draft (Round 20 | Pick 597) ... All-Horizon League Second Team selection ... Named most valuable player of the Horizon League Championship and placed on the All-Tournament Team ... Started all 56 games at second base ... Scored team-best 50 runs and drew team-best 39 walks (both career highs) ... Led UIC and ranked fourth in the Horizon League with an on-base percentage of .429 ... Ranked second on the Flames with 67 hits and 14 stolen bases ... Ranked second on the team with 20 multi-hit games ... Tied for first on the team, and first in the League, with 182 assists (Bohanek) and 47 double plays (Ramirez) ... Integral part of defensive unit that posted nation's best fielding percentage, .984 ... Named MVP of the Horizon League championship after hitting two key triples in a pair of wins of Wright State (May 26 and 27) ... Hit career-high sixth home run of the season to help UIC complete doubleheader sweep over WSU (May 13) ... Matched season high with three hits while driving in career-high five runs and scoring career-high four runs at Youngstown State (April 21) ... Hit safely in 13 consecutive games between March 21 at Northwestern and April 11 at Northern Illinois ... Batted .404 with 21 hits and 18 runs scored during that span ... Drove in four runs and scored twice with two hits during Horizon League opener vs. Youngstown State (March 18) ... Collected three hits in season opener at MLB Urban Youth Invitational against Prairie View A&M (Feb. 17).
2016: Was named to ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Second Team … hit .360 (80-222) in 54 games … led Flames in hits, total bases (101) and stolen bases (16) … was selected to the All-Horizon League First Team ... ranked among Horizon League leaders in hits (4th), average (3rd), sac bunts (3rd, eight), on-base percentage (5th, .422), stolen bases (5th) and total bases (9th) … finished fifth on UIC single season list in at-bats (222) and seventh with 80 hits … had career high four hits on four occasions (last, 5/13 at Wright State) ... reached base in 25 straight games from 2/27-4/12 and 50 of 54 overall … scored three runs (career high) three times … produced career high 13-game hit streak from 3/19-4/12 … owned team-high 23 multihit games ... reached base in five straight plate appearances on 3/8 vs. Northwestern (4-4, BB) … homered in consecutive games including first career multihomer effort on 2/20 at Texas Southern.
2015: Named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team ... made 41 appearances and started 36 games at second base ... in his first active season with the Flames, batted .244 with 33 hits, five doubles, two triples and 17 RBI ... produced nine games with two hits ... was perfect at the plate on two occasions ... tallied a career-high four RBI versus Oakland (03/21) ... registered a double and a triple with three RBI against Chicago State (03/11) ... stole UIC's second-most bases with 11 and recorded a pair of stolen bases in two games.
2014: Was redshirted during the 2014 season and retained four years of eligibility.
PREP/PERSONAL: Four-time letterwinner in baseball at Carl Sandburg High School ... Named All-Conference and All-Area his senior year ... Batted .400 with 27 runs and 22 RBI in his senior campaign ... Born December 19, 1994 ... Son of Dave and Patty Cronin ... Currently enrolled as a Criminology, Law and Justice major.
