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CAREER: Appeared in 166 games with 146 starts over his five-year career ... Had a career .220 batting average, with 112 hits including 13 doubles, two triples and three home runs ... Drove in 46 runs and scored 43.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Started 32 of 35 games as a fifth-year senior ... Utilized a COVID-19 redshirt year ... Batted .235 with 12 RBI and 13 runs scored ... Threw out 11 would-be base stealers from behind the plate ... Had three hits against both UCLA (3/5) and Pacific (5/29) ... Drove in four runs vs. LMU (4/25) ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Appeared in 14 games as a senior during the COVID-19 shortened season ... Had nine hits, including a home run, and batted .164 ... Drove in seven runs and scored four ... Went 2-for-4 against Oregon (2/16), scoring two runs and driving in two ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Had a breakout junior campaign, being named All-WCC honorable mention ... Led the team in batting average, hitting .341 in 33 games ... Drove in 14 runs ... Had three doubles and two triples.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018: Started 40 of 45 games as a sophomore ... Had 17 hits, hitting .149, with eight RBI ... Had a season-high two RBI at LMU (3/23).
 
PEPPERDINE 2017: Thrust into the starting catcher role as a freshman, making 36 starts in 39 appearances ... Batted .213, scoring 12 runs and driving in five ... Hit three doubles and two homers ... Caught 14 of 31 runners stealing ... Posted a four-hit game against Pacific (3/26) ... Scored a season-high three runs at CSUN (4/4) ... Had walk-off RBIs against Gonzaga (4/2) and Saint Mary’s (5/13).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Palos Verdes (Calif.) High School ... Played three years of varsity baseball ... As a senior, batted .330 with 31 hits and 20 RBI ... Was named to the All-Bay League first team and was a South Bay All-Star his senior year ... Was the recipient of the Mike Boyd Captain of the Year Award during his senior year.
 
CLUB: Played for the South Bay Spartans, the House of Hardball Hitmen, the South Bay Elite, the Playa Vista Orioles, the Garciaparra Baseball Group and Trosky Baseball.
 
PERSONAL: Graduated in with a bachelor’s degree in sport administration in 2020 and is pursuing a master’s degree in American studies ... Born in Torrance, Calif. ... Son of Peter and Georgia Caparis ... Has one sister, Elizabeth ... Father played baseball at Pace University ... Sister played soccer at USC ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because of the “opportunity presented to balance out academic and athletic life on a comforting campus in a nearby location to my home where I could be surrounded by many different personalities that are not just friendly, but trustworthy as well.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Ivan Rodriguez (pro baseball player), New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants (pro teams), Unbroken (book), Remember the Titans (movie), The Voice (TV show), Guns N Roses (musical artist), New York steak (food) and football, tennis and basketball (sports other than baseball).