2026: Appeared in 49 of 50 contests for the Warriors in his junior season of eligibility, starting in all 49 games with a .305 batting average in 174 at-bats, leading the team with 40 RBI, 93 total bases, a .534 slugging percentage, 13 doubles, and seven home runs alongside 53 hits, 31 runs scored, and three triples… set single season top ten marks in RBI (6th), home runs (9th), and total bases (9th) while moving up the career leaderboards in batting average (10th), hits (8th), triples (10th), home runs (4th), total bases (9th), and slugging percentage (9th)… First Team All-CCC outfielder… finished with a .912 fielding percentage behind six errors and 59 putouts… CSC Academic All-District… NAIA Scholar-Athlete… Academic All-Conference… Member of the 2026 Corban Baseball team that finished 17-33 overall and 13-24 in CCC contests for a sixth-place finish in the conference standings. The program had 23 student-athletes named to Academic All-Conference honors, 11 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, and five Academic All-District selections and were named to the CCC Team Sportsmanship Award for a second-consecutive season…
2025: Appeared in 48 games this season for the navy and gold and started in all of them…Mertlich concluded his season with a batting average of .309 with 55 hits, 34 RBI, and 5 home runs…The 5’10” sophomore had a slugging percentage of .466, an on base percentage of .352, and a fielding percentage of .958 with 65 putouts, 3 assists, and 2 double plays…CCC Academic All-Conference…NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete…CSC Academic All-District Awardee…Member of the 2025 Corban Baseball team that finished 14-36 overall and 9-28 in CCC contests for a seventh-place finish in the conference standings. The program had fifteen student-athletes named to Academic All-Conference honors, nine NAIA Scholar-Athletes, five Academic All-District honorees, and one All-Conference member during the 2025 season…
2024: Appearing in 31 games for the Warriors and starting in 23, Mertlich concluded the season with a batting average of .242, a slugging percentage of .453, and an on base percentage of .327…Defensively, the utility player achieved a fielding percentage of .946… Member of the 2024 Corban Baseball team that finished 9-38 overall and 4-20 in CCC contests for a seventh-place finish in the conference standings. The program had 13 student-athletes named to Academic All-Conference honors, along with six NAIA Scholar-Athletes for the 2024 season.
Personal: While at Rogers, Mertlich was named to three different All-League teams, beginning with an Honorable Mention nod his sophomore season and ending with a First Team honor his senior year. The Puyallup native slashed a .314/.417/.831/.414 line in batting average, on-base percentage, OPS, and slugging percentage through four seasons.
The end goal of becoming a software engineer has Mertlich invested in a computer science degree while he takes the field as a Warrior.
