Personal:
Donovan James Pogue was born on November 1, 1993, the son of Michelle and Phillip Pogue ... has two younger siblings, Carlie and Peyton.
High School Highlights:
Two-year letter winner at St. Xavier, where he played for Bill Slinger ... batted a .333 average his senior year ... was named GCL Honorable Mention his senior year.
Freshman Highlights:
(2013) Played in 34 games and started in 29 of those for the Saints ... batted .404 with 26 RBI ... had 16 runs off 28 hits with 2 homeruns.
Sophomore Highlights:
(2014) Named honorable mention All-PAC ... led the team in batting with a .393 average as he was 53-for-135 ... had 12 doubles and 21 RBI.
Junior Highlights:
(2015) Named to the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-America First Team and D3baseball.com All-American Second Team ... first-ever Thomas More baseball student-athlete to be named First Team All-American ... named first team All-MidEast region by both organizations, PAC Player of the Year and first team All-PAC ... led the team in batting with a .450 average as he was 67-of-149 at the plate ... had a team-leading seven home runs and 55 runs batted-in and 13 doubles to go with 25 base-on-balls ... finished the season with a .678 slugging percentage and a .538 on-base percentage.
Senior Highlights:
(2016) Named first team All-PAC and second team ABCA All-Mideast Region... had had a team-leading 11 home runs while batting .399. Also had 7 doubles, 52 RBI and 52 runs scored. Recorded a .992 fielding percentage, a .529 on-base percentage, and a .669 slugging percentage.