Biography
2019 - 3rd Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball (Second Base)
2019 - 1st Team ABCA All-Mideast Region (Second Base)
2019 - 1st Team All-OVCÂ (Second Base)
2017 - 1st Team All-OVC (Second Base)
SENIOR (2019):Â Played in 56 games, making 55 starts at second base.. led the team in home runs with 16 on the season and finished third in the OVC....earned first team All-OVC honors as the second basemen led the Panthers in many categories throughout the 2019 season...Govern finished the 2019 season leading the OVC in runs scored with 67. He also finished second in the OVC in total bases with 142, third in home runs with 16, fourth in slugging percentage with .618, fourth in plate appearances with 266, fifth in doubles with 16, fifth in at bats with 228, sixth in hits with 75, and sixth in RBIs with 52... during the season he had a five RBI game against VMI on May, 18th....he also had a two home-run game on the same day against VMI....Govern hit for the cycle earlier in the season on March, 13th against Alabama State.. named first team All-Mideast Region by Rawlings/ABCA... named third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball... selected in 30th round of MLB Draft by Kansas City Royals...Â
JUNIOR (2018): Played in 46 games, making 45 starts at second base...led the team with a .331 batting average at the end of the season...collected 59 hits, including 12 doubles, one triple, and seven home runs...drove in 38 RBIs and scored 43 runs during the season...had a season high four hit game against Austin Peay on May 17th posting four hits, with five RBIs, two doubles, two runs, home run, walk, and stolen base..posted 17 multi-hit games in his junior year including, one four hit game, three-three hit games, and thirteen two hit games..
SOPHOMORE (2017): Played in 47 games, making 42 starts at second base... led the team with a .335 batting average at the end of the season... collected 62 hits, including 12 doubles, one triple and 11 home runs... drove in 50 RBIs and scored 42 runs during the season... opened up a 13-game hitting streak on Mar. 24 with a 3-for-3 game against Murray State that ran through Apr. 13... hit two home runs in a game on Apr. 11 against Illinois-Springfield, Apr. 23 against Eastern Kentucky and on May 14 at SIUE... had 22 multi-hit games during the season, including 14 games with two hits, seven games with three hits and one game with four hits on Apr. 21 against Eastern Kentucky... drove in multiple RBIs on 13 different occasions... plated two runs in a game five times, three runs five times, four runs one time and 5+ runs twice... drove in a career-high eight runs including his first career grand slam against Illinois Springfield... drove in six runs against Eastern Kentucky on Apr. 23... named first-team All-OVC as a second baseman...
FRESHMAN (2016): Played in 28 games with 16 starts during his freshman season... collected first collegiate hit in his first game on Feb. 29 at Southern Miss... finished with a base hit in each game in the Southern Miss series Feb. 19-21... hit first career home run on Feb. 28 at Central Arkansas... totaled nine hits and three RBIs during the season...Â
HIGH SCHOOL:Â Was a three year letter winner in baseball at Libertyville HS... Was named to the IHSBCA All-State team his senior year... Also earned All-Area and All-Conference honors his junior and senior years... Was named All-Conference his sophomore year... Helped lead Libertyville to a 4A State Runner-Up title in 2013...