Valparaiso University

2026: Started all 50 games and hit .262… Tied for the team lead with seven home runs… Led the team in RBIs with 33, becoming the first Valpo freshman to do so since at least 1981… Tied for third in the Missouri Valley Conference with four triples… Tied for the runner-up in the league’s Freshman of the Year voting… Named the MVC Freshman of the Week following the opening week of the season, when he was also No. 77 in D1Baseball’s Top 100 hitters of the week and had the No. 2 play of the week on defense according to D1Baseball… Had 23 extra-base hits, 37 runs scored, 21 walks, an OBP of .337 and a slugging percentage of .481… Collected a season-high three hits in the season opener on Feb. 13 at Gardner-Webb and on Feb. 22 at Presbyterian… Started the season with multiple hits in each of his first three games.

Prep: Team captain in 2025… Hit .340 with four home runs… 2023 state runner-up… Hit a walk-off double to win the sectional title in 2025… Three-year varsity letter winner… Also played basketball up until his sophomore year… Played for the Indiana Bulls 14U and Top Tier 15-17U.
 
Personal: Majoring in business… Son of Jasen and Delanie Owen… Has six siblings – Kegan, Justus, Malia, Jude, Anabelle and Olive… Likes to fish and spend time with his family… Is ambidextrous and does everything right-handed other than baseball… Favorite food is steak, movie is Home Alone, pro baseball team is the Chicago Cubs, MLB Player is Bryce Harper, music is country and TV show is The Flash.