Augustana University Athletics

2014 (Senior): All-America honorable mention by Daktronics ... All-Amercia honorable mention by NCBWA… All-Central Region First Team selection by Daktronics … named to All-Central Region First Team by NCBWA ... earned All-Central Region First Team honors by Rawlings/ABCA ... All-Central All-NSIC First Team … NSIC All-Tournament Team … appeared in 55 games, starting in 54 ... batted a career-best .372, 12th in the NSIC … finished with a career-high 71 hits … scored 52 runs which ranked seventh in the NSIC … had a .571 slugging percentage, 10th in the NSIC …  stole 18 bases on the year, fourth in the NSIC … .449 on-base percentage ranked 13th in the NSIC … 23 multi-hit games in 2014 … five multi-RBI games on the season … smashed a career-high five homeruns … had a team-leading 24 game hitting streak during the year … tallied 13 doubles on the year … had a team-leading five triples … recorded a season-high three hits on five occasions … drove in a season-high three runs on three instances during the year … stole two-or-more bases twice … scored a season-high three runs twice in 2014.

2013 (Junior): Named Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team ... earned Rawlings/ABCA All-Central Region Second Team honors ... tabbed First Team All-NSIC ... started 53 games, including 27 in center field, 20 at second base, three and shortstop and one in left field ... had a team-high 67 hits ... batted .364 as leadoff hitter ... drilled four doubles and three triples ... belted two home runs ... drove in 36 runs ... stole team-high 29 bases ... led the NSIC in stolen bases (27), runs scored (58) and hits (62) (conference games only) ... led the team with 21 multi-hit games ... had two or more RBI in a game nine times ... blasted two home runs against Minnesota State on April 6 ... drove in four runs against Minnesota Crookston on April 21 ... stole three bases in a game against Dakota State on April 27 and Winona State on Feb. 15 ... had three or more hits in a game five times. 

Before Augustana:  Spent two seasons at Bellevue (Neb.) ... redshirted in 2011 ... scored 21 runs as freshman in 2010.

High School: 2009 graduate of Blair High School ... four-year letterwinner and starter ... named all-state as senior ... batted .440 with eight triples as senior ... also led state with 28 steals during senior season.

Personal: Son of Mark and Kay Petersen ... born Sept. 2, 1990 ... physical education major.