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CAREER: Appeared in 68 games and made 58 starts … Over the last five years, has a batting average of .226 with 50 hits including eight doubles and five home runs … Has driven in 35 runs and scored 27.
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Started and appeared in 25 games as a graduate student … Batted .237 with 22 hits including two doubles and three home runs … Had 23 RBI and scored 11 runs …Earned WCC All-Academic first team honors … Garnered CSC Academic All-District Honors … Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Played in 35 games and made 32 starts as a senior … Batted .227 with 27 hits including four doubles and two home runs … Nearly hit for the cycle with two singles, one double and a home run vs. Villanova (2/18), along with four runs scored, all of which were season highs … Named WCC Player of the Week (2/21) following the Villanova series … Earned WCC All-Academic first team honors … Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PEPPERDINE 2021: Appeared in five games off the bench as a junior ... Drove in a run at UCLA (3/5) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Did not see any action as a sophomore in the COVID-19 shortened season ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Played in three games, making one start, as a freshman ... Got his lone hit and RBI against San Francisco (5/3) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Clackamas (Ore.) High School in 2018 ... Played three years of varsity baseball ... Was named Mt. Hood Conference Player of the Year as a senior and was named to the All-Oregon first team ... Hit .400 with five home runs as a senior ... Helped team to state championship in 2017 ... Was valedictorian.
 
CLUB: Played for Baseball Northwest for four years.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in business administration ... Son of Dave and Debbie Mehlhaff ... Younger brother to Michael ... Chose Pepperdine because of the “exceptional balance between a rigorous academic challenge and the highly competitive baseball opportunity.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Ken Griffey Jr. (pro baseball player), Seattle Mariners (pro baseball team), Calico Joe (book), Edge of Tomorrow (movie), Entourage (TV show), Juice WRLD (musical artist), Southern BBQ (food) and football (sport besides baseball).