Biography
NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has played in 110 career games and has made 85 starts (67-RF, 14-DH, 3-LF, 1-CF) . . . owns a lifetime batting average of .252 (77-for-305) . . . career totals include 22 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs, 67 RBI, and 65 runs scored . . . has a lifetime fielding percentage of .950 (146 putouts, five assists, eight errors) . . . career-high for hits in a game is three, which he has matched five times . . . most RBI in a single game is seven against Pittsburg State (Feb. 13, 2015) and most runs scored in a single game is three, which has occurred five times . . . career-long hit streak is nine games, which came in 2014.
Junior (2015) – Competed in 44 games and made 40 starts (38-RF, 2-DH) . . . compiled a .246 batting average (34-for-138) and a .947 fielding percentage (69 putouts, two assists, four errors) . . . tallied 10 doubles, one triple, eight home runs, 32 RBI and 30 runs scored . . . posted 11 multi-hit games, including three three-hit performances . . . had a three-game series against Lincoln (April 10-11) where he went 8-for-15 with five home runs, 14 RBI and six runs scored . . . finished 3-for-3 with a season-high seven RBI against Pittsburg State (Feb. 13) . . . had six games with multiple RBI . . . season-long hitting streak was three games.
Sophomore (2014) – Saw the field in 45 games and started 35 contests (29-RF, 3-DH, 2-LF, 1-CF) . . . posted a .295 batting average (38-for-129) with 12 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 27 RBI, and 27 runs scored . . . registered a .512 slugging percentage and a .386 on-base percentage . . . recorded a .949 fielding percentage (71 putouts, three assists, four errors) . . . had multiple hits in eight games, including three against both Southwest Baptist (April 19) and Washburn (April 25) . . . went 3-for-5 with three doubles and a season-high five RBI against the Bearcats . . . posted six multi-RBI outings . . . had a season-best nine-game hit streak and reached base safely in 15 straight at one point . . . scored three times against Lincoln (March 22) and Central Missouri (May 3).
Freshman (2013) – Played in 21 games and made 10 starts (nine at DH, one in left field) during his rookie campaign . . . recorded a .132 batting average (5-for-38), but four of those hits were home runs as he finished fifth on the team in that category . . . first-career hit was a three-run bomb against Central Missouri (March 3) . . . drove home eight batters, scored eight times and posted a .447 slugging percentage . . . lone appearance on the mound came March 12 against Central Oklahoma . . . threw six pitches and issued a walk before being relieved.
High School – Competed at Class 4A Douglas HS for Bruce Jacobsen . . . was named to the Northern Nevada All-League First Team as a senior . . . was also an honorable mention selection junior year . . . participated in the junior select all-star game in 2011.
Personal – Majoring in criminal justice . . . son of Chris and Nicolette Begovich . . . born April 8, 1994.