Lewis University Athletics

2004-05: A fall Deans[apos] List student ... played in 44 games and started 42 (41 at catcher, one at first base) ... led the team in doubles (10) and runners picked off (four), and tied for the team lead in stolen bases (five) ... second in putouts (184) and hit by pitch (six) ... third in batting average (.256) and fielding percentage (.959) ... fourth in slugging percentage (.331) and assists (51) ... fifth in RBI (14), and tied for fifth in sacrifice bunts (three) ... his two stolen bases vs. Mercy tied for the team[apos]s season high ... hit by a pitch twice vs. Upper Iowa, tying for the team[apos]s season high ... did not ground into a double play ... struck out once every 8.3 plate appearances, the fourth-best mark on the team ... led the team with nine 2-out RBI ... had three hits vs. Mercy and Oakland City, and seven 2-hit games ... hit .393 (11-for-28) with a .514 on-base percentage in Florida ... had three RBI vs. Bloomfield and Oakland City, and two RBI vs. Missouri-St. Louis ... had a stretch of seven games (25 plate appearances) without striking out ... played in 31 GLVC games and started 29, with a team-high five doubles. 2003-04: Third on the team in fielding percentage (.978) and tied for third in sacrifice bunts (six) ... fifth in assists (32) and double plays (seven) ... threw out 19 of 46 potential base-stealers (41.3 percent) ... his two stolen bases vs. Barry tied for the team[apos]s season high ... had four 2-hit games and three 2-RBI games ... struck out just twice in his last 42 plate appearances of the season ... had five RBI in eight chances with a runner at third and less than two outs ... five of his 11 RBI came with two outs. 2002-03: Second on the team in sacrifice bunts (eight) and putouts (156) ... third in stolen-base percentage (.714) ... his two sacrifice bunts vs. Northern Kentucky tied for the Flyers[apos] team season high ... his five-game hitting streak (10-for-21, .476) to end the season was the Flyers[apos] fifth-longest of the year ... collected three hits vs. Quincy in each of his last two games, and had two-hit games vs. Barry, Southern Indiana and Kentucky Wesleyan ... registered two RBI vs. Lynn and Southern Indiana ... stole two bases in a game vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ... picked off three runners ... grounded into just one double play ... played in 19 GLVC games and started 17, with a .302 batting average (second on the team) and two RBI ... tied for the team lead with seven sacrifice bunts in conference play. High School/Other: Lettered two years as a catcher, third baseman and designated hitter ... as a senior catcher, was Daily Herald all-area first team, Pioneer Press all-area second team, all-conference and team captain ... hit .394 with 35 RBI for team that was 29-8 and conference runner-up ... played third base and was a designated hitter his junior year, helping lead Libertyville to a 30-7 record and the conference title ... named Pioneer Press all-area and was a Gold Glove recipient that season ... also lettered three years in diving and finished 30th in the state his senior year. Personal: Son of Mike and Toni Marchinski ... criminal/social justice major.