Concordia Career:
2012: NSIC All-Academic ... played in 37 games starting 34 in left field for the Golden Bears ... tied for third on the team in stolen bases (2) ... fourth on the team in average with the bases loaded (.556) ... had a hit in 22 games, with 2-plus hits in 6 games including a season-high 3-hit game against Wayne State (5/5/12) going 3-4 with an RBI ... had 2-plus RBI in six games ... scored a run in 11 games ... went 2-5 with two RBI and two runs scored against Southern Vermont (3/8/12) ... recorded two hits, going 2-5 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored against Southwest Minnesota State (4/6/12) ... recorded a season-high three RBI going 1-5 with a double against Minnesota Duluth (5/2/12) ... had one-plus putouts in 27 games including a season-high seven putouts against Southwest Minnesota State (3/6/12) ... season totals: .244, 29 hits, 4 doubles, 1 home run, 17 RBI, 14 runs scored, 3BB, 32 strikeouts, 2-3 stolen bases, .303 slg%, .262 on-base%, .971 fielding%.
2011: A Division II Athletic Directors Association (DII ADA) Academic Achievement Award winner ... started 30 of 34 games for the Golden Bears, playing all 30 in center field while batting second, seventh, eighth and ninth in the lineup ... solid against RHP and LHP, hitting .316 (24-76) against RHP and .300 (9-30) against LHP ... ... reached at a .458 clip when leading off an inning in 24 plate appearances ... had five RBI in eight opportunities with a runner on third and less than two outs ... had nine multi-hit games including three three-hit performances ... had three multi-RBI games including a season-high three RBI game at Bemidji State, scoring two runs with a double and a steal while going 2-5 at the plate (4/9/11 game 1) ... started his Concordia career by hitting safely in first six games and a .400 average (10-25) with five RBI, five runs, a triple and a steal ... had three straight multi-hit games (4/9/11 to 4/12/11) against Bemidji State and Upper Iowa ... closed season out by going 7-13 (.539) in final four games including a 3-3, 2 SB performance against Northern State (5/1/11 game 1) ... finished second on the team with eight stolen bases and was perfect in eight chances ... his steal rate (0.26 per game) ranked 10th in the NSIC ... tied for team lead with five sacrifice hits ... committed just one error in CF with 60 putouts and one outfield assist and had a .984 fielding pct. on the season ... in conference-only play, Long was error-free which tied for the league-lead with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
Rochester Community and Technical College:
2010: Hit .345 with nine doubles, four triples, six home runs, 44 RBI and 14 stolen bases for the Yellow Jackets ... helped RCTC to a 36-13 record while achieving Dean's List academic honors in the classroom each semester at RCTC ... hit safely in 29 games for 48 total hits ... had 16 multi-hit performances and had three hits in three different games ... had a season-high seven total bases, going 3-5 with a double, a homer, three runs and three RBI with a stolen base against Anoka-Ramsey CC (4/22/10) ... in the second game of the doubleheader against ARCC (4/22/10), he wasn't pitched to, walking twice with a steal and a run ... in final game of season against St. Cloud Tech (5/15/10), went 3-5 with a homer, a steal and three RBI and ended season on a four game hitting streak with two homers, a double, a triple and 11 RBI while hitting .533 (8-15) ... had three stolen bases in first game against Minnesota West (4/28/10) and swiped another in the second game ... also stole a pair of bases against Mesabi Range CC (4/2/10) ... hit first junior college home run against Waubansee (3/15/10), going 3-4 with three RBI while hitting 1-1 with a triple, two walks, two runs and two RBI in the second game ... appeared in one game as a pitcher, throwing two scoreless innings with one strikeout, no walks and two hits allowed against Prairie State (3/22/10).
North Park University:
2009: Played his freshman season at North Park in Chicago, Ill. ... appeared in three games as a pitcher with 4.1 scoreless innings ... had four strikeouts and no walks ... helped pitch in a combined shutout ... struck out in only at bat as a hitter.
John Marshall High School:
Earned two letters in baseball for the Rockets ... was a captain his senior season ... helped lead the Rockets to a conference and section championship with a State Tournament appearance in 2008 as a senior.
Personal:
Born November 29, 1989 ... son of Tom and Carla Long ... Has two sisters, Shawn (28) and Samantha (24) ... will major in kinesiology at Concordia.
