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CAREER: Has appeared in 182 career games, earning the start in all but six ... owns a career .776 OPS and .278 batting average ... tallied 25 doubles, 10 triples, 10 homers, 74 RBI’s and 33 stolen bases ... earned All-ACC Second Team honors in 2019.

2020: Started in all 16 games in right field … recorded a .304 slugging percentage, .367 on-base percentage and .275 batting average … tallied 19 hits, two doubles, 16 runs and six RBI’s … produced five multiple-hit and one multiple-RBI games … recorded a six-game hitting and nine-game reached-base streak … was a perfect 5-5 in stolen base attempts … went 3-5 with three RBI’s and two runs in a win over Central Connecticut State (3/1) … collected three hits, a RBI-double and stolen base at USF (3/10).

2019: Named Second-Team All-ACC ... Named one of the Gold Standards Teammate of the Year at the Panther’s Choice Awards ... Earned Pitt Student-Athlete of the week (5/1) ... Earned ABCA/Rawlings All-Region recognition ... Started in all 55 games for the Panthers ... Hit .353 on the season to go along with 76 hits, 46 runs, 39 RBI, 16 walks, 15, doubles, 14 stolen bases, and eight home runs ... Ranked first on the team in batting average, hits, triples and stolen bases, second in runs and RBIs, and third in home runs ... Recorded a career-high four hits in an 26-2 victory over MD Eastern Shore after going 4-4, adding three runs and two doubles ... Hit a career-high two triples in a close loss against Wake Forest after batting 2-5 and adding one run ... Notched a home run during the Backyard Brawl against West Virginia at PNC Park. 

2018: Appeared in 36 games, starting 31, before missing the remainder of the season due to injury … hit .181 on the season to go along with 19 hits, 18 runs, 11 RBI and eight walks … recorded 34 putouts and one assist on 35 chances for a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage … recorded a career-high three RBI against Duke after going 1-4 with a home run … hit 2-4 to go along with a double and three runs in a 17-3 win over Toledo … batted 1-2 in a 9-4 win against Boston College, adding three runs, one RBI, one triple and a walk … went 2-4 to go along with one run, one RBI and a triple in a 9-3 victory over Oakland … hit 2-5 with a home run against Virginia.
 
2017: Made an immediate impact in his rookie campaign as the Panthers’ starting right fielder … appeared in 51 games, earning the start in 50 … finished the season with a .241 average … tallied 38 hits, with six doubles, two triples and 18 RBIs … recorded a .304 slugging percentage and a .333 on-base percentage … was one of just two Panthers to record double-digit steals (10-15) … tallied nine multiple-hit games on the season … recorded five multiple-RBI games on the year … put together a season-best hit streak of six and a season-best reached base streak of seven … made his collegiate debut with a start against Delaware on Feb. 17, coming around to score a run … tallied his first hit on Feb. 18 vs. Kansas State … put together at two-RBI performance in the second game on Feb. 18, going 1-3 with a double, two runs scored and a walk against Ohio State … was 2-3 in the finale of the Sunshine State Classic against Delaware … went 3-4 in the series opener against Siena, adding a pair of RBIs … recorded his first ACC hit on March 11 at No. 4 Louisville … helped Pitt to a the first of three wins over Virginia Tech on March 24, going 3-4 with an RBI and two runs scored … went 1-2 with an RBI the following day … put together back-to-back two-hit games against Duke (April 2) and Penn State (April 4) … was 1-3 with three RBIs in the series opener against Miami (FL) … went 2-4 with a run scored in the finale against the Hurricanes … helped Pitt to an upset victory over No. 3 North Carolina on April 23 … went 1-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored, including a triple … was 2-4 with a run scored and a double in the opener against Georgia Tech … was 1-3 with a run scored in the finale against NC State … concluded the season going 1-4 with a walk and a stolen base against No. 20 Wake Forest in the season finale.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Seton-La Salle High School in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. … played for the Rebels in the WPIAL conference … four-year varsity letterman … helped the team reach the WPIAL Class AA championship game and named Almanac Rookie of the Year as a sophomore … selected as a Class AA First-Team All-Section in his junior season … served as captain of the varsity baseball team as a senior … also selected to the Class AA First-Team All-Section, Almanac Diamond Dozen Baseball All-Stars and Almanac Athlete of the Year Finalist as a senior … played summer league baseball for the Keystone State Bombers … earned three varsity letters in both football and basketball.
 
PERSONAL: Born Dec. 11, 1997 … son of Alan and Mary Popa ... has two younger siblings; Dom and Gabriella.