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.