Northern Illinois University Athletics

* Second all-time in walks (138)
* Third all-time in stolen bases (62)
* Tied for fourth in career runs scored (155)
* Top-10 in games played, games started, at-bats, hits, doubles and triples

2024:
- All-MAC Second Team
- All-MAC Defensive Team
- CSC Academic All-District
- MAC All-Academic Team
- Started all 54 games
- Led NIU in batting average (.330), on-base percentage (.448), hits (67), runs (52), walks (39) and stolen bases (12)
- Was 2-for-4 with a stolen base and three RBI in NIU’s win at Abilene Christian (Feb. 18)
- Had three hits in the Huskies win over Northwestern State (Feb. 23)
- Went 3-for-5 with stolen bases in win at Ohio (Mar. 10)
- Drove in four runs in the Huskies’ 17-8 win at Northwestern (Mar. 26)
- Had two hits against Kent State on Apr. 20, sparking a nine-game hitting streak and a 21-game reached base streak
- Was 3-for-4 in win over Valparaiso (Apr. 23)
- Hit the go-ahead three-run home run in NIU’s 4-3 win at Western Michigan (May 11)
- Was 2-for-4 with a leadoff home run, two walks and three runs scored in 15-14 win over Eastern Michigan (May 17)

2023:
- Academic All-MAC
- CSC Academic All-District
- Started all 53 games
- Set an NIU single-season record with 51 walks
- Second in the MAC with 25 stolen bases; first Huskie with over 20 steals since Jamison Wells had 23 I 2013
- Led NIU with 47 runs scored and a .427 on-base percentage
- Had a 14-game on-base streak from Feb. 26 to March 17
- Went 3-for-4 with a triple in first game of doubleheader at Oral Roberts on Feb. 18
- Drew two walks and stole three bases in NIU’s 18-10 win at WKU on March 4
- Had three hits in series finale at Kent State on March 12
- Started a 15-game on-base streak with a walk at Miami on March 19
- Was 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBI and two runs scored in 6-5 win over Western Michigan on April 14
- Drew three walks against Toledo on both May 5 and May 7; went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and a stolen base against the Rockets on May 7
- Finished the season with a hit in six straight games

2022:
- Academic All-MAC
- Started all 54 games
- Led NIU with 62 hits, 36 RBI, 15 doubles, 15 stolen bases and 38 runs scored
- Had six hits in NIU’s series at Murray State Feb. 26-28
- Went 2-for-4 with two RBI at Lipscomb on March 5
- Was a triple short of the cycle in NIU’s 9-4 win at Ohio on March 11, driving in three runs
- Also had three RBI in the Huskies’ 9-5 win at Akron on March 18
- Had a season-high four hits in game one of a doubleheader at Oakland on April 15
- Started an 11-game hitting streak by going 2-for-3 in the series finale against Ball State on April 25
- Went 8-for-16 in the four-game series at Western Michigan April 29-30, scoring six runs
- Hit a walk-off grand slam in the 10^th inning of NIU’s 12-8 win over Eastern Michigan on May 7; Drove in a career-high five runs in the victory
- Also had five RBI in the Huskies’ 16-6 win over Bowling Green on May 20

2021:
- Started 36 of the 40 games he played in his first season at NIU
- Led the Huskies with 10 stolen bases
- Recorded his first career hit against Kansas State on March 13
- Went 2-for-3 at the plate at Rice on March 13
- Drove in his first two career RBI in a 2-for-3 day in Huskies’ 10-9 win to sweep a doubleheader against Ohio on April 17
- Hit his first career home run against Akron on May 2
- Knocked two doubles against Western Michigan on May 7
- Had a season-high three hits in games at Eastern Michigan on May 14 and against Toledo on May 21
- Went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and three runs scored at Bowling Green on May 29

Prior to NIU: Two-year letterwinner at Sussex Hamilton... Hit .358 in 2019 with a .543 slugging percentage, stealing 10 bases... Was 6-2 on the mound that season with 80 strikeouts and a 2.28 ERA in 70.2 innings pitched... 2019 District Player of the Year and Second-Team All-State selection... Four-year letterwinner in football.

Personal: Son of Victor Erato III and Renee Pfersch... Sports Management major.

Career Highs:
At Bats: 6, 7 times (M.R. vs. Kent State, 4/21/24)
Runs: 3, 9 times (M.R. vs. Eastern Michigan, 5/17/24)
Hits: 4 at Oakland (4/15/22)
RBI: 5, twice (M.R. vs. Bowling Green, 5/20/22)
Home Runs: 1, 5 times (M.R. vs. Eastern Michigan, 5/17/24)
Walks: 3, 9x (M.R. at Ohio, 3/8/24)
Stolen Bases: 3 at WKU (5/5/23)