Tarleton State University Athletics

Junior (2015):
Played in 47 games in his first season for Tarleton after transferring from Otero Junior College … Hit .263 with 31 runs scored and 22 runs driven in … Led the team with four triples … Hit his first Tarleton home run to help the Texans in their comeback win over West Texas A&M in the LSC Tournament on May 8 … Won his first LSC Hitter of the Week award on May 31.
 
The Woodlands High School:
Lettered in baseball for coach Ron Eastman… District Champions in 2011… Received second team all-district honors as a senior.
 
Personal:
Is a 2011 graduate of The Woodlands High School… Son of Pamela and Greg Merka… Has one sibling, Zack Tesch… Father, Greg, played basketball and tennis at Sam Houston State University… Majoring in Mechanical Engineering… Born July 21, 1992.