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Drafted in 25th Round by the Minnesota Twins
First-Team All Atlantic 10 as a Starting Pitcher Spot
At Charlotte - 2006: Selected first-team All-Conference (A-10), the first for Charlotte since John Maine in Conference-USA in 2001 and one of a school-record nine Niners named All-Conference... Led or tied for the lead in the Atlantic10 in home runs, runs scored, walks, RBI and sacrifice flies, leading the team in those categories, in addition to slugging percentage... Tied the school record with three doubles vs. Wake Forest on Feb. 12. Scored a run in 26 of Charlotte's 31 games... Never went three straight games without scoring a run... Recorded 19 multi-hit games, including a pair of three-hit and a season-best four-hit contest... Started the season with a bang, going 5-for-8, scoring five runs with three doubles and three RBI in the season-opening double-header split against Wake Forest... Tied career-highs with two homers and four RBI, scoring four times in a 13-all tie at Appalachian State on April 4... Knocked home five RBI once and four RBI in three different games... Set new career-high with nine-game hitting streak early in the season... Finished ranked 33rd in NCAA for walks per game, 54th for RBI per game and 62nd in nation in runs scored per contest... Named A-10 Co-Player of the week, April 3... Only one of two regular starters to not ground into a double play... Athletic Director's Academic List (Fall, 2005) ...
2005: Tied for the team lead with 17 doubles and 24 extra-base hits ... Hit two home runs on May 8 vs. Louisville, the only multi-homer game of the season for the Niners ... Team-high six RBI in win at Saint Louis on April 1 ... Hit .357 in 24 non-conference games ... Hit .333 in 20 road games ... 20 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games ... Played 34 games at first base and nine in right field ... Batted in the fifth spot 41 times ... Despite just a 2-3 record on the mound, team was 7-3 in his 10 starts ... Nine of his appearances came in non-conference play, where he posted a 5.79 ERA ... This summer, earned all-star nod in Coastal Plain League ...
2004: Saw his freshman season cut short due to injury ... started 23 of 25 games played in the field, including all 15 in Conference USA play ... all of his starts came in right field ... had a career day at Louisville on April 17, keying a 13-8 win with a 4-for-5, two-home run performance ... also had a double, single and stolen base in the game, scoring three runs ... batting average would have tied for third on the team (did not have enough at-bats to qualify) ... seven multiple-hit games ... made five appearances on the mound with four starting assignments ... earned a win with a six-inning, seven-strike out performance in a 4-2 victory at Furman ... three of his five outings came on the road, including at nationally-rated North Carolina ...
At East Rowan - Named all-conference three times. Named all-county twice. MVP of the Easter Tournament.
Personal - Parents are Derry and Roxanne Steedley. Major is geography. Birthdate is May 31, 1985.
