2011
• Hit .209 in 35 games (starting 32) with a home run, eight RBI and 12 runs scored.
• Boasted a .986 fielding percentage with just one error on the season.
• Had 24 hits in 2011 and nine of them went for extra-bases, including six doubles, two triples and a home run.
• Hit a home run in the Tigers' series finale at Charlotte, his first and only of the season.
• Went 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored against Central Michigan (3/20).
• Went 2-4 with a double and a triple in the Tigers' series finale at Texas (4/2).
• Played with the Danbury Westerners in the summer and swung a hot bat.
2010
• Had four hits, including a triple, against Washington on Feb. 20 in his first collegiate game.
• Put together a six-game hitting streak between March 28-April and multiple hits in the first five games of that streak.
• Was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and had four RBI against Purdue on March 30.
• Was 7-for-12 in the three-game series vs. Baylor.
• Had a three-double, three-RBI performance in the final game of the Baylor series, the first three-double game at Mizzou since 2002.
• Homered in the series opener with Baylor.
• Had two hits in each of the first two games of the series against Oklahoma State.
• Drove in three runs in game two of the April 25th doubleheader against Kansas State, including the game-winning run.
• Went 2-for-6 with a double and two RBI against Texas Tech on April 30.
• Homered and scored three times in the series finale with TTU.
• Had hits in five-straight games between May 14-26.
• Recorded two hits, both doubles, against Texas on May 22.
• Went 2-for-5 in the series finale with Texas.
HIGH SCHOOL
Hit .447 with 18 home runs and 62 RBI as a senior at Edwardsville (Ill.) High School ... Had a career average of .431 with 29 homers and 135 RBI ... Also had a 2-1 career record as a pitcher, with 2.20 ERA, 51 strikeouts and eight saves ... Was a Louisville Slugger All-American in 2008 and 2009 ... Named to the all-state first team by the Illinois Coaches Association in both his junior and senior seasons ... Was a two-time all-conference honoree ... Named all-metro first team selection in both 2008 and 2009 ... Twice was named the Alton Telegraph Player of the Year and earned the Belleville News Democrat Player of the Year in 2009 ... Team reached the state quarterfinals in 2007 and won the conference and regional titles in 2009.
PERSONAL
Born May 22, 1991, in St. Louis, Mo. ... Son of Brad and Stephanie Opel ... Is an arts & science major at Mizzou ... Father played football for Missouri in the early 1980s ... Grandfather, Jim Barton, played basketball at Kansas State and grandfather, Jim Opel, played baseball at Louisiana Tech.
