University of West Florida

2024 (Sr.): Made 38 appearances with 29 starts...Batted .264 with 19 runs scored, five doubles and a home run...Collected four hits, four runs and a double in a double-header against West Alabama (2/24)...Notched two hits, including a home run, in contest against Georgia Southwestern (3/20)...Collected six hits in NCAA Regional, with two hits each in wins over Saint Leo (5/16) & Delta State (5/18)...Recorded 39 putouts and two assists in the field.

2023 (Jr.): Appeared in 26 games and made 21 starts...Recorded 77 at bats... Totaled 21 hits, 16 runs, two doubles and a pair of home runs... Hit a two-run homer over Valdosta State that secured the GSC Championship title (5/9)... Finished with a .273 batting average... Racked up 33 putouts in the outfield... Earned one assist... Ended with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. 

Transferred to UWF in Fall of 2021
 

AWARDS 

•ASUN All-Freshman Team (2019) 

2020: Started 14 of the 15 games for the Hatters, primarily playing left field … Opened the season with a four-game hit streak … Hit a three-run home run as part of a six-run fourth inning against Air Force (2/16) … Had two hits, a double and a triple, and scored a pair of runs against UMBC (2/28) … Was named to the ASUN Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2019: Hit a two-run home run in the game at UCF and had an RBI single in the game against the Knights at Melching Field.

Summer 2019: Turned in the strongest start-to-finish campaign in the Florida Collegiate League and was rewarded with the league MVP trophy ... Primarily playing in the outfield, he was the league leader in six categories including games played, runs, hits, walks, triples, and on-base percentage ... His slash line read .340/.461/.576, ranking sixth, first and second in the league respectively … Had 12 games with multiple hits, including a three home run effort at Winter Garden on July 1 … Reached base safely in 36 of the 40 games he played during the regular season.

2019: Saw action in 51 games, starting 37, while earning ASUN All-Freshman Team honors ... Made 12 starts at second base, 10 in left field and 15 as the designated hitter ... Had nine multiple-hit games and had a stretch of 11 consecutive games where he reached base ... Finished the season with a .234/.301/.323 slash line ... Led the team with three triples, which tied for fourth in the ASUN ... Picked up his first collegiate hit in his first start, against Siena (2/24) ... Had a pair of doubles in the game against NCAA runner-up Michigan in Lubbock, TX (3/23) ... Had hits and RBIs in both games at Texas Tech (3/24-25) ... Had a big three-run triple against FGCU (5/4) ... Had a pair of doubles at Jacksonville (5/11).

High School: Played for coach Jeremy Schmidt at Riverview HS ... Was a three-year starter ... Played three positions in the infield ... Hit .322 as a sophomore with eight doubles and three triples ... Hit .343 as a junior with eight doubles and 13 stolen bases ... Hit .359 as a senior with six home runs ... Received the student-athlete award four times ... Was named team offensive player of the year twice (2016 and 2018) and team defensive player of the year once (2017) ... Was selected for the USA Regional NTIS team in 2015 and 2016 ... Was twice named to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune's All-Area All-Star team ... Played summer ball for the Florida Burn Platinum ... Chose Stetson over Florida State, UCF and FAU. 

Personal: Full name is Mark Brian Townsend ... Was born on January 2, 2000, in Sarasota ... Is the son of Charles and Virginia Compton ... Has one sister, Sarah (24), who is a student at USF ... Is a Public Management major.