West Virginia University Athletics

2017 (Redshirt Sophomore)

• Named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team
• Named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, recognizing the nation’s best shortstop
• Played in 60 games with 58 starts, all at shortstop
• Hit .244 with 48 hits, posting seven doubles, four home runs, one triple, 26 RBIs and 22 walks with eight stolen bases
• Had two game-winning hits, both coming in the eighth inning
• Had nine multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests
• Recorded a season-long hitting streak of six games and a reached base streak of seven games
• Drove in the game-winning run with an eighth-inning single as part of a two-RBI game as WVU beat Maryland to advance to the NCAA Regional Final on June 4
• Hit a career-best two home runs in WVU’s NCAA Regional-opening victory vs. Maryland on June 2
• Was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored in West Virginia’s Big 12 Championship win vs. Baylor on May 24
• Drove in a career-high-tying three runs with one hit on May 13 vs. Gardner Webb
• Went 3-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base on April 28 vs. Oklahoma
• Drove in the game-winning run, had two hits and scored three runs while stealing a base on April 21 at Kansas State
• Homered on April 15 vs. No. 3 TCU
• Went 3-for-3 with a career-best three RBIs, scored three runs and walked twice on March 5 at Tulane
• Had three hits, including his first home run of the season, and added an RBI, three runs scored and a walk in WVU’s win at No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Feb. 25

2016 (Redshirt Freshman)

• Named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team
• Played in 57 games, starting all 57 at shortstop
• Hit .282 with 53 hits, 17 RBIs, nine doubles, one home run and 13 walks while recording a .367 slugging percentage and a .330 on-base percentage
• Was second on the team with five game-winning hits
• Tied for fourth on the team with 14 multi-hit games and had three multi-RBI games
• Recorded a five-game hitting streak and reached base safely in six consecutive games
• Had eight hits, scored eight runs and had three RBIs in four games at the Big 12 Championship
• Had three hits and two RBIs with three runs scored in the Big 12 Championship Game vs. TCU on May 29
• Drove in the eventual game-winning run on May 28 against Oklahoma to send WVU to its first Big 12 Championship Game, recording two hits, scoring two runs and driving in one
• Had four hits, an RBI and a run scored at Pitt on May 17
• Drove in the game’s only run in WVU’s win at Kansas on March 26
• Hit a walk-off two-run single in the 12th inning as part of a two-hit, two-RBI day against Old Dominion on March 12
• Hit his first career home run to drive in the eventual winning run in a five-hit, two-RBI day at UNLV on Feb. 28
• Hit a ninth-inning RBI single that drove in the winning run in WVU’s 9-6 series-opening win at UNLV on Feb. 26

2015 (Freshman)

• Redshirted

High School

• Four-year starter for coach John Chambers at Preston High
• Batted .558 with 44 runs, 15 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 54 RBIs and 32 stolen bases in 2014
• Two-time West Virginia AAA All-State First Team (2013-14)
• The Dominion Post Player of the Year (2014)
• Two-time The Dominion Post All-Area First Team (2013-14)
• Big 10 Conference Player of the Year (2014)
• Three-time All-Big 10 Conference First Team (2012-2014)
• Participated in the 2014 WV North-South Game
• Also was a member of the basketball team, earning all-state honors in 2013 and 2014 and holding the school record for all-time points (1,467)

Personal

• Son of Steve and Shawn Galusky
• Has one brother
• Mother played volleyball at West Virginia from 1991-93
• Birthday is April 28
• Majoring in international studies