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AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2016 AT KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Named All-Region second team after hitting .294 with five home runs, nine doubles and 29 RBIs while behind the plate in 44 games … Went 4-for-5 with four runs, a double and a home run at Johnson County (Feb. 28).   
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015 AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: Did not play.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa  … No. 1 catching prospect in Iowa and a top 1000 prospect by Perfect Game ... Three-time All-MVC and All-Metro first team selection … Three-time All-District honoree with two first team selections … 2013 and 2012 Perfect Game underclass honorable mention (high his junior year) … All-State first team selection and 2014 Mississippi Valley Conference Player of the Year his senior year after hitting .385 with 10 doubles, 36 RBIs and a .529 slugging percentage ... All-State third team his junior year after hitting .354 with 31 RBIs, 19 walks and five doubles … Voted team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a junior after earning Defensive MVP his freshman and sophomore years … Named to the MVC All-Academic team as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born December 22, 1995 in Fairfield, Calif. … Son of Jack and Colleen Sole … Has a younger brother, Casey … Father played baseball at Upper Iowa University and coached at both University of Northern Iowa and Cedar Falls High School … Mother played volleyball at Upper Iowa University … Enjoys being with family, going to the beach and fishing … Greatest influence is his father … Favorite athlete is Russell Martin … Ranked 2nd in the nation in Olympic Weightlifting in high school … Majoring in Nursing … Plans on becoming Nurse Practitioner.