C Max Wright, Free Agent, Signed $20,000, San Francisco Giants

Hometown: Toronto, Ont.

Bats/Throws: L-R

Height/Weight: 6’ 3” 215 lbs.

School: Indiana State University

Coach: Mitch Hannahs

Previous Teams: Great Lake Canadians, Toronto Mets, North Toronto A’s.

Previous Coaches: Jordan Tiegs, Chris Robinson, Adam Stern, Adam Arnold, Kirk Barclay, Jeff Helps, Brock Kjeldgaard, Bob Roberts, Honsing Leung, Pete Seto, Chris Kemlo, Justin Picard, Darryl Reid, Kyle Sheppard, Rich Leitch, Ryan McBride, Simon Weisz and Blake Enzel.

Scout: Kyle Haines, director of player development.

Good genes: Neither of my parents really played sports. My dad was a big baseball and Toronto Blue Jays fan. He is who got me into baseball.

Most influential people in your baseball life: “So many of my coaches and teammates over the years, as well as my family who always supported me and put me in the best position to succeed.”

2021 season as a red-shirt senior _ Batted .305 with eight doubles, a triple, 16 homers and 39 RBIs. He had a 1.064 OPS in 52 games ... Opening against Pitt he had four hits, a homer and two RBIs in the three-game set ... Next came Tennessee and he had five hits with a homer and two RBIs ... Playing Florida International he had four hits including a double and a homer, as well as three RBIs ... He had four hits, highlighted by a double, and three RBIs against Florida Atlantic ... Facing Alabama-Birmingham he had three hits with two RBIs, as well as a double and a homer ... Next were the St. Louis Billikens as he had three hits and three RBIs with a double and two home runs ... Against Illinois State hehad four hits in the four-game set with a double and two homers ... Facing Valpariso he had three hits and two RBIs with a homer ... Against Dallas Baptist he had two hits and four RBIs with two homers ... He had seven hits playing Missouri State with two RBIs and a home run ... He had five hits facing Southern Illinois with three RBIs with a double and a triple ... Against Evansville he had six hits and eight RBIs thanks to three home runs ... In the conference tourney he had four hits with three RBIs with two homers against Southern Illinois and Dallas Baptist ... At the regional he had three hits with an RBI.

2020 summer with the Mankato Moondogs in the Northwoods League _ Hit .233 with three doubles and four RBIs. Had a .585 OPS in 24 games.

2020 spring as a senior during COVID-19 season _ Hit .273 (3-for-13) playing only four games after returning from an injury ...Recorded a .273 batting average after recording three hits in 13 at bats ... Was 1-for-3 with a walk in the home opener against San Diego ... Collected two hits in a weekend series at Kansas.

2019 spring as a junior _ Hit .296 with eight doubles, four homers and 36 RBIs. Owned a .774 OPS in 59 games ... Was an iron man behind the plate for the Sycamores, starting 57 games including 30-straight games to close out the season ... Finished year with 60 base hits and 38 runs scored ... Reached base on walks 17 times while being hit-by-pitch 13 times to earn a free pass ... Had 16 multi-hit games, with three three-hit games, including a three-hit game against McNeese in the NCAA Tournament ... Drove in a season-best four against Mercer ... Threw out 17 runners attempting to steal ...

2018 summer with Mankato in the Northwoods _ Hit .299 with nine doubles and 14 RBIs, as he had a .793 OPS in 34 games.

2018 spring as a sophomore _ Batted .258 with three doubles and a pair of home runs, driving in 22 runs. Owned a .659 OPS in 45 games ... A mainstay behind the plate saw action in 45 games while starting 44 ... Was 4-of-6 on stolen base opportunities ... Gunned down 12 of the 34 would-be base stealers for a .647 stolen base percent against which was top three in the MVC ... Had 10 multi-hit games to go along with seven multi-RBI games ... Connected on his first collegiate home run in the series finale at Austin Peay ... Drove in a season high three RBIs at The Citadel ... Homered in the opening game of the MVC Tournament against Southern Illinois May.

2017 summmer with Terre Haute Rex in the Prospect league _ Hit .238 with three doubles, four homers and 33 RBIs, with a .691 OPS in 44 games.

2017 spring as a freshman _ Hit .176 with a .440 OPS in 12 games.

Honours: 2019 season _ Became fourth player in program history to earn Google Cloud Academic All-American status ... Was the seventh player in program history to earn Academic All-District honors ... Earned First Team Scholar-Athlete honors from the Missouri Valley