SOPHOMORE (2018)
- Hit .250 as Mizzou’s every day shortstop, playing in 48 games while starting 47.
- Tallied five doubles and a homer while driving in 23 and scoring 25 more.
- Fielded at a .975 clip with just six errors on the year, but had just three errors in the first 43 games of the year.
- He committed 16 errors and as a freshman as he improved his fielding to rank among the top shortstops in the SEC as a sophomore.
- Cut his strikeout total from 50 as a freshman to just 31 as a sophomore and reached base at a .339 clip, seven points higher than his freshman season despite hitting 10 points lower.
- Posted a career-high six RBI while going 3-for-6 with a run, a double and a walk at Iowa (5/1).
- Hit his only homer of the season against Georgia (5/4), a solo shot to center.
- Posted six multi-hit games on the year and drove in multiple runs four times.
- At one point, he reached base in 12 straight games, tied for the fourth-longest streak on the team in 2018.
FRESHMAN (2017)
- Won Mizzou’s everyday starting job at shortstop as a true freshman, the first Tiger freshman to start the majority of Mizzou’s games at short since Andrew Thigpen in 2008
- Named SEC Freshman of the Week following a red-hot weekend against South Carolina as he had a pair of huge hits that helped Mizzou complete come-from-behind wins over the Gamecocks … All four of his hits in that series went for extra-bases
- With Mizzou trailing, 3-1, in the Saturday game with the Gamecocks (5/13), he ripped a double off the wall in center to cut the lead to 3-2 and eventually scored the game-tying run two batters later … On Sunday with Mizzou trailing 3-2, he ripped a leadoff double off the wall in right to spark a three-run inning that helped Mizzou claim the series win
- Scored 25 runs and drove in 31, the first Mizzou true freshman with more than 30 RBIs in a season since 2010
- Finished tied for second on the team with 10 multiple RBI games on the year and had 12 multi-hit games as well
- Posted a career-high three hits on three separate occasions, including in his first collegiate game against Eastern Michigan (2/17) … Also had three hits against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4/12) and Kentucky (4/15)
- Had three consecutive games with two RBI against Illinois-Chicago (3/5), Eastern Illinois (3/7) and Western Carolina (3/8)
- Hit .351 (13-for-37) with eight of those 13 hits going for extra bases over the final 10 games of the season, nine of which came against SEC teams … That raised his average from .236 to .260 by the end of the year
- Hit a homer in the SEC Tournament win over Texas A&M (5/23)
- His first Division I homer came against Illinois-Chicago (3/5)
HIGH SCHOOL (VIANNEY)
- Standout infielder for head coach Scott Brown at Vianney High School in St. Louis
- 2016 Perfect Game All-American Honorable Mention
- Rated as the Class of 2016 No. 1 shortstop prospect in the state of Missouri according to Perfect Game and Prep Baseball
- Owns six Vianney career records (total bases, runs, RBI, doubles, batting, hits) and was a four-year varsity starter
- Finished his career as a .375 hitter with two homers and 94 RBI while slugging 33 doubles
- Hit .380 with a homer and 21 RBI as a senior
- Was the MCC batting champion in 2014 with two single season high school records (average, hits)
- First-Team All-MCC in 2014 and 2016
- 2016 Team MVP
- 2016 Rising Star Award Finalist
- Guided Vianney to conference titles in his final three years and district and sectional titles in 2013 and 2014.
- Vianney earned a spot in the state final four during 2014 when he won the conference batting title
- Second honor roll member from 2013-16
PERSONAL
- Born Sept. 4, 1997, in St. Louis, Mo.
- Parents: Father - Dave Cornelius; Mother – Tina Cornelius
- Pre Personal Financial Planning major at Mizzou