Biography
2006-07: Delahanty Award recipient ... started all 55 games (53 in left field and two in center) ... batted in the third spot in 52 games ... tenth in the GLVC and first on the team in batting average (.337) ... also led the team in average against lefties (.326), against righties (.340), runners on base (.369), with two outs (.321), runners in scoring position (.340), on base percentage (.401), hits (66), runs scored (21), multiple hit games (20) and plate appearances (222)... second in total bases (75), hit by pitch (eight), triples (one), at bats (196) and fielding percentage (.971) ... third in slugging percentage (.383) ... reached base 37.5 percent of the time when leading off ... had a season high four hits vs. Indianapolis (April 3) ... notched three hits including a double and triple with two RBI and six total bases at Drury (April 21) ... hit safely in 39 of 55 games ... three hits, two runs and an RBI vs. Missouri-Rolla (March 31) ... three hits, a run and an RBI at Saint Joseph[apos]s (April 17) ... back-to-back three-hit games at Quincy (May 1) and vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (May 5) ... two hits and two runs vs. Oakland City (May 7) ... two hits and a run at Bellarmine (March 17), at Indianapolis (March 28), vs. Southern Indiana (April 15), at Saint Joseph[apos]s (April 17) and at Drury (April 22) ... recorded season high 12 game hitting streak featuring eight multi-hit games (April 7-April 22) ... in GLVC games, first on the team in batting average (.326), on base percentage (.378), plate appearances (160), at bats (144), hits (47), runs scored (13) and total bases (54). 2005-06: Academic All-GLVC, Delahanty Award recipient and a fall Deans[apos] List student ... one of only two Flyers to start all 56 games (all in center field), and one of only three to play in all 56 ... leadoff hitter in 50 games ... led the team in three-hit games (five), runs (28), at-bats (215), plate appearances (231) and batting average with two outs (18-for-55, .327), and tied for the team lead in hits (58) ... third in batting average (.270), total bases (62), slugging percentage (.288), RBI (13), two-out RBI (seven), toughest-to-strike-out (once every 7.97 plate appearances), multiple-hit games (12) and hit by pitch (three), and tied for third in stolen bases (four) ... fourth in on-base percentage (.316) and putouts (130) ... fifth in doubles (four) ... hit .333 (12-for-36) vs. left-handers ... reached base 35 percent of the time leading off an inning ... tied for team season highs of three hits (five games), three runs (Dowling, Missouri-Rolla) and six at-bats (Philadelphia) ... finished the season with a 12-game hitting streak, the Flyers[apos] longest of the season ... hit safely in 11 of his first 12 games, including an eight-game streak ... hit safely in 41 of 56 games ... three hits and three runs vs. Dowling ... three hits and two runs vs. Saint Joseph[apos]s ... three hits vs. Barry, Northern Kentucky and Kentucky Wesleyan ... two hits and two RBI vs. Wisconsin-Parkside, one of his seven 2-hit games ... two RBI vs. Rockhurst ... had a five-game streak with no strikeouts (19 plate appearances) ... hit .258 with 13 RBI and a team-best 22 runs in GLVC play. 2004-05: Transferred to Lewis from Wisconsin-Whitewater at semester break ... Academic All-GLVC and a spring Deans[apos] List student ... played in 42 games and started 39 (38 in center field, one in right field) ... his six at-bats and two stolen bases vs. Indianapolis tied for the team[apos]s season highs ... second on the team in batting average (.311) and on-base percentage (.367), and tied for second in hits (42) ... third in slugging percentage (.363) and total bases (49), and tied for third in runs (17), sacrifice bunts (four) and walks (11) ... fourth in fielding percentage (.958) ... fifth in plate appearances (151), and tied for fifth in doubles (five) and at-bats (135) ... left-handed hitter who hit .385 (5-for-13) vs. left-handed pitching ... batted in the leadoff spot in 33 games ... reached base at a .415 pace leading off an inning ... had four RBI in four chances with a runner at third base and less than two outs ... registered three-hit games vs. Oakland City, Northern Kentucky and Upper Iowa, and nine 2-hit games ... batted .417 (10-for-24) in Florida, hitting safely in seven of eight games with three 2-hit games and just two strikeouts ... had a six-game hitting streak (8-for-19, .421) ... went 7-for-16 (.438) in a four-game hitting streak ... was hitless in consecutive games just three times ... struck out once per 7.6 plate appearances, the team[apos]s fifth-best mark ... had a streak of nine games (26 plate appearances) without striking out, and did not strike out in 26 of his 42 games ... finished the season strongly, going 6-for-13 (.462) with three doubles in his last four games ... also pitched an inning vs. Lynn and had a strikeout ... played in 29 GLVC games and started 28, hitting .258. High School/Other: Lettered two years as a center fielder ... as a senior, was all-conference, Suburban Life all-area first team, Daily Herald all-area honorable mention and Hinsdale Central[apos]s Most Valuable Player ... hit .410 with five home runs to help lead the team to its first regional title ... hit .412 with 12 stolen bases as a junior ... captain of his freshman and sophomore teams, hitting .392 with two homers and 15 steals as a sophomore, and .447 with three homers as a freshman ... played three years in the Westmont Senior Babe Ruth League ... his team produced a 20-2 record and won the league title his 16-year-old season, was 18-4 and league runner-up the next season, and went 15-7 when he was 18 ... lettered two years in football and one year in hockey ... in football, was Suburban Life all-area honorable mention and team captain as a senior, with 50 tackles and six sacks ... Hinsdale Central was 10-2 and reached the state quarterfinals that year ... in his junior season, the team was 12-1 (school record for wins) and reached the state semifinals, the deepest playoff advance in school history ... captain of his sophomore team that had a 7-2 record, with 10 receptions and five touchdowns ... on the freshman team that went 9-0 and won the conference title, was team captain and registered 12 receptions and four touchdowns ... in hockey, was assistant captain his junior and senior seasons and scored 15 goals as a junior ... honor roll student and Associated Press Scholar Award winner. Personal: Son of Bill and Kathi Duffy ... history major.
