Northwestern College Athletics

Hometown Hero:
Pipestone Helping Farmers

2025: CSC Academic All-District ... Honorable Mention All-GPAC (3B) … Started all 48 games … Posted a .294 batting average with 28 runs, 52 hits, 45 RBIs, seven doubles, and nine home runs … Recorded four stolen bases and drew 17 walks … Notched a .486 slugging percentage and .357 on-base percentage … Hit three sacrifice flies … Registered 36 putouts and 71 assists in the field … Made 12 pitching appearances with 11 starts, pitching 52.2 innings … Struck out 32 batters and walked 13 … Tallied one complete game … Season-high seven RBIs with a home run and double against Lincoln University (Feb. 25) … Homered and drove in five runs against Waldorf (Apr. 5) … Pitched a complete game with six strikeouts and one earned run allowed in a win over Siena Heights (Mar. 4) … Helped secure a win over Midland with a three-hit, five-RBI performance, including a grand slam (Apr. 25) … Went 4-for-6 with a home run and two RBIs in a win against Dordt (Mar. 22) ... represents the baseball team on NWC's Student-Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) ... NAIA Scholar Athlete.

2024: Honorable Mention All-Conference ... played 51 games with 46 starts ... hit .294 with 17 RBIs and two home runs ... made 10 pitching appearances with one win and a 4.99 ERA ... struck out 20 batters ... represents the baseball team on NWC's Student-Athlete Leadership Team (SALT) ... NAIA Scholar Athlete.

2023: started in 4 of his 18 games ... had 20 at bats recording 4 hits and 5 runs ... made on appearance on the mound pitching 1.2 of an inning.

Personal: son of Brian and Michele Dirks; brother to Jenna
Favorite Bible Verse: Philippians 4:13