Valparaiso University

2025: Played in six games and made two starts… Made his collegiate debut on March 11 at Vanderbilt… Got his first collegiate at-bat on April 5 vs. Illinois State… Made his first collegiate start on April 6 vs. Illinois State… Reached base for the first time in his collegiate career by drawing a walk on May 3 vs. UIC, his second and final start of the season.

Prep: Earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior and second team honors as a freshman… First Team all-district honoree as a senior… Also garnered honorable mention all-state… Four-year letter winner… Also played two years of basketball and one of football… Played travel baseball with Hitters Baseball (2020-2023) and the Milwaukee Angels (2017-2019)… Member of National Honor Society… Earned high honor roll all four years of high school.
 
Personal: Majoring in finance… Son of Kristine and John Thomae… Has two sisters, Olivia and Ella… Loves to build Legos, watch movies/TV and travel… Has a Lego set worth $650… Favorite food is pizza, movie is Star Wars (1-6), pro baseball team is the Milwaukee Brewers, MLB Player is Robin Yount, musical group is Post Malone and TV show is The Office.