| Class:
Sophomore
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Height/Weight:
6-3
/
190
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| Home Town:
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Position/Event:
Infield
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| High School:
Pine Crest Preparatory
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B/T:
Left / Right
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| Season | AVG. | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SF | SH | SB |
|---|
| 2012 | .282 | 42-42 | 163 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5-5 |
| 2013 | .372 | 38-38 | 145 | 18 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1-2 |
| CAREER | .325 | 80-80 | 308 | 44 | 100 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6-7 |
student-athlete bio:
2013: Selected to the D3Baseball.com All-Central Region Third Team ... First-team all-UAA ... Named the UAA Tournament Most Valuable Player ... Started all 38 games played at first base ... Reached base safely in 34 of 38 games, including recording hits in 32 games ... Ranked in the top-five in the UAA in three offensive categories - second with 39 RBIs, fourth with a .372 batting average, and fifth with a .490 slugging percentage ... Also tallied a team-best 11 doubles ... Ended the season with a team-best 18-game hitting streak ... Recorded 17 multiple-hit games and 10 multiple-RBI games ... Went 11-for-21 with four doubles, a homerun, and 12 RBIs in six games against Chicago at the end of the season ... Hit the first homerun of his career against Fontbonne (4/11) ... Finished second in the conference with 294 putouts and 315 chances, as well as 32 double plays fielded ... Selected as the UAA Hitter of the Week April 29 and May 13 ... UAA all-academic.
2012: Started all 42 games of his rookie campaign, making 41 starts at first base and one at designated hitter ... Reached base in 36 games, recording hits in 28 contests ... Ranked third on the team with 46 hits and tied for third with eight doubles ... Finished second on the team with 31 RBIs ... Tallied 12 multiple-hit games and a team-best nine multiple-RBI games ... Went 4-for-4 with a double and a triple, an RBI and three runs scored in a win over Buena Vista University (3/2) ... Went 2-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored in a win over Grinnell College (4/29) ... Assisted on 38 of the 42 double plays turned by the Washington U. defense ... Named the UAA Athlete of the Week on March 5.
HIGH SCHOOL: Team captain and three-year letter winner as a first baseman at Pine Crest Preparatory School ... As a senior, batted .472 with 42 hits, 46 RBIs and eight homeruns ... Received first-team all-county honors from the Sun-Sentinal, Miami Herald, and BrowardHighSchoolBaseball.com ... Named a Miami Herald scholar-athlete ... Played in the Broward High School Baseball all-star game ... Member of the Beta Club ... Graduated cum laude ... AP scholar.
PERSONAL: Majoring in finance ... Son of James Kessinger and Rosalind Ellis.