Wichita State Athletics

2024 Redshirt Sophomore
Appeared in 25 games including 23 starts, primarily at catcher...also started twice at third base...hit .159 with two doubles and four RBI...went 2-for-5 with a career-high three runs scored and three RBI in his first start of the season against Little Rock on February 17...had a perfect day at the plate against Florida Atlantic on April 13, going 2-for-2 with a pair of walks, a hit by pitch and three runs scored...recorded his first career extra-base hit with a double against nationally ranked East Carolina on April 20...threw out five opposing base stealers, including two in one game against Kansas State on April 10...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

2023 Redshirt Freshman
Appeared in 18 games, making two starts behind the plate...went 4-for-18 with five walks...went 2-for-4 in first collegiate start at Utah Tech on February 25, adding first career run scored...drew two walks against Kansas on March 8...recorded a pinch-hit single against Stetson on March 12...walked and scored as part of Wichita State's seven-run ninth inning rally at UCF on May 18...named to AD Honor Roll in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

2022 Freshman
Granted a medical redshirt...named to AD Honor Roll in both Fall 2021 and Spring 2022...named to AAC All-Academic Team.

High School
Four-year letterwinner and four-year starter at Olathe West High School in Olathe, Kansas...varsity captain as both a junior and senior...named Class 6A First Team All State Catcher by The Wichita Eagle in 2021... Honorable Mention All-Sunflower League in 2018...also played football and basketball; named Honorable Mention All-State quarterback by The Wichita Eagle in 2019...won Wendy's High School Heisman Scholarship for the state of Kansas in 2020, recognizing outstanding student-athletes...ranked as the #4 catcher in the state of Kansas by Perfect Game.

Personal
Son of Michael and Erin Birge...Michael was an All-American linebacker at MidAmerica Nazarene where Erin also played on the women's basketball team...brother, Dylan, is currently an All-State lineman at Olathe West...grandfather Darrel Stiles played football at Kansas...born August 23, 2002...majoring in exercise science.