In five seasons playing for three different schools, batted .326 in 645 at-bats…played in 191 games and made 181 starts…totaled 52 doubles, nine triples, and 38 home runs…collected 210 hits…had 158 RBIs…had 394 total bases…posted a slugging percentage of .611 and an on-base percentage of .414…stole 11 bases…posted a fielding percentage of .955 in 220 chances.
2023 (Senior) – #15
In final collegiate season was 1 of 3 Lobos to start all 51 games…ranked third on the team with a batting average of .357…led the team and ranked second in the Mountain West with 23 doubles…added four triples and nine home runs, on the way to a slugging percentage of .629…reached base at a clip of .398…scored 48 runs…ranked second on the team with 76 hits and 134 total bases…committed just one error in 50 chances for a fielding percentage of .980 while primarily playing right field…had a season-high four hits on March 3 vs. St. Bonaventure and on May 2 vs. New Mexico State…had a season-high five RBIs on March 4 vs. St. Bonaventure…had a career-high three doubles on May 2 vs. New Mexico State…had a season-high nine total bases on two occasions…had a season-high four putouts on two occasions…had a season-high two assists on April 23 at Air Force…had a reached base streak of 15 games and a hitting streak of 13 games…homered in three consecutive games from April 25-29…had six multi-double games…had 24 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI games.
2022 (Junior) – #29
Ranked second on the team and seventh in the Mountain West Conference with 13 home runs…ranked second on the team and ninth in the conference with a .613 slugging percentage…batted .280 while playing in 43 games including 40 starts…added seven doubles and two triples, on his way to an OPS of .960…reached base at a clip of .347…ranked second on the team with 38 RBIs…ranked third on the team with 31 runs scored…had a season-high four hits, including three home runs on April 15 against San Diego State…had a season-high five RBIs on two occasions…had a dozen multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games…academic all-conference selection…named a Mountain West Scholar Athlete.
In third collegiate season saw action in 18 games with 11 starts…had three doubles and one home run while driving in four…reached base at a clip of .327.
His freshman year he batted .348 and hit 11 HRs, 44 RBIs, 51 runs and 8 stolen bases … he was awarded First Team All-Conference TCCAA honors at the end of his freshman year … also awarded to Preseason JUCO Southeast All-Region Team before his sophomore season … his sophomore year which was cut short due to COVID-19, he batted .349 and added 4 HRs, 16 RBIs and 30 runs … chose Tech over North Carolina and Kentucky.
Cooper High School (Class of 2018)
Played for coach Brian Bush at Randall K. Cooper High School in Florence, Kentucky where he was the number one third basemen in Kentucky coming out of the 2018 class … was also ranked as the 69th third basemen in the country and the 16th player in the state … was awarded to 2017 and 2018 Perfect Game Underclassmen All-American Teams and Perfect Game Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams respectively … played summer ball for the Midland Redskins under coach Bart Hammack.
Runion on choosing UNM: “I felt like it was the best fit to continue pursuing my degree and baseball career. UNM has great facilities and one of the best new coaching staffs in the country. I have also been teammates with Adam Schneider since we were in middle school, so our friendship also played a huge part in coming here.”
