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2021 Baseball Roster

4 Dane Toppel

  • Position Infield/Outfield
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 160
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Sports Administration
  • Hometown South Elgin, Ill.
  • Highschool South Elgin

Biography

2021 (GRADUATE STUDENT): Returned to use COVID-19 year as a graduate student... played in 43 games making 40 starts in the outfield... hit .241 for the season with five doubles, 15 RBI and 38 runs scored... hit first collegiate home run at Kansas State (March 7)... had eight multi-hit games for season with a pair of four hit games against Bellarmine (March 2) and Kansas State (March 7)... drove home a season high four runs at Kansas State (March 7) and against Southeast Missouri (March 27)... finished season 11-of-12 in stolen bases with a pair of steals against Arkansas Little Rock (Feb. 26) and Tennessee Tech (March 21)... drew 19 walks for the season to finish year with a .362 on-base percentage... 

2020 (RS-SENIOR): Appeared in 13 games and made nine starts... ended with a .212 batting average, recorded seven hits, seven runs, two doubles and a RBI... went a perfect 3-3 in stolen base attempts... drew four walks on the season as well... defensively was an anchor as he faced 36 balls his way and did not record a single error on the shortened season...

2019 (RS- JUNIOR): appeared in 51 games making 28 starts in his redshirt junior season..finished 2019 with an average of .214, with 41 total bases, 17 walks, 14 runs, 10 RBIs, seven doubles, and two triples..recorded a season-high four hits against Western Kentucky on February 24th..

2018 (JUNIOR): Did not appear in any games during 2018 using redshirt year... 

2017 (SOPHOMORE): Played in 19 games making seven starts during an injury-plagued sophomore season... started the year with a hit in each game during the season-opening doubleheader at South Alabama on Feb. 18... opened the series at Central Arkansas on Feb. 24 with a three-walk game... collected two hits at Central Arkansas in the opening game of a doubleheader on Feb. 25... finished the year with two RBIs and three runs scored.

2016 (FRESHMAN): Played in 47 games making 40 starts splitting time between the infield and outfield... first start was on Feb. 27 at Central Arkansas where he went 1-for-4... first hit came on Feb. 24 at No. 3 Vanderbilt... totaled four two-hit games with one three-hit game on Apr. 9 against Tennessee Tech... drove in two runs on Mar. 5 at No. 12 Arkansas and Apr. 9 against Tennessee Tech... had a 14-game reached-base streak during the season which tied for the team-high... tied for the third longest hitting streak at eight games... tied for ninth most sacrifice bunts in a single-season in school history at 10... OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a letter winner in baseball and basketball at South Elgin HS... Was an All-Area selection for baseball his junior and senior year... Earned All-Conference honors his junior year... Helped lead South Elgin to a 4A 3rd place title in the IHSA State Tournament his junior year...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2016Freshman

    Infield/Outfield
    5'9" 150 lbs
    3
  • 4

    2017Sophomore

    Infield/Outfield
    5'9" 160 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Redshirt Junior

    Infield/Outfield
    5'9" 160 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Redshirt Senior

    Infield/Outfield
    5'9" 160 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Graduate Student

    Infield/Outfield
    5'9" 160 lbs
    4
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