On Acton: Two-year member of the team, who played during the 2015 and 2016 seasons ... Versatile player who was a valuable left-handed bat off the bench ... Had success in a pinch-hitting role and reached base safely 12 times in 32 plate appearances (.375 on-base percentage) as a pinch hitter ... Played the infield defensively.
Career: Played in 41 games with seven starts ... Was a career .138 (8-for-58) hitter with a .231 on-base percentage and a .190 slugging percentage ... Had three runs scored, eight runs batted in and three doubles to go with seven walks and 17 strikeouts ... Had one sacrifice bunt ... Handled two chances in the field and was credited with a putout and an assist.
2016: Saw action in 15 games and started twice as the designated hitter ... Went 1-for-15 (.067) with three walks, eight strikeouts, a run scored and two runs batted in on the year ... Had one sacrifice bunt and finished the year with a .222 on-base percentage ... Reached base safely in four of his nine pinch-hitting opportunities, going 1-for-6 with three walks ... Started games at designated hitter against both Houston and Stetson ... Pinch hit and played second base against Dartmouth, and recorded an assist in his only fielding chance; BIG EAST: Played in four conference games and went 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBI ... Drew a bases-loaded walk as a pinch hitter against Creighton, and delivered a pinch-hit single versus the Bluejays later in the same series.
2015: Played in 29 games with five starts ... Batted .163 (7-for-43) for the season with three doubles, two runs scored and six runs batted in ... Drew four walks and struck out nine times ... Was a key bat off the bench for the Wildcats and collected six of his seven hits in a pinch hitting role ... In his 23 plate appearances as a pinch hitter, went 6-for-21 (.286) with two walks, two doubles, four RBI and a .348 on-base percentage ... Registered his first career hit with a single against Notre Dame ... Delivered a pinch-hit RBI double in a win over Mount St. Mary's ... Started five times at designated hitter during the season ... Went 1-for-4 with a run scored, double and run batted in a win at Penn ... Played two games in the field at third base and recorded a putout on his only fielding chance; BIG EAST: Appeared in 10 regular season conference games with one start ... Went 3-for-13 (.231) at the plate with a double and an RBI ... All three of his hits were pinch hits, including an RBI double at St. John's ... Also had pinch hits in consecutive games versus Georgetown.
Pinecrest High School: Earned four varsity letters ... As a senior earned All-County honors from Browardhighschoolbaseball.com (first team) and MiamiHerald.com (second team) ... Was chosen to play in the county all-star game and was selected as the area's top second baseman ... Tied a school record with three home runs in a game during his senior season, and his eight homers for the year are the second most in school history for a single season ... Became an AP Scholar and was inducted into both the National Honor Society and the National Spanish Honor Society, as well as the Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society.
Club Baseball: Played for the South Florida Bandits and was a two-time all-tournament team selection at prestigious tournaments held during the summer season.
Personal: Born 10/16/95 in Manassas, Va. ... Older of two sons of Kipp and Tracy Acton ... Has a younger brother, Cory ... Comes from an athletic family with several relatives who played sports professionally and at the collegiate level ... Father played hockey at Western Michigan and in the NHL for the Boston Bruins, while two other relatives also have extensive NHL experience ... Paternal grandfather was a professional boxer and maternal grandfather played college football at Miami ... Chose to attend Villanova for the reputation of the Villanova School of Business and for the combination of the school's proximity to his family and the opportunity to play Division I baseball ... Business major in the Villanova School of Business.
