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2018 Baseball Roster

Andy Mead

8 Jake Bender

  • Position Infield
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ellicott City, MD
  • Highschool Marriotts Ridge

Biography

2018
- Started and appeared in all 47 games for the Broncs in the infield.
- Was named the team’s MVP.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
- Recorded his 100th career hit.
- He hit .294 with a .406 slugging percentage and a .345 on-base percentage.
- Led the team with 11 stolen bases.
- Had 53 hits, scored 29 runs, had nine doubles, one triple, three HR and 19 RBIs.
- Hit a walk-off grand slam to cap a seven-run come-from-behind win against Canisius on April 28.
- Had seven games with two or more RBIs.
- Registered 14 multi-hit games as a senior.

2017
- Appeared in 51 games, including 48 starts for the Broncs at both first and second base.
- Collected 33 hits and eight doubles.
- Hit the first two home runs of his career. The first of his career came at home versus NJIT and two games he later he hit one at Saint Peter's.
- He scored 26 runs.
- Registered a .987 fielding percentage with a team-high 358 putouts and 29 assists.
- Was fourth on the team with 26 RBIs.
- Had eight games with two or more RBI, including a pair of games with three RBIs.
- Ended the season with hits in four of his last five games. He also reached base safely in each of the final five games.
- Had nine multi-hit games.
- Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2016
- Shared the team lead with 52 hits and 12 stolen bases last season.
- Started all 51 games, one of just two Broncs to do so in 2016.
- Led the 2016 team with 35 runs scored and was third on the team with nine doubles.
- Began 2016 with a nine game hitting streak and enjoyed a streak of reaching base 19 straight games.
- Had a five-hit game in an extra inning win over Lehigh also had three hits in a win at Delaware State, three hits in a win over Siena and three hits in the season-ending win over Saint Peter's.
- Hit a pair of doubles in a game at Gardner-Webb.
- Compiled eight assists at shortstop in win over Sacred Heart.
- Had two walks, stole two bases and scored two runs in win at Niagara.

2015
- Played in 21 games as a rookie and had 10 hits in his 15 starts.
- In win at Kent State collected four hits, including a double.
- Knocked in a pair of runs in a win over Lehigh in the Liberty Bell Classic.

BEFORE RIDER
Played shortstop and twice earned First Team All-Country and Second Team All-Metro honors at Marriotts Ridge High School…served as team captain and was on the District 5 Team…also played varsity basketball…batted .400 as a junior, collecting 26 hits, including three doubles, three triples and a home run…drew 15 walks and stole six bases as a junior with 18 RBI…as a sophomore he led the varsity team with a .350 batting average.

PERSONAL
Global Supply Chain Management major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2015Freshman

    Infield
    5'11" 170 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2016Sophomore

    Infield
    5'11" 180 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2017Junior

    Infield
    5'11" 180 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2018Senior

    Infield
    5'11" 180 lbs
    8