HIGH SCHOOL: Played four seasons of varsity baseball at Hoffman Estates High School under head coach Todd Meador … Served as team captain during junior and senior seasons … Received All-Mid Suburban League accolades in 2011 and 2012 … Named to the Daily Herald All-Area Team as a senior … Posted a career batting average of .327 with 12 doubles, three home runs and 35 RBIs … The fifth player in school history to reach 25 career stolen bases … Member of the Fox Valley Royals Baseball Club under coach Andy Bisceglia … An Illinois State Scholar and Presidential Scholar in 2012 … Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Son of Don and Karen Grudzinski … Mother played volleyball at Elmhurst College, winning a Division III national championship … has one sister (Kelly) … majoring in Biology (Pre-Med).