2013 baseball Media Guide - GoHofstra.com

PLAYER PROFILES
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jared hammer
Senior, 6-1, 235
First Base
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Flemington, NJ
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Named to NCBWA Preseason All-America Team…CAA Preseason Co-
Player of the Year selection…Named to Preseason Honorable Mention All-
America team by College Baseball Insider…Coastal Plains League All-Star
this past summer.
At Hofstra
2012: All-Colonial Athletic Association first team selection…ABCA All-
East Region team pick…Played in and started 55 games…Batted .376 with 18
doubles, four home runs and a team and CAA-best 66 RBIs…Scored 47 runs
and stole 12 bases…Posted a .996 fielding percentage (2 errors in 468 chances),
a .516 slugging percentage and a .479 on-base percentage…Ranked third on
team and 42nd in the nation in batting…Was fourth in the nation in RBIs per
game (1.20) and 12th in total RBIs…Had 22 multi-hit games and 18 multi-RBI contests…Was second on the team in doubles…Had three hits games
versus Florida State, Fordham twice, Delaware State twice, Delaware, VCU and Northeastern…Knocked in four runs in games against Fordham,
Delaware, VCU and Albany…Blasted three-run home run in bottom of the eight inning to put Hofstra ahead and complete sweep of VCU…CAA
Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…Batted .339 with 34 RBIs in CAA play…CAA Player of the Week on March 6…2011: Played in 42
games, starting 38…Ranked second on the team in batting with a .358 average…Had 48 hits, eight doubles, one home run and 25 RBIs…Ranked
second on the team in RBIs…Had a .440 slugging percentage and a .425 on-base percentage…Posted a .997 fielding percentage with one error in 364
chances…Posted 13 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games…Went 3-4 with two doubles and two RBIs at Florida Atlantic…Went 3-4 with a
double and two RBIs at Miami (FL)…Homered and drove in three runs in series finale against George Mason…Added three RBI games against New
York Tech, VCU and Old Dominion…Hit a team-high .351 in CAA play…2010: Played in 37 games, starting 30…Batted .284 on the season with
four doubles, one triple and two home runs…Drove in 12 runs and scored 24…Posted a .413 on-base percentage and a .403 slugging percentage…
Had eight multi-hit games…Went 2-4 with a double at Troy…Had two hits, including a solo home run, and scored three times in second game of
first Fairfield doubleheader…Had a home run and two RBIs in second New York Tech game…Went 2-4 with a triple and two RBIs at Towson…
Had a three-hit day with two runs scored versus Long Island…Ended the season on a six-game hitting streak…Batted .304 in league play…CAA
Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient.
High School/Personal
Played baseball for four years and basketball for two years at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, NJ…Teammate of fellow Pride
senior Jared Rogers…Helped team to state championships in 2008 and 2009…2009 squad posted a 29-1 record, finished as the top-ranked team in
New Jersey and was ranked 19th in the nation at one point during the season…All-New Jersey selection as a senior…2009 Courier News Player of
the Year…Three-time all-county and all-conference selection…Named all-area as a junior and senior…All-New Jersey Group IV pick in 2009…2009
Team Player of the Year, as well as the Howard Stewart Memorial Sportsmanship Award and Baseball Most Valuable Athlete Award recipient…Was
selected to play in the New Jersey Scholastic Baseball Coaches’ All-Star Game…Posted a school record 111 hits in his career and ranks fourth alltime
with a career batting average of .427…Posted a 7-0 mark as a pitcher in 2009 with a no-hitter…Was a Coastal Plains League All-Star over the
summer 2012 while playing for the Asheboro Copperheads…Born April 18, 1991…Has one sister…Lists Tino Martinez as his favorite athlete…
Nicknamed “Hammer”…Information technology major.
Year G AB R H Avg. RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SB
2010 37 102 24 29 .284 12 4 1 2 16 13 1
2011 42 134 17 48 .358 25 8 0 1 10 12 2
2012 55 213 47 80 .376 66 18 0 4 39 20 12
Career 134 449 88 157 .350 103 30 1 7 65 45 15
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