AWARDS & HONORS
- 2026 NJCAA Second Team All-American
PRIOR TO MIZZOU
One of the top JUCO bats in the portal for the 2026 cycle … Began his collegiate career at Arkansas in 2024, taking a redshirt … Transferred to McLennan CC for the 2025 season before heading to Weatherford CC for the 2026 campaign … Exploded offensively in 2026 at Weatherford CC to become an NJCAA Second Team All-American, slugging 28 home runs and driving in 88 runs with a staggering OPS of 1.358 … Career .326 hitter in two seasons at the JUCO level, totaling 38 home runs and 129 RBI … Has recorded six multi-homer games, including a trio of three-homer games.
2026 (Weatherford CC): Had a true breakout season during his second year in the JUCO circuit, putting together a staggering slash line of .368/.472/.886 in 58 games played to earn NJCAA Second Team All-America honors … Slugged 28 home runs to tie Weatherford CC’s program record and tallied 88 RBI … Totaled 71 hits, including 12 doubles and a pair of triples for 171 total bases … Scored 64 runs, drew 25 walks and stole six bags … Homered in four-straight games with 14 RBI from Feb. 21 to Feb. 28, including a two-homer game versus Cloud County CC (2/21) … Made it six home runs in a six-game stretch after homering at Cisco College (3/4) … Recorded the second three-homer game of his career versus Cisco College, driving in a career high eight runs (3/8) … Went 5-for-7 with four RBI at Grayson College (3/12) … Homered twice, doubled and drove in six runs versus Ranger College (3/18) … Followed it up with a home run, a double and five more RBI versus Ranger College (3/21) … Homered and drove in three runs versus New Mexico JC (4/6) … Went 4-for-4 with three home runs and four RBI at Temple College to mark his second three-homer game of the season and third of his career (4/29) … Homered in three-straight games with a combined eight RBI from May 2 to May 8 … Recorded his fifth multi-homer game of the campaign with a two-homer, six-RBI effort versus Howard College (5/15) … Tallied 19 multi-hit performances and 20 multi-RBI efforts, including 14 games with three-plus RBI … Notched five multi-homer games.
2025 (McLennan CC): Played in 47 games during his first JUCO season … Slashed .262/.386/.587 with 10 home runs, two triples and seven doubles, driving in 41 runs while scoring 35 … Walked 22 times and stole three bases … Had a three-homer, seven-RBI game at Temple College (3/8).
2024 (Arkansas): Redshirt season … did not appear in any games.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Arkansas High School in Texarkana, Ark. … Ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 80 overall prospect and the No. 7 catcher in the class of 2023 … Rated the No. 1 overall prospect and the No. 1 catcher in Arkansas by Perfect Game … Ranked by Prep Baseball Report as the No. 423 overall prospect and the No. 24 third baseman in the class of 2023 … Rated the No. 2 overall prospect and the No. 1 third baseman in Arkansas by Prep Baseball Report … 2023 Prep Baseball Report Arkansas Player of the Year … 2023 Perfect Game Preseason All-American – All-Region First Team (Southeast) … 2022 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – All-Region First Team (Southeast) … 2021 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – Southeast Region Honorable Mention … 2020 Perfect Game Preseason Underclass All-American – Southeast Region Honorable Mention.
PERSONAL
Son of Billy and Christy Waid … Born in Texarkana, Arkansas … Has one sister, Hannah … Finance major.