AS A JUNIOR TRANSFER IN 2015: Named the Baseball's Most Valuable Player at the 2015 GRU Athletics Awards Banquet … Hit. 325 (fourth best on team) with a .403 slugging percentage (fourth best on team) … Ranked second in runs (38), RBI (34), walks (16), steals (nine), and hit by pitches (six) … Started all 46 games at second base and had three homers, four doubles, and one triple.
AT EAST GEORGIA: Attended for two years in Swainsboro, Ga. … Led the team in batting average at .377 in 2014.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in baseball for four years at Thomson High School in Thomson, Ga. … Graduated in 2011 … Coached by Jason Osborn … Top 100, Part of Team Georgia, 2010 Preseason All-American … Hope Scholarship
PERSONAL: Born on September 9, 1992 in Augusta, Ga. … Son of Carl Rau and Joann Hunt … Father Carl played for the Jaguars in the 1990s ... Has three siblings, Madison, Katie and TJ … Majoring in secondary education
