Biography
Concordia Career:
2016: NSIC All-Tournament Team ... NCBWA Preseason All-America honorable mention utility player selection ... NCBWA Preseason All-Central Team at utility position … appeared in and started 43 games for the Golden Bears ... named NSIC Player of the Week (5/9) in leading Concordia to a 4-0 sweep at Winona State (5/7-5/8), he hit .474 (9-19) with nine runs, 13 RBI, two doubles, a triple and four home runs including hitting for the cycle in the first four at bats of the series by the fifth inning, topped off with a two homer game in the series finale … finished the year with a .341 batting average (57-167) which included 11 doubles, two triples, and eight homeruns … went 5-5 on stolen base attempts which tied for first on the team for a .403 on-base percentage … was second on the team with a .575 slugging percentage … led the team in fielding assists with 125 from the shortstop position which contributed to his .946 fielding percentage … his 125 assists ranked fourth in the NSIC … finished the year with 18 multi-hit games including three four-hit games against Bemidji State on Mar. 25, at Winona State on May 6, and against Minnesota Duluth on May 14 … was perfect at the plate against Bemidji State on Mar. 25 going 4-4 with a homerun and pair of RBI … recorded a five RBI game against Malone on Mar. 4 while going 2-4 with pair of doubles … had back-to-back four RBI games in the double-header at Winona State on May 6 going 4-5 with four RBI and hitting for the cycle in game one and then going 3-5 with four RBI, a double and one homerun in game two … notched a second five RBI game at Winona State on May 7 while going 2-6 with a pair of homeruns and three runs scored … finished his Golden Bear career ranked first in assists (455) and most double plays turned (97) … ranks third all-time in program history with 10 triples and fourth all-time in hits with 184 … started 158 games as a Golden Bear which ranks fifth all-time.
2015: Named All-Central Region Second Team shortstop by ABCA, Daktronics and NCBWA ... All-NSIC Second Team shortstop ... NSIC All-Tournament Team ... All-NCBWA Preseason Central Region Second Team shortstop ... finished the season ranked 28th in the Central Region in slugging (.653), 39th in home runs (9), 34th in home run rate (0.21/game) and was the 38th hardest player to strike out in the region (10.5 at bats/strikeout) while starting 42 games at shortstop ... hit fifth in the lineup 29 times and cleanup 13 times ... finished ranked 13th in the NSIC (all games played) in slugging (.653), 15th in home runs (9), 14th in fewest strikeouts (0.33/game), seventh in defensive assists (127) and 16th in double plays turned (25) ... was the team leader in average (.361), doubles (12), homers (9), RBI (37) and slugging (.653) ... ranked second on the team in runs (31), on base percentage (.417), triples (2) and stolen bases (6-7) ... was third on the team in hits (53) and fifth in walks (14) ... had the fewest strikeouts (14) among all starters with at least 34 starts of the team's 44 games ... led the team with seven multiple-RBI games including a team-high five RBI on two occasions ... was second on the team with 15 multiple-hit games including four 3-hit performances and tied for the team lead with 11 2-hit efforts ... had the second longest reached-base streak (H, BB, HBP) with 13 games and ended the year with a streak of seven in a row ... had the third longest hitting streak (10) and ended the year hitting safely in the last six games ... hit first career home run as part of a two homer game, going 2-5 with two runs and five RBI against Hastings College (3/16) in the midst of a stretch of baseball in which he had six consecutive multiple hit games to raise his average to .459 in the first nine games of the year... went 2-3 with a homer and four RBI against Minnesota Crookston (3/21 G1) in the NSIC opener ... hit home runs in three consecutive games to end the season, including one in each of the NSIC Tournament games against Augustana (5/6) and Winona State (5/6) as he went 3-7 with two home runs, a double and two walks in the conference tournament ... ended the regular season by going 2-5 with a double, homer, three runs and five RBI against Sioux Falls (5/2 G2) prior to the NSIC Tournamnet ... went 6-8 with two doubles, a home run and two RBI in a doubleheader at Bemidji State (4/4) with three hits in each game ... had a season-high eight assists against Minnesota Duluth (3/28 G2) ... had at least four assists in 13 games ... hit safely in 34 of 42 games and reached base safely in 38 games.
2014: Started 40 games at shortstop for the Golden Bears … ranked third on the team with a .350 batting average and .416 on-base percentage while finishing second in slugging percentage at .453 … drove in 19 runs and scored 32 on the season … hit six doubles and ranked tied for fifth in the NSIC with four triples … fielded .942 on the year … collected hits in his first 12 games of the season (3/9-3/23) as he hit .561 (23-41) in that span … had 14 multi-hit games with six games of 3+ hits … went 10-14 in a four-game stretch (3/13-3/15) … went 4-4 with a double and three RBI and three runs scored against Minnesota Crookston (4/15) … fell a home run short of the cycle, going 3-3 with an RBI and run scored against SMSU (3/14) … went 3-4 with a double and three runs scored against CSU-San Bernardino (3/9) … had a pair of triples in five at-bats against Southwest Minnesota State (4/22).
2013: Earned starting shortstop position with 33 starts out of 34 games played during the team's 36 game season only missing the last two games due to injury ... finished rookie year with a .255 average (26-102) and .339 on base percentage ... tied for second on the team with 12 RBI ... dazzled defensively with a .954 fielding percentage with only six errors all season, turning 16 double plays ... ranked 17th in the NSIC with 88 defensive assists despite the short schedule ... also ranked 17th in the NSIC in triples per game, hitting two on 34 games ... was third on the team with five multi-hit games including a 3-hit performance in game one against Winona State (3/16/13) at Metrodome, going 3-3 with a triple, a walk, a run and an RBI ... after going hitless in his debut against Northern State (2/14/13) in game one, went on a 6-game hitting streak ... featured as leadoff hitter 12 times, with the team producing a 7-5 record in those games ... also hit second and seventh three times each while hitting ninth 14 times with a 9-5 record at the bottom of the lineup ... hit .299 (23-77) against right handed pitching and .304 (14-46) with runners on base ... a .313 (10-32) leadoff hitter ... drove in five runs in seven chances with a runner on third and less than two outs.
Minnetonka High School:
As a senior, is hitting .231 in 26 at bats thru nine games and carries a .333 OBP ... has a double, six runs scored, four walks and four RBI for the Skippers ... as a junior, hit .298 (17-57) with a .403 OBP and .491 slugging ... hit a pair of doubles and three homers as a junior, helping the Skippers to a 14-7 record while playing with current Concordia players Adam Fredericks, Alex LaPorte and Andrew Shotwell.
Personal:
Born June 26, 1994 ... son of Chris and Kris Fasnacht ... has a brother, Ben ... will major in kinesiology ... his father, Chris, was a pitcher for the University of Wisconsin-Stout baseball team and is a coach with Minnetonka High School.
