2021: Smashed first career grand slam to right field in series-opening win over Michigan State (3/12) ... Homered in the last two games of the series against Minnesota (3/21-3/22) ... Homered all three of his starts against Illinois, making it five straight games with a home run (3/26-3/28) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI in ranked win over Michigan (4/4) ... Launched two home runs in a three game series against Rutgers (4/9-4/11) ... Smoked a three-run double against Iowa (4/25).
2020: Launched a two-run homer in the season opener against Omaha (2/14) ... Hit a RBI single and threw out two runners stealing against South Carolina (2/22) ... Smashed a double and a home run while notching two walks and three runs scored against USC Upstate (3/8).
2019: All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... Appeared in 48 games, starting 43 at catcher ... Hit for a .243 batting average with a .322 on-base percentage ... Caught 16 runners stealing in 23 attempts, good for a 70% rate ... Recorded his first career RBI in first game against BYU (2/15) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI against California (2/17) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in victory over Duke (2/24) ... Reached base three times including a double, scored twice, and stole his first career base at Chicago State (3/27) ... Recorded a career-high three hits and scored a run against San Jose State (3/31) ... Hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, in a win over Chicago State (4/2) ... Contributed four hits, three runs scored, and two RBIs in the series at Ohio State (4/5-7) ... Recorded 3 hits to go along with 4 runs and 2 RBI vs Maryland (4/12-13) ... Had a hit in each game of the series against Rutgers, adding two RBIs and a run as well (5/10-11).
High School: Recorded a .390 batting average his junior year of high school, hitting four home runs and finishing the season with 18 stolen bases … Finished his sophomore season with 28 RBI and a .300 batting average including two home runs … Led high school team to playoffs in 2016 and 2017 …. As captain, team was region runner-up in playoffs, and finished the season with a 29-9 record … Played for Team Georgia club team from 2015-17 … Team was ranked top-25 nationally in 2016 and 2017, with multiple tournament championship appearances … Selected as a Junior Marshal for his high school class, as a member of the top 25 GPAs … Member of Super Honor Roll with a semester average of 97 or higher every semester of high school.
Personal: Born Michael Jack Trautwein on Sept. 13, 1999 … Parents are John and Susie Trautwein … Father John Trautwein played baseball at Northwestern and went on to play in the MLB … Uncle David Trautwein and grandfather Jack Trautwein played minor league baseball … Cousins David and Jack Dunn currently play baseball at Northwestern … Anticipated major is economics.
2020: Launched a two-run homer in the season opener against Omaha (2/14) ... Hit a RBI single and threw out two runners stealing against South Carolina (2/22) ... Smashed a double and a home run while notching two walks and three runs scored against USC Upstate (3/8).
2019: All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... Appeared in 48 games, starting 43 at catcher ... Hit for a .243 batting average with a .322 on-base percentage ... Caught 16 runners stealing in 23 attempts, good for a 70% rate ... Recorded his first career RBI in first game against BYU (2/15) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI against California (2/17) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in victory over Duke (2/24) ... Reached base three times including a double, scored twice, and stole his first career base at Chicago State (3/27) ... Recorded a career-high three hits and scored a run against San Jose State (3/31) ... Hit his first career home run, a two-run shot, in a win over Chicago State (4/2) ... Contributed four hits, three runs scored, and two RBIs in the series at Ohio State (4/5-7) ... Recorded 3 hits to go along with 4 runs and 2 RBI vs Maryland (4/12-13) ... Had a hit in each game of the series against Rutgers, adding two RBIs and a run as well (5/10-11).
High School: Recorded a .390 batting average his junior year of high school, hitting four home runs and finishing the season with 18 stolen bases … Finished his sophomore season with 28 RBI and a .300 batting average including two home runs … Led high school team to playoffs in 2016 and 2017 …. As captain, team was region runner-up in playoffs, and finished the season with a 29-9 record … Played for Team Georgia club team from 2015-17 … Team was ranked top-25 nationally in 2016 and 2017, with multiple tournament championship appearances … Selected as a Junior Marshal for his high school class, as a member of the top 25 GPAs … Member of Super Honor Roll with a semester average of 97 or higher every semester of high school.
Personal: Born Michael Jack Trautwein on Sept. 13, 1999 … Parents are John and Susie Trautwein … Father John Trautwein played baseball at Northwestern and went on to play in the MLB … Uncle David Trautwein and grandfather Jack Trautwein played minor league baseball … Cousins David and Jack Dunn currently play baseball at Northwestern … Anticipated major is economics.