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CAREER: Over five seasons, Modlin appeared in 195 games with 181 starts ... Hit .282 with 187 hits including 31 doubles, two triples and eight home runs ... Scored 108 runs and drove in 87 more.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Started all 45 games as a fifth-year senior ... Utilized a COVID-19 redshirt year ... Batted .284 with 13 doubles, five home runs, 32 RBI and 28 runs scored ... Went 4-for-6 with a home run and six RBI in the season finale at Pacific (5/29) ... Had three hits in a game four times ... Drove in four runs vs. LMU (4/25) ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Appeared in all 15 games as a senior during the COVID-19 shortened season ... Led the team in batting average, hitting .413 over 63 at-bats ... Had 26 hits, including five doubles, one triple and one home run ... Third on the team with a 1.043 OPS ... Went 5-for-5 against Michigan (3/6) and scored three runs ... Drove in two runs on three occasions (2/16 vs. Oregon, 2/21 vs Akron and 3/1 vs. Florida International) ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Appeared in 46 games, making 44 starts, as a junior ... Hit .283 on the year with 45 hits ... Drove in 17 runs and scored 27 ... Hit his lone home run against LMU (4/27) ... Hit five doubles ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018: Hit .214 for the Waves in his sophomore season ... Had 28 hits, 12 RBI and one home run ... Started 39 games for the Waves, mainly playing third base ... Lone home run was the first of his career, and it was a grand slam against Arizona State (3/6) ... Had three hits and scored three runs at East Carolina (3/2) ... Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2017: Was a key contributor for the Waves as a freshman in 2017, making 37 starts in 42 appearances at both middle infield positions and some third base ... Was second on the team with a .296 batting average ... Drove in 15 runs and scored 14 ... Posted five doubles and one triple ... Had a .371 on-base percentage, second best on the team ... Had season-best three-hit days three different times ... Drove in a season-high three runs at Portland (4/7) ... Scored multiple runs twice ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Woodbridge High School, located in Irvine, Calif., in 2016 ... Played three years of varsity baseball ... In his career, hit .386 with 98 hits, 39 RBI, 60 runs scored and 32 stolen bases ... Was All-CIF first team his senior year and second team his junior year ... All-Orange County first team his senior year ... All-Pacific Coast League first team both as a junior and senior ... As a senior, received the team’s Gold Glove, Big Stick and Ryan Lemming Character awards.
 
CLUB: Played two years for Trombly Baseball ... Was a member of the runner-up team at the 2015 AABC Don Mattingly World Series.
 
PERSONAL: Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2020 and is pursuing a master’s degree in applied finance ... Born in Atlanta, Georgia ... Son of Warren and Andrea Modlin ... Has one sibling, Dayla ... Chose Pepperdine because “the great mix of athletics and academics was exactly what my family and I were looking for during the college selection process.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Andrelton Simmons (pro baseball player), Atlanta Braves (pro baseball team), Quantum Prophecy series (books), The Sandlot (movie), Subway (food) and tennis (sport other than baseball).