2023 (Senior):
- College Sports Communicators (CSC) Third Team Academic All-American (first in program history)
- Horizon League Valeo Men’s Spring Scholar-Athlete of the Season
- Horizon League All-Academic Team
- Black and Gold Men’s Top Academic Award
- Second Team All-Horizon League
- Horizon League All-Tournament Team
- Playing in 59 of the club’s 60 games and starting 55, he was one of the conference’s most productive bats in 2023, slashing .305/.406/.456 with 17 doubles, a triple, 4 home runs, 41 RBI and 7 stolen bases over 206 at-bats
- Led the Golden Grizzlies in hits (63) and RBI, while finishing second on the team in batting average and total bases (94)
- 5th in the Horizon League in doubles and 10th in batting average
- Tallied 3 hits, 4 RBI and a trio of runs in Oakland’s three Horizon League Tournament games
2022 (Junior):
- Appeared in 49 games with 29 starts
- Tied for second on the team with six home runs and was fifth on the club with a .291 batting average (30-103)
- Matched the single-game program record with three home runs and drove in five in a victory in the second game of a road doubleheader with the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA on March 5
- Finishing the four-game Marshall series with four home runs and nine RBI, he was named the Nike #HLBASE Batter of the Week on March 9
2021 (Sophomore):
- Saw action in 21 games with five starts
- Recorded a .321 batting average with nine hits, five runs, three doubles, three RBI with 12 total bases in 28 at-bats
- Recorded a .429 slugging percentage and .382 on-base percentage with four walks and three stolen bases
- Went 2-4 with three RBI and a walk against the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (5/21)
2020 (Freshman):
Season shortened due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
- Played in 10 games, starting 5
- Recorded two hits with two runs scored and a triple
- Recorded first career hit on the road against the Akron Zips (2/16)
- Pinch-hit and ripped first career triple against the Cincinnati Bearcats (3/1)
- Made one appearance on the mound, tallying a strikeout against Cincinnati (2/28)
High School:
- Three-year letterwinner as an outfielder and one-year captain for head coach Ryan Joseph at Utica Henry Ford II
- 2019 First Team All-Conference and First Team All-District selection
- Hit two home runs in a game
Academic Honors:
- 2018 and 2019 Academic All-State selection
- Class Valedictorian
- Macomb County All-Academic Team
- Utica Center for Math, Science and Technology
Personal:
- Birthdate: July 23, 2001
- Parents: Cathy and Richard Cleary
- Siblings: Brothers, Evan and Colin
- Major: Biomedical Sciences
Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1 - Educational financial aid opportunity
2 - Pre-Med program
3 - Campus
