| Michael Speciale |
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Career Honors:
• Brooks Wallace Award Watch List (2009)
• ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-Northeast Region (2008 - OF)
• First-Team All-Patriot League (2008 - OF)
• College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll (March 20, 2007)
• Patriot League Player of the Week (Feb. 26, 2008; April 22, 2008)
• Patriot League Rookie of the Week (March 19, 2007)
Career Statistics:
-OVERALL-
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2007.... .274 40-38 135 21 37 5 0 0 16 5 22 1-1
2008.... .350 58-58 234 58 82 15 6 10 47 21 37 13-17
2009.... .273 47-47 183 34 50 12 1 5 32 20 32 14-17
TOTAL... .306 145-143 552 113 169 32 7 15 95 46 91 28-35
-PATRIOT LEAGUE-
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2007.... .211 16-16 57 5 12 2 0 0 8 3 8 0-0
2008.... .372 20-20 78 19 29 7 4 3 13 8 11 0-2
2009.... .275 20-20 69 11 19 7 0 2 12 9 14 4-5
TOTAL... .294 56-56 204 35 60 16 4 5 33 20 33 4-7
Career Highs:
• Runs Scored: 5, at Bucknell (4/19/08)
• Hits: 4, three times (MR: at Bucknell, 4/19/08)
• RBIs: 5, vs. Belmont Abbey (3/20/08)
• Stolen Bases: 2, two times (MR: vs. Delaware State, 2/25/09)
• Hitting Streak: 11 games (4/19/08-5/3/08)
In the Navy Record Books:
-CAREER-
• Most Home Runs: t-5th (15)
• Most At Bats: 8th (552)
• Most Hits: 9th (169)
• Most Doubles: t-9th (32)
• Most Total Bases: 10th (260)
• Most Runs Scored: t-10th (113)
• Most Stolen Bases: 14th (28)
-SEASON-
• Most At Bats: 1st (234 in 2008)
• Most Runs Scored: 1st (58 in 2008)
• Most Total Bases: 1st (139 in 2008)
• Most Games Played: t-1st (58 in 2008)
• Most Hits: 2nd (82 in 2008)
• Most Home Runs: t-2nd (10 in 2008)
• Most Triples: t-4th (6 in 2008)
• Most Doubles: t-9th (15 in 2008)
• Most RBIs: t-10th (47 in 2008)
2009:
Game-by-Game Statistics
2008:
Game-by-Game Statistics
One of two Mids to play in and start all 58 games, each of which came in right field ... delivered at the plate with an impressive .350 (82-for-234) batting average with 58 runs scored ... smacked 15 doubles, six triples and 10 home runs with 47 RBIs ... owned a .594 slugging percentage with his 139 total bases ... drew 21 walks and hit by a pitch six times for a .416 on-base percentage ... successful in 13-of-17 stolen-base attempts ... led the Patriot League in runs scored, triples and total bases ... also ranked among the league's top-10 players in batting average (fourth), hits (second), home runs (second), doubles (fourth), RBIs (third), stolen bases (sixth), walks (sixth), on-base percentage (eighth) and slugging percentage (third) ... in Patriot League action, he led the team with a .372 (29-for-78) batting average ... scored 19 runs with seven doubles, four triples, three home runs and 13 RBIs ... produced a .679 slugging percentage with his 53 total bases ... walked eight times and hit by a pitch twice for a .443 on-base percentage ... led the Patriot League in hits, runs scored, doubles, triples, total bases and slugging percentage in league play ... ranked among the league's top-10 players in batting average (third), home runs (second), RBIs (10th), walks (seventh) and on-base percentage (fourth) in league play ... during the Patriot League Tournament, he batted .400 (8-for-20) with six runs scored, two doubles, one home run, four RBIs, four walks and a stolen base ... hit .398 (33-for-83) with four doubles, four triples and six home runs in games played away from home ... totaled 24 multi-hit games ... three of those were four-hit efforts ... recorded 10 multi-RBI performances ... hit at a .364 (44-for-121) clip with 29 runs scored, eight doubles, four triples, six home runs and 18 RBIs in 30 games batting within the first-two spots in the order ... batted .370 (68-for-184) with 11 doubles, six triples and six home runs against right-handed pitching ... hit .370 (30-for-81) with six doubles and four home runs with runners in scoring position ... produced a .576 (19-for-33) batting average with three doubles, two triples and a home run in the third inning ... strung together an 11-game hitting streak between 4/19-5/3 ... during that span, he batted .447 (21-for-47) with six multi-hit efforts, 13 runs scored, two doubles, two triples, two home runs, 14 RBIs and six walks ... during the year against teams that advanced to the Patriot League Tournament (Army, Bucknell and Holy Cross), he boasted a .415 (27-for-65) batting average with 16 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, two home runs, 13 RBIs and 10 walks ... against Army, he batted .462 (6-for-13) with three runs scored, two doubles, a triple, two walks and a hit by pitch ... against Bucknell, he hit .500 (11-for-22) with nine runs scored, two home runs, six RBIs and five walks ... in the third game of a four-game series in Lewisburg, he went 4-for-4 with five runs scored, a home run, two RBIs and two walks ... in a four-game set at Lafayette, he swung at a .412 (7-for-17) clip with six runs scored, two doubles, two triples, one home run and two RBIs ... in the third game of the series, he came just a triple shy of the cycle with a 4-for-4 effort at the plate with four runs scored and two RBIs (3/30) ... opened the year with a 5-for-7 effort with six runs scored, a double, two RBIs, two stolen bases and two walks in two victories against Air Force (2/22-23) ... came just a double shy of the cycle with three runs scored and four RBIs at Maryland-Eastern Shore (3/13) ... needed just a double again for the cycle against Delaware State (4/29), where he went 3-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs ... went 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs against Belmont Abbey (3/20) ... played for the Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts of the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, a wooden bat league, during the summer ... in 21 games, he batted .238 (15-for-63) with three doubles, two triples, one home run, six RBIs, 10 walks and three stolen bases ... was named the league's hitter of the week on 6/26 after a 4-for-9 effort with a double, triple, home run, stolen base and four runs scored.
2007:
Game-by-Game Statistics
Developed into a steady contributor and starter in just his first season in Annapolis ... earned the starting nod in 38 of the 40 contests he played in ... finished the year with a .274 (37-for-135) batting average and 21 runs scored ... connected for five doubles and drove in 16 runs ... laid down three sacrifice bunts and was successful in his lone stolen base attempt ... totaled 10 multi-hit and five multi-RBI performances ... played perfect defense all year, cleanly coming up with all 34 fielding chances ... led the team with a .321 (25-for-78) batting average in non-league contests ... 17 of those 25 non-league hits came with runners on base ... enjoyed the friendly confines at home, hitting .315 (23-for-73) ... hit at a .301 (25-for-83) clip while hitting in the heart of the lineup, between the third and fifth spots ... very consistent hitter against both left-handed and right-handed pitchers, as the batting averages against the two are only separated by two points ... owned a .500 (3-for-6) batting average with the bases loaded ... a tough out in the early innings, hitting .339 (20-for-59) between the first and third innings ... did not go more than back-to-back games without recording a base knock ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a stolen base in a win over Delaware State (Feb. 20) ... went on an seven-game hitting streak between March 11-23 ... in that span, he tore up opposing pitching to the tune of a .462 (12-for-26) batting average with six runs scored and three RBIs ... produced back-to-back three-hit efforts against Mount St. Mary's (March 14) and Buffalo (March 15) ... recorded a 2-for-2 performance at the plate with two runs scored, two RBIs and a double at Mount St. Mary's (March 27) ... enjoyed a 2-for-5 showing at Coppin State with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored (April 11) ... came back the following game to go 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs at Lehigh (April 14) ... in the series opener at Army, he went 2-for-4 with a two-run single off Nick Hill (April 21) ... closed out the regular season with a 5-for-10 performance with three runs scored in a three-game sweep of UMES (May 5-6).
High School:
Attended Pearland High School ... earned three letters in both baseball and football ... named Third-Team All-Texas as a senior in 2006 ... All-District 24-5A selection in 2005 and `06 ... All-Houston pick as a junior and a senior ... helped his team to a 19-11 record during his senior season ... scholar-athlete finalist in both baseball and football during his senior campaign ... helped his American Legion team to a state championship in 2004.
Personal:
Full name is Michael Speciale ... son of Mike and Jo Ann Speciale ... born Sept. 25, 1987, in Dallas, Texas ... majoring in economics.
