Lewis University Athletics

2011 Highlights: Recipient of Lewis' Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes...led the team in hits (56)...second on the team in batting average (.352)...named GLVC Player of the Week (March 7)...14 multiple hit games...struck out only five times in 177 plate appearances...started all 42 games at shortstop...knocked in five runs thanks to five singles vs. Mary (Feb. 28)...had three RBI thanks to a triple and single vs. Indianapolis (April 3)...knocked in two runs on four hits vs. UIS (March 19)...recorded two RBI thanks to three singles vs. Southern Indiana (April 17)...totaled two RBI on two singles with a run scored vs. Mary (March 4)...singled four times and scored twice at Christian Brothers (March 13)...singled three times and scored twice with one RBI at UW-Parkside (May 10)...singled three times with a run scored and a hit by pitch at Bellarmine (April 30)...had three singles, an RBI and a run scored vs. Concordia (Feb. 27)...recorded two RBI, two singles and a run scored vs. UW-Parkside (April 6) and at Saint Joseph’s (April 10).

2010 Highlights: Recipient of Lewis' Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes and a Deans' List student fall semester...named GLVC Player of the Week (April 5), batting .619 with seven RBI, six runs and a pair of doubles helping Lewis take 3-of-4 from Northern Kentucky...played in 49 games with 48 starts (33 at shortstop, 12 at third base and three at second base)...led the team in batting average (.382), on base percentage (.428) and hits (73)...led the GLVC and ranked eighth in the nation in toughest to strikeout (one per 27.3 at bats)...in GLVC games, tied for the league lead in fielding double plays (22)...14-game hit streak...24 multiple hit games...totaled four RBI, three singles and two runs scored vs. Quincy (March 19)...singled three times and doubled once to knock in two runs and score twice vs. Northern Kentucky (April 2)...singled twice, doubled once to knock in two and score twice vs. Northern Kentucky (April 3)...had two RBI, two singles and a run scored vs. Findlay (March 2)...totaled three singles, two RBI and a run scored in at Kentucky Wesleyan (April 11)...drove in a run and scored a run thanks to a double and a single at Kentucky Wesleyan (April 10)...recorded two RBI, two singles and a run scored vs. Quincy (March 21)...three hits, including a double, and three runs scored vs. West Virginia Wesleyan (March 5)...singled three times and scored a run at UW-Parkside (March 28)...had four singles, an RBI and a run scored at Bellarmine (April 25)...singled twice and scored a run at Missouri S&T (March 14)...a double, singled and two runs scored vs. Grand Valley State (April 13)...had two singles, an RBI and a run scored at Missouri St.-Louis (April 21).

2009 Highlights: Deans' List student both semesters...played in 37 games with 32 starts (23 at third base, eight at second base and one at designated hitter)...recorded two RBI and two runs scored at Saint Francis (April 9)...knocked in two runs and scored once vs. Kentucky Wesleyan (April 11)...batted a team-best .317 in GLVC games...two hits, including a double, a RBI and a run scored with a stolen base in game one vs. UW-Parkside (May 3)...a double and a RBI vs. UW-Parkside (May 2)...a double and a run scored in game two vs. UW-Parkside (May 3)...had a double and a single vs. Saint Joseph's (April 25)...doubled, singled and knocked in a run at Upper Iowa (March 25)...singled four times in a doubleheader vs. Saint Joseph's (April 25)...two hits and a run scored at Northern Kentucky (April 19)...a hit, a run scored and two walks vs. Gannon (March 1).

2008 Highlights: Delahanty Award recipient and a Deans' List student fall semester...played in 30 games with 28 starts (25 at third base, two at second base and one at designated hitter)...tied for second on the team in sacrifice bunts (three)...struck out only five times in 98 at bats...tallied a hit in nine of 10 games from April 15 to May 4...had two hits, two runs scored and three RBI vs. Thomas More (March 11)...knocked in three runs and scored a run vs. UW-Parkside (April 9)...had two hits and a RBI vs. Northern Kentucky (April 5)...recorded two hits and a RBI at Bellarmine (May 3)...tallied a hit, a run scored, a stolen base and a walk vs. Robert Morris (April 15)...recorded a hit, two walks and a stolen base vs. Southern Illinois Edwardsville (March 16).

Prep/Personal: Earned two varsity letters for Lockport High School...all conference first team senior season, hitting .341 with 59 assists and 27 putouts...junior season named all conference honorable mention and most valuable team player by teammates, hit .325 with 44 assists and 27 putouts...conference champions all four years...helped club team Illinois Sparks to 30-3 record in summer of 2007...named to the honor roll...son of Rich and Kelly Forkin...finance major.

Year	avg	gp-gs	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	tb	slg%	bb	hbp	so	gdp	ob%	sf	sh	sb-att	po	a	e	fld%
2008....	.242	30-28	91	9	22	2	0	0	15	24	.264	6	2	5	2	.303	0	3	2-3	20	48	9	.883
2009....	.274	37-32	106	13	29	5	0	0	12	34	.321	11	3	12	2	.358	0	3	5-6	28	67	6	.941
2010....	.382	49-48	191	34	73	8	0	0	28	81	.424	12	4	7	3	.428	1	3	4-5	74	116	15	.927
2011....	.352	42-42	159	28	56	5	1	0	30	63	.396	15	3	5	2	.407	5	3	6-7	66	134	18	.917
TOTAL...	.329	158-150	547	84	180	20	1	0	85	202	.369	44	12	29	9	.388	6	12	17-21	188	365	48	.920

 

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: Hits: 4, 5 times Doubles: 1, 19 times Triples: 1, Indianapolis, Apr 03, 2011 Total bases: 5, Northern Kentucky, Apr 02, 2010 ; UIS, Mar 19, 2011 RBI: 5, vs Mary, Feb 28, 2011 Runs scored: 3, vs West Virginia Wes., Mar 05, 2010 ; UIS, Mar 19, 2011 Walks: 2, 6 times Hit by pitch: 1, 12 times Struck out: 2, at Missouri S&T, Mar 14, 2010 ; at Indianapolis, Mar 28, 2009 ; Northern Kentucky, May 07, 2011 Sac flies: 1, 6 times Sac bunts: 2, at Kentucky Wesleyan, Apr 14, 2008 At bats: 7, St. Joseph's, May 02, 2010 Stolen bases: 2, at Kentucky Wesleyan, Apr 10, 2010 Caught stealing: 1, 4 times Field chances: 10, Indianapolis, Apr 03, 2011 ; at UW-Parkside, Mar 28, 2010 Putouts: 5, Northern Kentucky, Apr 03, 2010 ; at Bellarmine Knights, Apr 30, 2011 ; vs Quincy University, May 12, 2011 Assists: 7, Indianapolis, Apr 03, 2011 ; at UW-Parkside, Mar 28, 2010