2019 Baseball Roster
Max West
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Singapore
- High School:
- Singapore American
At Princeton:
2019: Missed just three games, starting 36 times at catcher … Led the team in hitting (.322) and on-base percentage (.432) … Scored twice, had two hits and walked twice to open the season at George Mason (Mar. 2) … Walked three times at George Mason (Mar. 3) … Contributed two hits and an RBI at Georgetown (Mar. 17) … Had a nine-game hitting streak (Mar. 23-Apr. 7) … Knocked in four with two hits vs. Dartmouth (Mar. 24) … Knocked in four with two runs and two hits including a home run at Harvard (Mar. 30) … Season-best three hits vs. Columbia (Apr. 7) … Dropped in three RBI vs. Rider (Apr. 17) … Scored twice at St. John’s (May 4).
2018: Started 19 times, seeing action in 23 games … Posted a .289/.357/.395 slash line in 12 Ivy games … Multi-hit game at UNCW (Mar. 3) … Got on base three times at South Carolina (Mar. 10) … Reached base three times, scored twice and hit a home run vs. Cornell (Apr. 1) … Registered three hits with two RBI at Columbia (Apr. 22), helping Princeton to its first series victory over the Lions since 2011 … Ended the season with hits in six of his final seven games (Apr. 21-May 6), raising his average 62 points … Had three hits at Dartmouth (May 5-6).
2017: Started in 23 games … Was third on the team in walks (14) … Would have led the team in on-base percentage (.403) if he qualified … Had a RBI hit vs. Duke (Mar. 4) … Scored three times and knocked in a run at UNC-Greensboro (Mar. 11) … Posted two hits, a RBI and double at Maryland (Mar. 18) … Hit first career home run at Navy (Mar. 25) … Walked and touched home twice at Navy (Mar. 26) … Finished the month of March with a .320 average … Walked five times in April … Finished the season with hits in last two games of the season (Apr. 28-30).
2016: Saw time in 16 games and made 10 starts … Picked up first collegiate hit at Columbia (Apr. 23) … Nabbed first career RBI in game two of the Ivy League Championship Series vs. Yale (May 15).
Before Princeton:
Singapore American School: A 2012 graduate of the Singapore American School … Three letters in baseball and one in basketball … Senior captain … Southeast Asia Baseball and Softball Tournament Champions … Team was runner-up in 2011 and 2012.
Personal: Full name is Maxmillian Alisdair West … Birthday is April 22, 1994 … Son of Fok Lai Fan and Bradley West … Has a brother, Bart, who is an officer cadet in the Singapore Army … Before attending Princeton, served two and a half years as a combat diver and naval officer in the Republic of the Singapore Navy … Senior class Vice President in school … Chinese Honor Society Vice President … Was an AP Scholar of Distinction and Scholar of Honor … AP International Diploma.
