MLB DRAFT: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 7th round (Pick 214) of the 2015 MLB Draft...Sixth-highest draft pick in Sacramento State's Div. I era (1990-pres.)
CAREER NOTES: All-time program leader with 244 career hits...Tied for program record with nine career triples...Second in program history with 137 career runs...Fifth with 726 career at-bats...Tied for ninth with 37 career doubles.
JUNIOR (2015): All-WAC First Team (2x)...Preseason All-WAC Team...One of just two Hornets to start all 60 games...Hit .345 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs...Led the team in batting average and runs batted in...Reached base in each of the first 39 games of the season, one of just four players in Div. I that had reached base in every game to that point...Reached base in 56 of 60 games for the year...Led the team and ranked third in the WAC with 81 hits...Led the WAC with 120 total bases, tied for second with 14 doubles, tied for fifth with 7 home runs...Totaled 23 multi-hit games with seven 3-hit games and two 4-hit games and had nine multi-RBI games...Had 23 multi-hit games to only 13 hitless games...Led the team with a .422 on-base percentage with a team-high 30 walks drawn and led with a .511 slugging percentage...Struck out only 17 times in 235 at-bats to rank as the 38th toughest NCAA Div. I batter to strike out, doing so just once every 13.8 at-bats...Did not strikeout more than one time in any game...Ranked second on the team with 13 stolen bases in just 17 attempts...Had four-hit games against Portland and CSU Bakersfield and equaled his career high with three RBIs vs. UC Davis...Hit .356 with four home runs, 15 RBIs, and 21 runs scored in WAC games...Totaled a team-high seven outfield assists and had 154 putouts with just one error for a .994 fielding percentage.
SOPHOMORE (2014): All-WAC First Team...Started all 64 games in right field...Hit .347 with 26 RBIs and 54 runs scored...Tied the Sacramento State single-season record with 28 multi-hit games and broke the single-season record with 259 at-bats...Ranked 18th in the NCAA and had the third-most hits in a season in program history with 90...Led the WAC in hits, runs scored, and at-bats, ranked fourth in batting average and seventh with a .430 on-base percentage...Was second on the team with 10 stolen bases...Had a 20-game hitting streak March 21-April 21, tied for the fourth longest hitting streak in program history...Reached base in 36 consecutive games...Had a hit in 53 of 64 games played...Led the team with six outfield assists and had a .988 fielding percentage...Hit .374 with 13 RBIs and 27 runs scored in WAC games...Went 4-for-5 against Utah...Had six multi-RBI games, including three 3-RBI games...Went 1-for-3 with three RBIs in the Hornets NCAA Regional win over Arizona State...Tied the program record with two triples against North Dakota...Tied the program record with seven at-bats in 15-inning game vs. Seattle U.
FRESHMAN (2013): Started all 59 games in right field, one of four Hornets to start every game...Hit in five different spots while primarily hitting second, in 29 games...Led the team with 232 at-bats, the ninth most at-bats in a season in program history...Second on the team with a .315 average and .372 on-base percentage, led the team with four triples, second on the team with 40 runs scored and 73 hits...Hit two home runs and had 13 doubles...Led the team with 23 multi-hit games with five three-hit games and a four-hit game vs. Texas-San Antonio...Had nine multiple RBI games including three RBI vs. UC Davis and New Mexico State...Reached base in 18 consecutive games, tied for the second longest streak on the team...Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak...Had a .988 fielding percentage with just two errors and seven assists, the most among the team's outfielders.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Center HS in 2012 after playing shortstop for four seasons...named MVP of the Pioneer Valley League following his senior season when he hit .450 with 24 runs, 26 RBIs and four home runs...struck out just three times in 103 at-bats and posted a .553 on-base percentage...on the mound, went 5-0 and ranked second in the Sac-Joaquin section with a 0.62 ERA (among players with at least 27 innings pitched)...tallied 41 strikeouts in 45 innings with just nine walks and four total earned runs...also played soccer for two years at CHS.
PERSONAL: Parents are Travis and Rebecca Lukes...Majoring in criminal justice...Brother, Shea, also played baseball for the Hornets.
