Texas State Athletics

2014: Played in 50 games, starting 29 of them at either first base, designated hitter or right field ... Finished the season with 31 hits, 14 RBI and 15 runs scored ... Hit .270 with six doubles, a triple and two home runs ... With 17 walks and three hits by a pitch, finished with a .378 on-base percentage ... Stole three bases ... Tallied eight multiple-hit games with a three-hit game vs. Georgia State (April 19) ... Knocked two RBI in a game twice ... Scored two runs in a game three times.

2013: Played in 46 games, starting 28 of them, mostly manning first base ... Scored 15 runs on 34 hits with seven doubles and a home run ... Averaged .306 with 20 RBI ... Had 10 two-hit games, including four games in which he went 2-for-3 ... Knocked three RBI vs. UTSA (3/5) ... Sent out his only home run of the season in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament vs. New Mexico State (5/23).

2012: Played in 31 games, starting 23, rotating between first base and designated hitter … Went 2-for-3 and drove in two, including a double against Houston (2/26) … Had a fielding percentage of .969 in 154 chances … Had a four-game hitting streak from March 11-17 … Scored two runs, recorded a hit, drew two walks and stole a base against TCU (3/20) was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI against Sam Houston State (3/24), tied his season-high with two RBI, during a 2-for-4 day with a run scored against UTSA (5/11).

High School: Attended Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Texas where he played for head coach Fred Oliver … Led his team to a 35-5 record and the regional quarterfinals during his senior season … Named all-district first team as a junior and senior after receiving honorable mention as a sophomore … Dallas Morning News All-Area Second Team at first base … Earned Texas Writers Association All-State Honorable Mention honors at first base as a senior … Batted .446 with 39 RBIs, 17 doubles, 45 hits and seven home runs, ranking in the top-5 in the area in all categories …Named a Cornerstone Scholar Athlete and received the Tom Landry Classic Scholarship … Also played football, earning all-district honorable mention honors at wide receiver.

Personal: Son of Tom and Laura McElroy … Born on February 19 … Has two siblings, Grace and Lauren … Major is business finance.