Western Illinois University Athletics

^{Awards & Recognition
2011 All-League Second Team - First Base
2011 All-Tournament Team
2012 College Sports Madness Preseason First Team Summit League}

^{At Western Illinois}
2012 (Senior): Appeared in all 53 games with 47 starts... walked five times and stole a base during the Georgia State series... had both of Western's 2 hits against Indiana State, both infield singles... 2-for-8 with two runs scored during the three-game Bulldog Classic... one RBI, two hit by pitches... 3-13 at Georgia, including two hits in the finale... 30 putouts playing first base, 14 of those coming in game two... scored one run each in last two games... drove in a run on Saturday at WKU... collected his first hit since (3/4) vs. SLU (3/20)... go-ahead two run home run in the finale vs. Xavier... drove in a run or more in each of the three games with Xavier.. started in LF the first two games vs. Xavier... collected two hits vs. Bradley on 3/30 and drove in a run... drove in two runs at Iowa... homered vs. EIU on 4/24... went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored on 4/28 at Oakland... homered in the series finale vs. IPFW, one his four hits over the weekend... two hits during Illinois State series... seven hits during South Dakota State series and drove in five runs and hit a HR... went 4-for-6 on 5/18 and 3-for-4 on 5/17... finishes his career with 183 games played, which is fourth all-time.

^{2010 (Sophomore): Began the season on an 11-game hitting streak (2/27-3/17)... also posted a 10-game hitting streak (3/20-4/5)... drove in a career-high four runs in game two against Stephen F. Austin (3/6)... was 2-for-4 with a home run in the contest... posted a career-high four hits in game two at UAB (3/20)... drove in four runs at UALR (3/24)... posted 15 multi-hit games...picked up a hit in 42 of 52 games... batted .346 against lefties and .317 with runners in scoring position... tied for first on the team with 16 two-out RBI... named as The Summit League Co-Player of the Week for the week of 3/29... batted . 545 (12-for-22) with two doubles, five runs and nine RBI in five games during that week.}

^{2009 (Freshman): Started 10 games in left field during his true-freshman year, made 19 appearances in all… recorded his first collegiate hit and RBI in a pinch-hitting role against Missouri… two hits and two runs scored in game two of the IPFW series… two hits in South Dakota State finale… scored two runs against the Jackrabbits in game two of the doubleheader… also recorded a RBI against South Dakota State, Eureka and North dakota State.}

^{High School
Earned All-Conference honors his junior and senior years in baseball and football… lettered three years in both sports… member of the Class 8A football state championship team… high school teammate of former Leathernecks John Koszulinski and Chris Macek.}

^{Personal
Son of Mike and Monica Lilja… born November 25, 1989... majoring in Construction Management.}

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