Biography
Mountain West Player of the Week (April 18, 2023)
NEVADA CAREER
JUNIOR (2024): One of just two players to appear in all 51 games (along with Michael Ball), making 50 starts ... Batted .303, led the team in runs scored (45) and on-base percentage (.414), and shared the team lead in triples (three) ... Tied for second on the team in home runs (10), second on the team in slugging (.579) ... Drove in 37 runs and had 18 doubles ... Went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBIs at UC Riverside (Feb. 17) ... Walked twice, scored twice, and drove in a run in series-clinching win over the Highlanders (Feb. 18) ... Had two multi-hit games in series at San Francisco, going 2-for-4 with a double and RBI in the opener (Feb. 23) and 3-for-5 with a homer, double, and RBI in the finale (Feb. 25) ... Doubled twice in a three-hit game at CSUN (March 3) ... Posted a 10-game hitting streak from March 1-19, over which he batted .357 (15-for-42) with six doubles, two homers, and seven RBIs ... Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI at San Diego State (March 9) ... Hit a three-run homer in win over New Mexico (March 15), and followed that a day later with two hits, a homer, and two RBIs (March 16) ... Had consecutive two-hit games against UNLV (March 24) and at Pacific (March 26), with two RBIs in the latter ... Homered twice in the series at Fresno State, with a solo shot in the opener (April 6) and going 2-for-2 with a solo shot in the finale (April 7) ... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, and three RBIs in win over San José State (April 13) ... Hit a walk-off solo homer to beat No. 4 Oregon State, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored (April 17) ... Homered, doubled, and drove in four runs at Utah Tech (April 22) ... Went 2-for-5 with a solo homer in series finale at Air Force (April 29) ... Scored twice, doubled and drove in a run at Sacramento State (May 7) ... Went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two RBIs at New Mexico (May 12) ... Walked thrice and drove in two runs in a 1-for-2 game against San Diego State (May 16) ... Doubled three times, went 3-for-4 with four RBIs and four runs scored in season finale against San Diego State (May 18).
SOPHOMORE (2023): Appeared in 40 games, making 36 starts ... Named Mountain West Player of the Week April 18 for his performance in series win over Air Force ... Batted .255 with seven doubles, five homers, and 23 RBIs on the year ... Went 2-for-4 with a stolen base at Fresno State (March 11) ... Singled and scored a run in back-to-back games against UNLV (March 18-19) ... Went 2-for-4 in consecutive games, at San Francisco (March 22) and against New Mexico (March 24), with a double and an RBI in the latter ... Went a combined 8-for-14 with two doubles and seven RBIs in three-game series against San José State (March 31-April 2), with two 3-for-4 games ... Doubled and drove in two at UNLV (April 7) ... Combined to bat .600 (6-for-10) with a double and a grand slam in series victory over Air Force (April 14-16) ... Homered twice, going 3-for-5 with two RBIs at Arizona (May 10) ... Posted second consecutive three-hit game, going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI at New Mexico (May 12) ... Smacked a two-run homer and drove in three runs total in win at New Mexico (May 13).
FRESHMAN (2022): Made eight apperarances ... Went 1-for-7 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored ... Drove in a run at San Francisco (March 22) ... Got his first collegiate hit in pinch-hitting appearance at Missouri State (March 27).
HIGH SCHOOL
Freethy, whose real name is John but goes by the nickname JR, is a utility player out of Rocklin, Calif. and Granite Bay High School... Over the course of his high school career he has picked up first team all-league honors as well as being named the Team MVP and Offensive MVP at Granite Bay, all in 2019... During that 2019 season, posted a .425 batting average and collected 37 hits, both of which led the Sierra Foothill League... As part of his club baseball career, his NorCal baseball club captured the Arizona Fall Classic Championship in 2017.
