2025 – SOPHOMORE SEASON  
Played in six games behind the plate, including one start ... provided solid defense at catcher, recording six putouts and two assists at Kentucky (Mar. 23) ... caught one of three would-be base stealers. 

2024 – FRESHMAN SEASON
Played in 14 games and made 13 starts at catcher … hit .273 and reached base at a .455 clip … drew 11 free passes (eight walks, three HBPs) and struck out just five times … totaled eight runs, nine hits, including a double, and five RBI … 10 of his starts came in SEC play, when he hit .231 with a .394 OBP … made his first career appearance and start vs. Wichita State (Feb. 24) and went 1-for-2 with three walks … made his first SEC start at Texas A&M (Mar. 30) … drove in a pair of runs vs. Kentucky  (Apr. 11) … went a combined 5-for-8 with three runs and two RBI in back-to-back games vs. Georgia Tech (Apr. 16) and at Mississippi State (Apr. 19) … all five of his RBI came in a span of four games from Apr. 11-16 … turned in a .991 fielding percentage behind the plate and threw out three base stealers ... 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended North Oconee High School (GA) … rated by Perfect Game as a top-300 player in the class, including the No. 35 overall player and No. 1 catcher in Georgia … 2023 Region 8-AAAA Player of the Year and First Team All-State … hit .474 as a senior … hit .647 with eight RBI while also striking out six in 5.2 innings in the 2023 playoffs … recorded the final nine outs on the mound in the state championship game … two-time state champion (2022-23).

PERSONAL
Son of Cheri and Scott Stricklin … has two siblings, Sydney and Keaton … his dad has been a head baseball coach at Georgia (2014-23) and Kent State (2005-13) and an assistant coach at Georgia Tech (2002-04) and Vanderbilt (2000-01) … born in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 14, 2005.