Biography
Career Honors
2026: Second-team All-Ivy
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (4/13/26)
2026: Second-team All-Ivy selection … Put together a quality freshman season, starting in all 41 games he appeared in, missing just one … Finished the year batting .278 with 44 hits, 10 doubles, two home runs, and 25 RBIs … Led the team with a .402 on-base percentage … Stole 21 bases throughout the season, which ranked fourth in the conference and third in the program record book … Also ranked Top 10 in the Ivy League in walks (tied for third, 29) … Hit .289 during conference action (26-for-90) … Logged the first hit of his career at then No. 24 Texas A&M (2/20) … Opened the season on an eight-game hitting streak and scored four times over that stretch … Logged the first multi-hit performance and RBI of his career (2-for-3) at East Carolina (3/13) … Went 2-for-3 in a dominant win over Lehigh (3/18) and tacked on three runs scored, two RBIs, and two stolen bases … Registered two doubles (2-for-4) at home vs. Dartmouth (3/21) … Drew four walks against La Salle (3/24) … Scored twice and drove in two runs on the road at Yale (3/28) … Launched the first home run of his career at Delaware St. (3/31), while scoring three times and walking twice … Had a monster day at Columbia (4/3), going 3-for-6 at the dish with two doubles, a career-high four RBIs, and a run scored … Drove in three runs on two hits vs. Cornell (4/11), which included his second homer of the season … Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week following his performances against Lafayette (4/7) and Cornell (4/11-4/12) … Tallied five hits, five runs scored, two doubles, and two RBIs over the series at Princeton (4/17-4/18) … Finished with five hits, three runs scored, three RBIs, three walks, and a double across three games at Harvard (4/25-4/26) … Went 2-for-4 and drew a walk vs. Brown (5/1) … In the field, recorded a fielding percentage of .940, on 166 chances, along with 61 putouts and 95 assists.
High School: Four-year varsity baseball starter, captaining the team during junior and senior seasons … Led team to two WMAC conference championships … Earned All-State honors in 2024 and 2025 and was the runner-up for State Player of the Year in 2025 … Four-time WMAC All-Conference selection, earning WMAC Conference Player of the Year honors following senior campaign … Earned Freshman All-State laurels following rookie season … In 2025, he batted .507 and set Asheville’s career home run record, as well as single-season homers after belting 14 in 24 games. Also led the entire state of North Carolina in that category …Ranked the ninth best prospect in the state of North Carolina by Baseball Prep, and the second-best shortstop … Also played soccer and ran track.
Personal: Born James Secretarski … Father, Jimmy, played basketball at Siena … Mother, Erin, played volleyball at Alabama … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
Why Penn?: “I chose Penn because as a result of the combination between an elite and competitive baseball environment that has a chance to do something great year in and year out paired with an unmatched academic opportunity to attend the best business school in the world that is Wharton.”
