Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Career Stats

2013 Game-by-Game Stats
2012 Game-by-Game Stats
2011 Game-by-Game Stats
2010 Game-by-Game Stats

SENIOR (2013): Played in 47 games, making 46 starts… hit .311 with 35 runs, 24 RBI, 12 doubles and one home run… posted a .395 slugging percentage and a .382 on-base percentage… went 7-for-9 in stolen bases… also had 11 sacrifice bunts… finished his career with 28 sacrifice bunts, the most in school history… had 18 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games… increased his batting average to .370 during OVC play, the second highest mark on the team… hit.373 (19-for-51) with RISP… also had nine, two-out RBI.

JUNIOR (2012): Played and started in 46 games… missed the final eight games of the year due to an injury… hit .289 (48-for-166) with 26 runs, five home runs, three doubles and a triple… also had 20 RBI… was second on the team in stolen bases, going 9-for-15 on the base paths… led the team with 12 sacrifice bunts… hit his first career home run on March 27 in the Panthers 13-6 win over No. 30 Saint Louis… went 2-for-5 with three runs and three RBI in the win over the Billikens… went 4-for-5 with four RBI, a run and a homer on April 28 at Tennessee Tech… improved his batting average during conference play, posting a .353 batting average… also had a .529 slugging percentage in OVC action… had 13 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games. 

SOPHOMORE (2011): Played in 39 games, making 26 starts… hit .286 with 28 hits, 16 runs and 10 RBIs… was 6-for-9 in stolen bases… hit .357 (15-for-52) as a leadoff hitter… hit .391 with runners in scoring position… went 5-for-7 with runners on third base with two outs… hit .302 during OVC play with a .375 on-base percentage… had seven multi-RBI games… hit .341 on the year with a .426 on-base percentage after not collecting a hit in his first 11 games of the season… went 5-for-6 with three runs and three RBIs against Illinois College on April 13.

FRESHMAN (2010): Played in 24 games, making six starts… had a .074 batting average in 27 at bats… had three runs, two hits and an RBI… was 3-for-3 in stolen bases… posted his first career hit at Belmont on Feb. 26.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a three-year letterwinner in baseball… also lettered three times in football… was team captain as a senior… named to the Great Miami Conference First Team and the All-City First Team in 2008… earned the Northwest Press Sportsman of the Year of Award for athletic accomplishments in both baseball and football… also earned all-city, all-conference, all-region and all-state honors in football… helped lead his football team to the semi-finals of the 2007 OHSAA State Championships… recipient of the 2009 Allstate Insurance Student-Athlete of the Year… also played for Midland of Cincinnati summer team… played for Scott Barber.

PERSONAL: Son of Kraig and Vickie Priessman… uncle Kevin played collegiately at Ohio University and later for the Montreal Expos… father was drafted out of high school by the Detroit Tigers… majoring in family and consumer sciences.