Santa Clara University

WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Silver" Honors (2024-25)

AT SANTA CLARA: Appeared in 11 games with five starts (four at designated hitter, one in left field) in his only season (2025) with the program after transferring from Monterey Peninsula College ... Landed on the 2024-25 West Coast Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll with "Silver" honors ... Batted .200 with a double, three runs scored, two RBIs, a walk and a stolen base in his lone season at Santa Clara ... Went 2 for 6 with two RBIs and two runs scored in three games versus Gonzaga (April 11-13, 2025).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2025): Earned "Silver" honors on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Played in 11 games with five starts (four at designated hitter, one in left field) in his first season of Division I baseball ... Entered as either a pinch hitter or pinch runner in each of the six games he didn't start ... Batted .200 (3 for 15) with a double, two RBIs, three runs scored, a walk and a stolen base ... Made his Santa Clara debut versus Nevada (March 17), starting in left field and going 1 for 4 with a double and a run scored ... Also had a hit and scored a run versus Gonzaga (April 11) ... Drove in his first Broncos RBI with a sacrifice fly the next day versus Gonzaga (April 12) ... Went 1 for 3 with an RBI and run scored in the series finale versus the Bulldogs (April 13) ... Did not get any chances defensively in the field.

AT MONTEREY PENINSULA COLLEGE: Had an outstanding sophomore season in 2024 at Monterey Peninsula College, earning first team all-Coast Conference honors after slashing .329/.423/.611 in 42 games ... Hit 11 home runs, 12 doubles and a triple while collecting 54 RBIs and scoring 37 runs ... Tallied 15 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games for the Lobos ... Stole 27 bases in 28 tries, including stealing multiple bases in five different games ... Had a career-high four hits versus Gavilan College (April 2), going 4 for 5 with three doubles and an RBI ... Chalked up a career-best seven RBIs four days later against Gavilan College again (April 6), hitting a grand slam and a two-run double while going 3 for 4 in the Lobos' 31-5 victory ... Posted a .991 fielding percentage with only one error and two outfield assists in 112 total chances.

AT SAN DIEGO: Attended San Diego for two years (2022-24), but did not compete for the Toreros.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Was a three-time letterwinner at Palo Alto (Calif.) High School, graduating in 2021 ... Carried a .405 career batting average and a 1.165 OPS across three varsity seasons ... Batted .429 with two home runs, five doubles, three triples and 18 RBIs in 26 games as a senior (2021) ... Also stole 12 bases while posting a .516 on-base percentage that season ... Helped lead the Vikings to the CIF Central Coast Section semifinals in 2021 ... Was Named to the Bay Area News Group "Fab 40" in 2021 ... With the Zurich Challengers in 2023, he slashed .394/.453/.470 ... Was the starting first baseman for Switzerland when it made its first European Championship in 2023 ... Drove in the first Swiss run in a European Championship at that event ... He finished the 2023 European Championship slashing .455/.566/.455 and handled 41 defensive chances error-free ... Was named to the all-tournament team at the 2021 Mountain West Select Championship while playing for California Club Baseball.

GET TO KNOW HAYDEN: Great Grandfather, Benny Goldberg, was a successful boxer and is in the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame ... Brother, Max, played baseball at San Diego for four years and now plays professionally for the Boise Hawks of the Pioneer League ... Enjoys giving baseball lessons and hiking with family in his free time.