Concordia Career:
2011: Played and started 26 games after missing early season due to injury ... started 19 games behind the plate and seven at designated hitter ... hit primarily sixth in the order (19 games) while hitting seventh (4), eighth (2) and fifth (1) as well ... had five multi-hit games with a season-high three-hit game at St. Cloud State (5/7/11 game 2), going 3-5 with two RBI ... had a season-long six game hitting streak (4/17/11 to 4/22/11), raising average from .231 to .283 ... went 2-5 with season-high three RBI and two doubles against Minnesota Crookston (3/12/11 game 1) ... in that doubleheader against UMC, went 4-9 with four runs, four RBI, two doubles and a walk, scoring a season-high three runs in the second game ... had three multi-RBI performances ... hit safely in nine of 10 games including the six-game streak which raised average from .143 to .286 ... finished season by hitting safely in 17 of 22 games ... reached base (H, BB, HBP) in 23 out of 26 games played on the season ... caught six base stealers in conference-only play, ranking fifth in the NSIC ... on the season (all games) threw out six of 31 base stealers ... the left-handed hitter hit .294 against LHP (5-17) and reached .444 as a leadoff hitter in 18 opportunities ... had four RBI in seven chances with a runner on third and less than two outs (.571) ... a .321 two-out hitter (9-28) ... a .306 hitter (11-36) with runners in scoring position ... was tied for third on the team with eight two-out RBI.
2010: Sat out the season as a redshirt due to NSIC transfer rules, coming from NSIC-member Southwest Minnesota State University.
Southwest Minnesota State University:
2009: Started 27 of 32 games played for the Mustangs ... started all 27 behind the plate with SMSU going 17-10 in his starts ... primarily batted out of the seventh spot with SMSU going 13-4 in those games ... also hit sixth nine times and eighth once ... went 7-11 with two home runs, two walks, five runs and four RBI in three NCAA Tournament games ... went 4-5 with a homer, three runs and an RBI in NCAA Tournament game against Minnesota State (5/14/09) ... went 1-2 with a solo homer against Wayne State in NCAA Tournament (5/14/09) ... went 2-4 with two RBI, one run and two walks in NCAA Tournament game against CSU-Pueblo (5/16/09) ... opened season with 3-3 performance with a home run, three runs and three RBI against Charleston (5/14/09) ... also went 3-3 against Upper Iowa (4/19/09) ... had 10 multi-hit games with three games with three-plus hits ... had seven multi-RBI games ... also drew a remarkable 19 walks ... ended season on a season-long four game hit streak that carries to his Concordia career ... in NSIC-only play, hit .349 with a .491 on base percentage in 16 starts behind the plate.
2008: Played in 34 games with 31 starts as a true freshman ... batted .333 with four doubles, two triples and one home run ... finished with 13 RBI and scored 13 runs ... recorded nine multi-hit games ... had three hits vs. Wayne State and Minnesota, Crookston ... had three RBI vs. Pittsburg State ... finished with four multi-RBI games ... smacked first career home run vs. Wayne State.
Hopkins High School:
2007 graduate of Hopkins HS ... played for coaches Jim Egan and Neil Lerner ... three-year letterwinner ... team captain ... first team all-conference as a senior ... honorable mention all-conference as a junior ... batted .292 with 10 RBI, six doubles and four stolen bases as a senior ... team’s best defensive player award as a junior ... member of conference champion team as a junior and senior ... won the Kent Hrbek Award as the South Hennepin League MVP during the 2007 American Legion season ... batted .485 with 46 runs batted in, 16 doubles, two home runs and one triple during the summer of 2007 and was 1-0 with five saves and a 1.63 ERA on the mound ... also a three-year letterwinner in swimming ... team captain ... team’s MVP ... member of all-state and All-American Relays as a junior ... section champion in 50 yard freestyle as a senior ... placed 11th at state meet.
Personal:
Born July 13, 1989 ... son of Paul and Kaye Stearns ... sister, Rachel (19) is currently a swimmer at Ohio University ... is a biology major at Concordia ... intends to pursue graduate school.
|
Year
|
Avg
|
GP-S
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB-A
|
|
2008*
|
.333
|
34-31
|
75
|
13
|
25
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
13
|
10
|
15
|
0-0
|
|
2009*
|
.413
|
32-27
|
80
|
23
|
33
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
28
|
19
|
18
|
0-1
|
|
2011^
|
.276
|
26-26
|
87
|
13
|
24
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
11
|
20
|
1-1
|
|
Totals
|
.339
|
92-84
|
242
|
49
|
82
|
11
|
2
|
5
|
54
|
40
|
53
|
1-2
|
|
* - SMSU stats | ^ - Concordia stats | totals are DII career stats
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