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CAREER: Appeared in 95 games and made 74 starts … Batted .280 with 81 hits including 14 doubles, one triple and two home runs … Scored 44 runs and drove in 42 more.
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Appeared in 28 games and started all of them as a fifth-year player … Hit .299 on the year with 32 hits including seven doubles and one home run … Had nine RBI … Had a season-high three hits vs. Long Beach State (3/29) … Was tied for second on the team with the longest hitting streak at 15 games (from 3/6 at Cal State Fullerton to 4/2 at Gonzaga) … Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention honors … Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2022: Appeared in 28 games and started all of them as a fifth-year player … Hit .299 on the year with 32 hits including seven doubles and one home run … Had nine RBI … Had a season-high three hits vs. Long Beach State (3/29) … Was tied for second on the team with the longest hitting streak at 15 games (from 3/6 at Cal State Fullerton to 4/2 at Gonzaga) … Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention honors … Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2021: Utilized a redshirt season ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2020: Appeared in 11 games as a junior during the COVID-19 shortened season ... Hit .395 over 43 at-bats ... Had 17 hits including two doubles and a home run ... Drove in nine runs and scored six ... Had a .970 OPS, good for fourth on the team ... Went 4-for-4 against Michigan (3/7) with a home run and two RBI ... Named WCC Player of the Week (3/9) ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2019: Appeared in 30 games, making 22 starts in the outfield ... Hit .224 on the year, going 17-for-76 ... Drove in 10 runs and scored 12 ... Walked 14 times ... Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, making 43 putouts ... Received WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018: Appeared in 25 games for the Waves as a freshman, making 14 starts ... Hit .242 with 15 RBI ... Had seven hits including two doubles and one triple ... Had a career-high three hits at East Carolina (3/2) ... Had a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from American Heritage High School, located in Plantation, Fla., in 2017 ... Played four varsity seasons ... Had a .360 batting average, .500 on-base percentage and 11 doubles in 2016 ... Named to All-Area first team as a junior ... Team won the 4A District championship in 2015 ... Awarded Most Outstanding Student of junior class.
 
CLUB: Played for West Boca Panthers (2009-15) and Elite Squad (2016).
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in sport administration ... Born in Boca Raton, Fla. ... Son of William and Pamela Malinchak ... Has three siblings: Courtney, Taylor and Ashley ... Father played in the NFL for 10 years with the Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins ... Sister, Courtney, played tennis at Cornell ... Sister, Ashley, played golf at Texas A&M ... Chose Pepperdine because of the “excellent academics and strong baseball program.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include Mike Trout (pro athlete), New York Yankees (pro team), To Kill a Mockingbird (book), Step Brothers (movie), The Office (TV show), Kodak (musical artist), Italian (food) and basketball (sport other than baseball).