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2018 Baseball

22 Erik Eggert

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tinley Park, Ill.

Biography

• Two-time All-CCAC First Team (2016, 2018)
• CCAC All-Academic Team (2016)
• CCAC Pitcher of the Week (5/2/16)
• CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District Team (2018)
• Two-time Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete (2017, 2018)
• Two-time CCAC All-Academic Team (2017, 2018)

Career Statistics:

2018

NAIA Rankings

• Saves - 2nd (11)

CCAC Rankings

• Saves - 1st (11)
• Appearances - 1st (25)
• Games Finished - 1st (22)
• Games in Relief - 1st (25)

Made 25 appearances as the team's primary closer during his senior season ... collected 11 saves, with a 2.41 ERA over 37.1 innings ... earned saves in his first two appearances of the season, throwing a perfect inning of relief against Indiana Wesleyan on Feb. 9, and Indiana-Southeast on Feb. 17 ... started the year with six innings pitched without an earned run, over six games from Feb. 9-25 ... recorded a two-inning save over Madonna (Mich.) on Feb. 25 ... threw a perfect inning to earn the save over Roosevelt on Mar. 18 ... picked up his 10th save of the season at Indiana-South Bend on Apr. 10, throwing two innings and striking out two ... struck out eight over four innings of work to earn the win at St. Ambrose on Apr. 24 ... pitched five shutout innings against Roosevelt during the CCAC Tournament on May 7.

2017: Made 16 relief appearances as a junior, posting a 1.83 ERA and 2-0 record with six saves over 19.2 innings pitched ... recorded 30 strikouts to just nine walks ... held hitters to a .211 average ... gave up just two extra-base hits, and no home runs on the year ... had 100 at-bats, hitting for a .250 average with 13 RBI and a home run.

2016:  All-Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) First Team ... CCAC All-Academic Team ... CCAC Player of the Week (May 2) ... SXU Student-Athlete Gold Medal winner ... TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Mover of the Month Honorable Mention for April 2016 ... played in 35 of the team's 56 games with 31 starts ... hit .308 (33-for-107) with 11 doubles, one triple and one home run ... scored 15 runs and had 19 RBI's ... collected 49 total bases ... had a .458 slugging percentage ... drew 17 walks, was hit-by-pitch twice and had a .413 on-base percentage ... recorded two sacrifice hits ... had 44 putouts, nine assists and one error for a .981 fielding percentage ... tied for the team lead with 17 appearances on the mound ... had a 5-1 record with a team-low 0.80 ERA in 33.2 innings of work ... had one combined shutout ... had a team-best six saves ... struckout 34 batters and held opponents to a .152 batting average.

2015:  SXU Student-Athlete Gold Medal winner ... played in 28 of the team's 41 games with 22 starts as a freshman ... hit .225 (16-for-71) with two doubles ... scored 12 runs and had 10 RBI's ... collected 18 total bases ... drew eight walks and was hit-by-pitch four times ... had two sacrifice hits and one sac-fly ... made 40 putouts with two assists and two errors for a .955 fielding percentage ... made 11 relief appearances on the mound ... team leader in saves with two ... had an 0-3 record and an ERA of 6.30 in 10 innings ... struckout 12 batters.

Prep:  Played baseball at Lincoln-Way North High School in Frankfort, Ill.

Date of Birth:  July 5, 1996 ... Parents:  Tracy and Jim Eggert

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