One of the Tigers' most pleasant surpises last season ... became a regular starter when Nick Natoli was injured ... can play a number of positions ... should be the Tigers' regular third baseman this season ... very good power hitter with tremendous offensive potential ... batted .309 for Rockville in the Cal Ripken Senior Baseball League last summer, earning a spot on the all-star team ... earned honorable mention notice on Colonial Athletic Association's Pre-Season All-CAA baseball team in 2010 ... good student who was named to CAA Commissioner's List in 2008.

2009 SEASON: Appeared in 51 games as a starter ... Tigers' sixth-leading hitter with a .310 batting average ... belted 14 home runs, tied for second on the team ... had 51 runs batted in, tied for fourth on team ... ranked third on team with 19 doubles ... named second team All-Colonial Athletic Association at second base ... made 16 starts at shortstop in place of injured Nick Natoli ... switched to second base in mid-March when Gary Helmick moved to shortstop ... did a great job defensively at second base with a .972 fielding percentage in 35 starts ... had 20 multi-hit games, including a pair of four-hit games ... went four-for-four in season opener at New Orleans with four runs scored ... batted .375 in season-opening series at New Orleans with four RBI's ... had three hits and five RBI's, including a three-run homer, in Tigers' 17-16 win over Boston College ... blasted a solo homer in 8-7 win over Younsgtown State ... had three hits and scored two runs in 13-6 win over Yale ... batted .500 with five RBI's in series against Delaware ... led Tigers to 8-6 win in series finale with an RBI triple in the seventh inning to put Tigers ahead ... batted .462 with two homers and five RBI's in series against James Madison ... cracked three-run homer in 16-11 win over the Dukes ... homered twice and drove in three runs against 25th-ranked George Mason ... led Tigers to 9-4 win in series finale by hitting decisive three-run homer in eighth inning ... hit solo homer against Navy for third straight game with a home run ... powered Tigers to 11-2 victory over Mount St. Mary's with four hits and four RBI's ... belted two-run homer against Delaware State in Tigers' 10-9 win ... helped Tigers to series victory at Hofstra by batting .357 with five runs scored, two home runs and six RBI's ... belted a three-run homer in Tigers' 17-1 victory in series finale ... doubled twice in loss at Maryland ... cracked a decisive three-run homer in Tigers' 9-6 win at Georgia State ... had three doubles and three RBI's in 13-10 victory over Northeastern.

2008 SEASON: Appeared in 33 games as a freshman with 24 starts ... started 12 games at third base ... made 4 starts at shortstop and 6 starts at second base ... started at designated hitter twice ... Tigers' eighth-leading hitter with a .314 batting average ... scored 17 runs ... had 4 doubles and 5 home runs with 21 runs batted in ... went 3-for-6 as a pinch hitter ... was 4-for-6 with the bases loaded ... had nine multi-hit games with one three-hit game ... had four straight two-hit games from April 8-16 ... made first career start at third base at Saint Mary's and had one hit in 4-2 win ... led Tigers to an 11-6 win at Maryland with two hits and five RBI's ... belted a two-run double in second inning and a bases-loaded double in fifth inning ... led Tigers to an 18-8 win at Delaware State with three hits and four RBI's ... hit solo homer in first inning at Delaware State ... batted .471 in first four games of career ... helped Tigers to an 11-2 win over UMBC with a two-run single ... had two hits in Tigers' 4-2 win over Mount St. Mary's ... helped Tigers to a 7-6 win over 14th-ranked Virginia with an RBI single and a run scored ... banged out two hits, including a two-run homer, in 14-5 win over Bucknell ... blasted a two-run homer in 9-5 victory over Temple ... helped Tigers to 9-1 win over Delaware State with two hits, including a solo homer ... contributed two hits and scored two runs in 13-11 win at George Washington ... singled and scored a run in 12-3 win over Maryland ... started two games at third base in Virginia Commonwealth series and did not make an error in nine fielding chances.

BACKGROUND: Three-time all-conference selection at Crestwood High School ... had a career batting average of over .400 for Coach Mark Modrowsky ... hit 20 home runs in career for the Comets ... also had 25 stolen bases in high school career ... also a member of the Comets' basketball team ... honor roll student all four years.

PERSONAL: Has one younger brother ... lists parents and grandparents as the people he admires the most ... career goal is to become a strength and conditioning coach ... favorite athlete is Chase Utley ... lists "Old School" as his favorite movie ... favorite actor is Mark Wahlberg ... had summer job working at Wychock's Beverage and Beer Store ... enjoys listening to music by Breaking Benjamin ... enjoys eating Italian food as well as grilled cheese sandwiches ... father is a Bloomsburg graduate who runs the family store ... mother is a school psychologist who graduated from Wilkes ... son of Carl and Stephanie Wychock ... born on December 8, 1988 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ... major is Exercise Science.