HONORS AND AWARDS
First Team All-America (2021 - NCBWA)
Second Team All-America (2021 - ABCA, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game)
Third Team All-America (2021 - D1 Baseball; 2020 - Collegiate Baseball)
Second Team All-SEC (2021)
SEC All-Defensive Team (2021)
SEC Community Service Team (2021)
ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Southeast Region (2021)
Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist (2021)
NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist (2021)
Preseason Third Team All-America (2021 - Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game)
Preseason First Team All-SEC (2021)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2019)
2021 - JUNIOR YEAR
Became the fourth two-time All-America in program history, joining Gregg Olson (1988-89), Casey Mize (2017-18) and Tanner Burns (2019-20) on the list … earned first team honors from the NCBWA, second team honors from ABCA, Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game, and third team honors from D1 Baseball ... also named ABCA First Team All-Southeast Region, Second Team All-SEC, SEC All-Defensive Team and a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award and NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy … made the SEC Community Service Team … appeared in and started 50 games at shortstop, including 36 games in the leadoff spot ... turned in a .365 batting average (77-for-211) with 50 runs, 14 doubles, one triple, 15 home runs and 45 RBI … his average and home run total were the highest by an Auburn shortstop in the same season since Doug Gilcrease hit .386 with 17 homers in 1982 ... was the only player in the SEC to rank in the top five in average (.366), slugging (.664), runs (31), hits (48), doubles (nine), home runs (10), RBI (30) and total bases (87) during league games ... also ranked in the top five in the league overall in average, slugging, hits and total bases during the regular season ... collected a league-best 26 multi-hit games during the regular season, including 16 of 30 games in SEC play ... started the season 8-for-15 with four runs, two home runs, a double and three RBI through the first four games … had multiple hits in seven straight games from Mar. 13-26 and in five straight games from Apr. 30-May 8 … hit a pair of solo homers in the middle game at Ole Miss (Mar. 20) … was named the Brooks Wallace Award Shortstop of the Week for his effort in Oxford ... collected a season-high four hits in the series finale against Kentucky (Mar. 27) … went 5-for-11 with two runs, a double, home run and three RBI in the series vs. Mississippi State (Apr. 9-11) … after going 0-for-4 with four strikeouts in the series opener at Georgia (Apr. 29), went 5-for-11 with three runs, two doubles, a homer and five RBI in the final two games to clinch the series ... went 7-for-13 with four doubles and a home run in the series against LSU (May 6-8) … matched a season-high with four hits and drove in a career high five runs in the series opener at Missouri (May 20) … earned Brooks Wallace Award Shortstop of the Week honors for the second time for his effort in Columbia ... hit a leadoff homer and drove in another run later in the contest in the SEC Tournament against Ole Miss (May 25), marking his 27th multi-hit game of the year ... turned in a .957 fielding percentage and helped turn 29 double plays ... selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks with the 42nd overall pick in the 2nd round of the 2021 MLB Draft ... became the fifth highest position player drafted in program history.
2020 – SOPHOMORE YEAR
Named Third Team All-America by Collegiate Baseball ... played and started in all 18 games at shortstop … led the team while ranking second in the SEC and sixth in the NCAA with 29 hits … led the team with nine multi-hit efforts, including three games with three or more hits … turned in a .377 average and led the team with 21 runs scored … added seven doubles, two triples, two home runs and 17 RBI … turned in multiple hits in five of the first six games of the season, including each of the first three … matched a career high with four RBI in the second game of the season vs. Illinois-Chicago (Feb. 15) – was one of three games with four RBI … turned in his first career four-hit game by going 4-for-6 and driving in four more runs vs. Oakland (Feb. 19) … went 3-for-4 the following game vs. UCF (Feb. 21) … turned in his first multi-HR effort in the middle game vs. Wright State (Feb. 29) … went 3-for-5 with three runs and another four-RBI effort vs. the Raiders … recorded his ninth and final multi-hit game in the series finale vs. Chicago State (Mar. 8) … tied for the team lead with five stolen bases … didn’t commit an error in 58 chances at shortstop.
2019 – FRESHMAN YEAR
Was the only Auburn player to start in all 66 games this season, also becoming the first Auburn freshman to do so since 2014 … ranked second on the team with a .281 average … also ranked second in runs (50), third in RBI (37) and stolen bases (11) and tied for third in hits (70) … was one of three position players named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after leading the team with a .288 average in SEC games … turned in 20 multi-hit efforts and 11 multi-RBI performances … tied for the team lead with a 10-game hitting streak from Feb. 17 – Mar. 5 … led the team with a .313 average since the start of April (final 38 games) … hit a RBI triple and drove in a pair while also scoring a run in his Auburn debut vs. Georgia Southern (Feb. 15) … collected his first multi-hit effort and drove in a pair in the series finale at UCF (Feb. 24) … hit his first career home run in the series finale vs. Cincinnati (Mar. 2) … went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI vs. UT Martin (Mar. 5) … turned in a season-high three hits at UAB (Mar. 19) … went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI at Mississippi State (Mar. 24) … drove in three runs and collected two hits vs. Arkansas (Apr. 5) … turned in seven multi-hit efforts in a span of 12 games from Apr. 20 – May 11 … was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after going 6-for-12 and reaching base in eight of 14 plate appearances vs. Alabama (May 3-5) … collected two hits in all three contests and drove in a season-high four runs in the series finale … also led the team with five runs scored in the series … went 6-for-12 and scored five more runs against Georgia the following weekend (May 10-11) … matched a season-high with three hits and scored a team high four runs in the finale against the Bulldogs … capped off the regular season by hitting .417 in the final three SEC series … hit his second home run and scored the game-winner in the regular season finale at LSU (May 18) … hit .361 (13-for-36) with nine runs, one double, one home run and five RBI In eight NCAA Tournament games … went 3-for-5 with two runs and three RBI in his first career NCAA Tournament game vs. Coastal Carolina (May 31) … homered against Georgia Tech the following day (Jun. 1) … named to the Atlanta Regional All-Tournament Team after going 6-for-13 with three runs, a home run and five RBI in the regional … went 5-for-14 and scored five runs in the Chapel Hill Super Regional … capped off the season by going 2-for-5 with a run in the College World Series vs. Louisville (Jun. 19).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Troup County High School for coach Craig Garner … rated the second best shortstop and 15th best overall player in Georgia … also ranked the 96th best player in the country by Perfect Game … named a 2018 Rawlings-Perfect Game 2nd Team All-American … has stolen 64-of-66 bases in his high school career … named a 2017 First Team Preseason Underclass All-American by Perfect Game … 2018 4A First Team All-State by Georgia Dugout Preview ... also named 2017 Second Team All-State and the Troup High School Team MVP … three-time First Team All-Region honoree … competed in the 2016 USA Baseball Tournament of Stars … drafted in the 30th round by the Boston Red Sox.
PERSONAL
Troup High School Senior Class President … member of the National Honor Society … also played one year of varsity basketball … son of Isiah and Rhonda Bliss ... enrolled in the College of Business.