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2011 Baseballand All-Area when playing catcher in high school.Newcomer Anthony Bemboom will battle for playing time behind the dish. Bemboom comes to Creighton from Iowa Western CCwhere he hit .410 with 59 hits in his sophomore campaign.SwiftINFIELDERSThe Jays will have to replace half of their infield from a season ago, which finished tied for first in the nation with a .980 fielding percentage,led by graduated senior Ian Dike (.985).Playing the hot corner will be senior Jimmy Swift. Swift had just five errors in 148 chances last season for a .966 fielding percentage,while starting all 52 games, spending time at shortstop in three of the games. The Des Moines, Iowa, native finished with a .296 batting average and45 runs scored.Also coming back for another season on the infield will be second baseman Alex Staehely. The sophomore from Sugar Grove, Ill., had asolid freshman campaign, finishing with a .240 batting average and 52 starts. Staehely also had a .958 fielding percentage and helped turn 21 doubleplays.Five other infielders will look to fill the open spots at shortstop and first-base, vacated by Soto and Dike. Soto finished his Bluejay careerwith a.964 fielding percentage in three seasons at shortstop before being drafted in the major leagues, while Dike sits on the Bluejay top 10 singleseason lists for putouts in a season with 554 (putting him at fourth).Returners Vince Bellino (senior) and Michael Mutcheson (junior) will look to get their first playing time on the field, while newcomersNick Judkins, Chance Ross and Gabriel Thibodeaux also will add competition and depth. Judkins is a junior from Iowa Central CommunityCollege where he holds ICCC career records for batting average (.421), hits (169) and doubles (38). Ross, also a junior, comes from Cowley College– where he was a teammate of current Bluejay, Chase Webb. Ross hit .362 in his sophomore season, with nine doubles and two round trippers.Thibodeaux had a successful stint while at LSU-Eunice, finishing with 146 hits in his two seasons, and driving in a team high 72 RBI his freshmanseason.OUTFIELDStaehelyAdams Bowens Blatchford Cuno2011 PreviewThe outfield will have the most competition for playing time, as they will need to replace starters T.J. Roemmich (one error in 146 chancesin right field) and Robbie Knight (a career .312 batting average and school record 81 career hit by pitches).Returning is Trever Adams, who led the team with a .356 batting average and .630 slugging percentage. The honorable mention All-MVCoutfielder led the team with 74 hits and 12 homers, as well as 58 runs batted in.Joey Bowens, Michael Blatchford and Clay Cuno each have experience from a season ago in the outfield. Bowens started nine timesin centerfield when Knight went down with injury. He hit .290 starting 10 games and playing in 29 games. Blatchford saw action in three games lastseason, with 11 putouts and no errors in center field. When he wasn’t a designated hitter, Cuno saw time in both left and right field. The seniorfinished the 2010 season with a perfect fielding percentage in 16 chances.Redshirt sophomore Jordan Makovicka will battle for a spot with freshmen Mike Gerber and Brad McKewon. Makovicka transferredfrom Nebraska and is looking for his first playing time this season. Gerber had a successful career at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville,Ill., finishing with first team all-state and all-conference honors. McKewon, a local product from Millard South High School, will add his greathigh school accolades to the Jays roster, including a .450 batting average his senior season in which he earned all-conference, all-area and all-stateawardsCreighton Baseball Meet the Staff Meet the Players Opponents 2010 in Review Records and History This is Creighton21
This is Creighton Records and History 2010 in Review Opponents Meet the Players Meet the Staff Creighton BaseballCreighton BluejaysProfileBirthday: September 30, 1988Parents: Steve and TinaSiblings: Tori and TaylorMajor: MarketingCareer Ambition: Be successful withwhatever I doFavorite Athletes: Albert Pujols, AlexRodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Ian KinslerFavorite Movie: Step BrothersFavorite Food: Pot roastDream Vacation Spot: Tokyo, JapanPerson He Most Admires: Kyle Crookes(Juco Coach)Favorite Junk Food: Reese’s Peanut ButterCupsGameday Superstitions: To have everythingclean.Favorite Quote: “You only have onechance at life!”At-Bats6 (4x, 5/26/10)Runs3 (5/21/10)Hits4 (3/10/10)Doubles2 (2x, 3/10/10)Triples1 (3x, 5/21/10)Home Runs2 (3x, 5/27/10)RBI’s5 (5/27/10)Single GameHighsWalks2 (5x, 5/27/10)Strikeouts3 (2x, 3/27/10)Total Bases10 (5/14/10)HBP1 (5x, 5/21/10)Sac. Hits1 (3x, 5/21/10)Stolen Bases1 (6x, 5/22/10)Errors2 (4/9/10)30 • Trever AdamsSr. • OF6-0 • 200 • R/RLincoln, Neb.Hutchinson CCLincoln Southeast HSAdams’ Career Hitting StatisticsYear AVG GP-GS OBP SLG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO TB HBP SF SH SB-ATT E Fld.2010 .356 52-52 .443 .630 208 41 74 15 3 12 58 29 55 131 5 2 3 6-12 5 .934Total .356 52-52 .443 .630 208 41 74 15 3 12 58 29 55 131 5 2 3 6-12 5 .9342010 (Junior)• Started all 52 games for Creighton.• Honorable-mention all-MVC outfielder, also wasnamed to the All-MVC Tournament Team.• Earned MVC Player of the Week honors on May23.• Earned an All-Tournament Team selection at theLumberjack Classic, batting .400 in two games withtwo runs and three RBI.• Was among league leaders in several offensivecategories including: batting average (8th), slugging(5th), on-base (5th), RBI (5th), home runs (4th) andtotal bases (5th).• Led team in eight different offensive categoriesincluding: at-bats, hits, home runs, RBI, total bases,slugging, walks and on-base percentage.• Recorded 27 multi-hit gameswhile posting nine games with onehit.• Tallied three games with twohome runs; all of which came inthe last 14 games of the season.• Ended season with seven-gamehitting streak.• Had another seven-game streakfrom March 10-March 23, going16-for-33 (.485) with four doubles,two homers and nine RBI.• Posted season-high four hits atUT-Arlington on March 10.• Recorded season-high five RBI,while homering twice in finalgame of season on May 27 againstIndiana State.• Had 10 games of three or morehits.• Had 16 multi-RBI games.• Posted 3-for-4, three-RBI day infirst career game vs. SIU Edwardsville(2/20).• Went 3-for-6 with two runs andthree RBI at Stephen F. Austin(2/28).• Hit first home run of season vs.Northern Colorado (3/5).• Eight of the first nine games withhits were of the multi-hit variety.• Hit third homer of season atUIC (3/19) as part of back-to-back shots with T.J.Roemmich.• Busted out of mini-slump with sixth game ofthree-plus hits with a 3-for-5, three RBI day at Nebraska(4/6). Hitting his fourth home run of theyear in the game.• Had three hits and RBI at Bradley (4/16), followingthat with a three-RBI game.• Had five hits in Missouri State series; a three-hitday in game one and two in game three.22
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