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2008 Baseball Roster

6 John Rickards

  • Position Second Base/Infield
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chalfont, PA
  • Highschool Central Bucks West

Biography

2008 - Has been named to the Pre-Season Wallace Award Watch List.

2007 - Named to the Philadelphia Big Five Team...Was an Atlantic 10 Player of the Week once (2/19) and Big 5 Player of the Week three times (2/19, 4/9, 5/7)...Finished 12th in the nation in Hit By Pitch per game average (0.41), 56th in Slugging Percentage (.646), and 72nd in Batting Average (.385)...Was second in the A-10 in On-Base Percentage (.492), third in slugging, and fourth in batting and triples (5)...For a single season, his five triples is third-best at the school and his 104 total bases ranks seventh...Ended the season fifth all-time in career triples (11)...Started all 46 games he played - 43 at second base...Led the Explorers with 22 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games and had a nine-game hitting streak...Also led team in runs (31), home runs (7), and RBI (31), second in doubles (11), walks (17) and stolen bases (6)...Highlights of his season began with a seven-game hitting streak to start the year...That included a 4-for-8 effort in doubleheader versus Ball State (2/17) with two home runs, five RBI, and three runs...In four game set at Jacksonville (3/2-4), had five hits, five runs and five RBI...Had four hits in three-game series versus Temple (3/30-4/1) with three runs...In three-game set versus Saint Louis (4/6-7), had seven hits - four doubles and a triple - and drove in three...Versus St. Bonaventure (4/28-29), had three hits - two home runs - with three RBI...In Dayton series (5/4-6), had five hits - two triples - three RBI, and three runs...Had five hits and two runs at Xavier (5/11-13)...Had a season-high five hits with two doubles and home run and three runs at Saint Peter[apos]s (5/15)...Hit is other two home runs at Saint Joseph[apos]s (4/13) and at Delaware (4/24)...Tied for the team-lead with 106 assists and helped turn 25 double plays.

2006 - Named to the Philadelphia All-Diamond Five Team...Started 49 of 50 games, 40 at second base, nine at third...Had 12 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games...Led the team in home runs (8), triples (5), slugging percentage (.562), and tied for lead in runs (32) and on-base percentage (.386)...His five triples tied for the third-most in a single season...Hit his first in the season opener at Arizona (2/24)...Against Delaware State (3/14), was 1-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and two runs, then went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI, the next day versus Villanova (3/15)...Drove in another pair versus Delaware (3/22) and had a triple, then homered at Dayton (3/24)...Went 4-for-5 with three home runs and five RBI versus Saint Joseph[apos]s (4/2)...Knocked in three runs with a 3-for-4 day at Charlotte (4/22) with two doubles...In two games versus Richmond (5/5-6), went 5-for-8 with two doubles, a home run, three RBI and two runs...Had three hits and two RBI against Xavier (5/11)...In three-game set at Temple (5/18-20), was 9-for-12, with three triples, two home runs, five RBI, and six runs, to earn A-10 and D-5 Player of the Week honors...Had a seven-game hitting streak during the season and ended the year with a four-gamer.

2005 - Started 35 games, 33 at third...Hit his only home run at Lehigh (4/19), a two-run shot...Had a 3-for-5 day and drove in two runs versus Delaware State (4/5)...Drove in two with a double versus Richmond (5/6), then scored twice the next day versus Spiders (5/7)...Had four multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games.

High School - A First Team All-League as a junior and senior...Named to the All-Intelligencer First Team as a senior.

Major - nutrition.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2005Freshman

    Second Base/Third Base
    6'1" 205 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2006Sophomore

    Second Base/Third Base
    6'1" 205 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2007Junior

    Second Base/Infield
    6'1" 205 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2008Senior

    Second Base/Infield
    6'1" 205 lbs
    6