Methodist University Athletics

2012: Started every game for the Monarchs primarily in right field... finished with 45 hits including a 3-for-4 performance with two home runs against Lynchburg... racked up 12 multi-hit games while leading the team in home runs with eight and RBI with 36.

2011: Saw action in 43 games with 41 starts... hit .362 at the plate and ranked second on the team in home runs with five... put together a nine-game hit streak... went 2-for-4 with five RBI against Tufts and finished 4-for-5 with two RBI later against N.C. Wesleyan... earned USA South Second Team All-Conference honors.

2010: Saw action in 19 games with four starts during his rookie campaign... finished the season 2-for-2 against York (Pa.)... added a double in a win over Roanoke... named Methodist Scholar Athlete.

High School: Played football all four years and lettered two years... Played baseball all four years and lettered three years with a starting position.

Personal: Major is Physical Education and Health Education... Parents are Greg Thigpen and Regina Bodzinski... favorite song is "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepson... favorite television show is "Baseball Tonight"... favorite movie is "Moneyball"... most admired athlete is Tim Tebow... favorite athletic team is the Boston Red Sox... dream job is to be a professional baseball player... pregame ritual is to pray... can't live without his family and friends... favorite charities are the V Foundation and the Tim Tebow Foundation... this past summer he played in the Valley Baseball League for the Rockbridge Rapids.

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