Utah Valley University Athletics

At Utah Valley ...

SENIOR (2022): Played in 36 games, with 33 starts behind the plate … hit .210 on the season in 105 at-bats… named to the prestigious Buster Posey Award watchlist… The all-time career record holder for runners caught stealing at (62)… second in the WAC in the runners caught stealing with 13… finished his UVU career with 176 games played and 169 starts… .980 career fielding percentage... earned Academic All-WAC honors. 

JUNIOR/COVID YEAR (2021): Played in 40 games which included 38 starts behind the plate at the catcher position ... named to prestigious Buster Posey Award watchlist ... hit .162 with two homers, two doubles, 15 RBIs and 12 runs scored ... finished second on the team with 14 walks and led the way in sacrifice flies with four ... also posted a .266 on-base percentage and a .231 slugging clip ... recorded a six-game reached base safely streak, three multiple-hit contests and two multiple-RBI outings ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI vs. Tarleton on April 16 ... also recorded multiple-hit outings in both games at the 2021 WAC Tournament by going 2-for-4 in both games, which included homering and driving in two runs in an elimination game against Seattle U on May 27 ... also homered vs. Sacramento State on March 19 ... threw out 13 would-be base stealers on the season (13-for-47) to tie for the WAC lead ... registered a ..993 fielding percentage with 29 assists and 239 putouts ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.

JUNIOR (2020): Played in 14 games and started 13 of them (all at C) before having the season cut short due to COVID-19 ... recorded three hits, four walks, three RBIs and two runs scored ... went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI at Abilene Christian on Feb. 15 ... scored a run and drove in a run in a shutout victory at Pac-12 Washington on March 6 ... threw out six would-be base stealers on the season (6-of-24) to tie for the lead in the WAC ... registered a .992 fielding percentage, 103 putouts and 14 assists ... earned Academic All-WAC honors.

SOPHOMORE (2019): Played and started 50 of the team's 56 games on the year behind the plate at the catcher position ... batted .246 on the year with two home runs, five doubles, one triple, 21 runs scored and 26 runs batted in ... also recorded 22 walks, a .326 on-base percentage and a .316 slugging clip ... posted a 10 multi-hit games, six multi-RBI contests, a 15-game reached base safely streak and a seven-game hitting streak ... hit homers in wins over Fresno State and Utah ... went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI in a win at Seattle U ... drove home three runs at CSU Bakersfield on April 28 ... threw out 21 would-be base stealers on the season (21-of-68) to rank second in the WAC ... recorded 338 putouts, 34 assists and a .971 fielding percentage.

FRESHMAN (2018): Named to Academic All-WAC Team ... made 36 appearances, starting 35 games, all behind the plate ... had trio of multi-hit games including at Sacramento State on May 17 ... threw out nine would-be base stealers (9-of-48) ... registered a .976 fielding percentage, with 227 putouts and 21 assists ... named to prestigious Johnny Bench Award watchlist and also named a possible top 100 prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.

Before Utah Valley..
Prepped at Vista Murrieta High School ... was first team all-league ... earned the Austin Gorrell Scholarship ... threw out 85 percent of would-be base stealers ... major is Emergency Service Management ... birthday is June 22 ... born in Hollywood, Calif. ... parents are Theresa and Mike Sims ... father played professionally for the Marlins ... played for the California Baseball Academy ... greatest sports thrill is throwing out a would-be base stealer ... wants to be a Major League Baseball player ... has one sibling, Nick, who also plays baseball at UVU.