 In his freshman year, he had a .466 batting average with 15 runs scored and 25 runs batted in (RBIs), and was named "The Philadelphia Inquirer"s Southeastern Pennsylvania high school rookie of the year.He initially committed to attend the University of Arkansas, but changed his commitment to Indiana University Bloomington after Arkansas made personnel changes.As a senior, Ockimey batted .500 with 28 runs and 34 RBIs.