Career Statistics
2010: Honored as a Third Team All-Midwest Region selection by the American Baseball Coaches Association... Named First Team All-Northern Athletics Conference after finishing in the top 10 in hits (62, 6th), batting average (.405, 9th) and on-base percentage (10th, .492)... Ended senior year on a career-long 17-game hitting streak... During that streak he hit .492 and raised his batting average from .341 to .405... Established school records for most career sacrifice hits (19) and double plays turned (71)... Earned his first career NAC Athlete of the Week award for his performance at the NAC Tournament, where he hit .563 with a double and five runs batted in... Started 43 of 44 games... Drove in four runs in an 8-2 victory over Rockford College at the NAC Tournament on May 15, 2010... Had multiple hits in eight of his last 10 games... Recorded an inside-the-park home run on April 2, 2010 against Purchase College... One of only five Eagles in history to record 60 or more hits in a season... Ranks second all-time in Edgewood College history with 80 base on balls... Stole a career-high 11 bases... NAC Scholar-Athlete.
2009: Made a successful move from third base to shortstop, starting in 24 of the 25 games he played... Batted a career-best .321 with a .393 slugging percentage... Named to the Northern Athletics Conference All-Sportsmanship team... Went 3-for-5 with three runs batted in, two doubles and four runs scored in a 16-8 victory at Concordia Wisconsin on April 4... Hit first career home run in the Eagles 11-5 win over Ramapo College on March 19... Had three singles and a stolen base in four at-bats against St. Norbert College on March 16... NAC Scholar-Athlete.
2008: Started all 32 games in which he appeared... Led team in base on balls, drawing 20 walks... Hit two doubles and drove in three runs in 10-4 victory at UW-Platteville... Reached base in all five plate appearences (three singles, two walks) on April 7 against Maranatha Baptist... Made first career pitching appearence on April 26 at Concordia Chicago... NAC Scholar-Athlete.
2007: Played and started in 38 of the teams 39 games... Had a .263 batting average in 114 plate appearances... Manufactured 16 RBIs and had eight stolen bases on the season... Had a .433 on-base percentage and had a team high 25 walks... Defensively, had a .889 fielding percentage with 76 put-outs... Is a NAC Scholar-Athlete.
High School: Earned 5 varsity letters participating in Downers Grove North athletics ... in baseball, obtained 3 letters, voted 2006 all-conference and all-area, in swimming, obtained 2 letters ... was member of National Honor Society ... earned high honor roll all four years ... was both the J. Kyle Braid leader and PE leader.
Personal: Born December 25, 1987 … majoring in marketing and organizational communication … son of Joseph and Therese Binder.
