Bio

• Sophomore; 5-11, 180; R/R
• Gordo, Alabama (Gordo High School)
• Third season at Shelton State
• 3-Time ACCC Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
• Plagued by injuries throughout his career
• Played in 9 games in 2024 before season-ending injury on March 2
• Played for the inaugural Dixie Collegiate League champion Redhawaks in 2023
• Delivered game-winning sac fly in championship game
• Played in 19 games in 2023
• Played at Gordo High School
• 2022 ASWA Class 4A First-Team All-State
• 2022 Tuscaloosa News Super Nine team

Returns for third season after battling injuries in his first two seasons … Expected to be starting catcher … 2024: Played in nine games before season-ending injury on March 2 … He hit .286 (4-for-14) with one home run and four RBIs in limited action … Smacked first career home run at No. 20 Jones College on Feb. 9 … He was 2-for-2 with one double and one RBI in season opener vs. Bevill State (Feb. 6) … 2023: Played in 19 games and made 12 starts for the Bucs … he batted .286 (10-for-35) with 10 runs scored and three RBI … season cut short due to injury … collected first career hit at Tallahassee (Feb. 12) … he went 3-for-3 with two runs scored in 10-4 win over Wallace-Selma (Feb. 25) … he had two hits, two runs scored and one RBI in two games vs. Calhoun CC (March 23-25) … he had a pinch-hit single at East Mississippi (March 27) … he had two hits and scored two runs against Snead State (April 5-6) … Prep: Graduated from Gordo High School … 2022 ASWA Class 4A First-Team All-State … 2022 Tuscaloosa News Super Nine Team … 2020 WWBA 16U National Championship All-Tournament Team … 2018 PGBA 14U Surfs Up Showdown championship team … Personal: Parents are Chris and Penny Neel … his younger brother Jase, is a record-setting quarterback at Gordo High School … He is a 2-time AHSAA Class 3A Player of the Year.