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8 Mark Garton

  • Position C
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Roscoe, Ill.
  • Highschool Boylan Central Catholic

Biography

SENIOR (2016): Started in all 44 of his appearances... finished with eight doubles, two homers, 18 runs and 17 RBI... drew 23 walks and finished 4-of-5 in stolen bases... career .255 hitter in 148 games (132 starts) with 18 doubles, 55 RBI... at Tennessee Tech hit a 3-run home run... drove in four runs and drew five walks in the series... went 3-for-6 at Southern Illinois with two doubles... batted .250 against Northern Kentucky with three runs scored and three walks... hit two doubles versus North Dakota State and scored four runs.... batted .286 at Omaha with a RBI... went 4-for-10 against Fort Wayne with a double and two walks... 4-for-10 at the plate at South Dakota State with a pair of runs driven in and three walks... batted .400 with a home run in the Omaha series, including matching a career-high of three hits in a game... hit a double in the Fort Wayne series.

JUNIOR (2015): Started in 46 of his 48 games played (3B, DH, Catcher, 1B)... drove in 20 runs and scored 13 times... 2-for-4 with two doubles and a RBI in game one versus Fort Wayne... season-high three hits versus Jacksonville State... 10 times finished with two hits... season-high four RBI going 2-for-3 in game two at South Dakota State... hit a home run in that SDSU game and at Omaha... season-high three runs scored against SIU-Edwardsville.

JUNIOR (2014): Medical Redshirt... will have two years of eligibility remaining.

SOPHOMORE (2013): Appeared in 36 games with 31 starts at catcher... had one hit on 2/16 at Arkansas... scored one run on 3/2 vs. Iowa... three hits and one run scored during the Minnesota series... career high three RBI at Saint Louis on 3/13... one run scored on 3/16 at Missouri State… two hits, one RBI and one run scored on 4/2 at Iowa… two hits vs. Omaha on 4/14… three hits, including two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored on 4/21 at Blackburn… four hits and three runs scored during the series at Fort Wayne… three hits, two RBI and one run scored on 5/11 vs. North Dakota State… threw out 13 runners trying to steal.

FRESHMAN (2012): Appeared in 20 games with 11 starts... came on as a defensive replacement in game two of the Georgia State series... came on in relief in two games at Bulldog Classic going 0-2 at the plate... one run scored against Alabama A&M after entering as a pinch-runner... earned his first start vs. Saint Louis (3/20)... appeared vs. Bradley on 3/31 and at third base against Culver-Stockton 4/4... started game two vs. North Dakota State... collected his first hit on 4/13 after pinch-hitting... started at Oral Roberts behind the plate at 4/21... collected a hit vs. Eastern Illinois on 4/24... started at Oakland on 4/28 and went 2-for-3 with a run scored and RBI... started two games in IPFW series (one at third and one at catcher)... threw a runner out at second during the finale at Illinois State... started three games during South Dakota State series and went 3-for-5 with two RBI on 5/18 and also drove in a run on 5/19. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-time letterwinner... hit .370 with 25 RBI and four home runs his senior season... three-year starter at third base and catcher at Boylan Central Catholic... named Perfect Game Underclass Honorable Mention in 2010... played for the Cincinnati Reds’ scout team... Prep Baseball Report has listed as the #40 player in the 2011 class... member of the 2011 NIC-10 Conference championship team. 

PERSONAL: Son of Tom and Tarina Garton... born Sept. 11, 1992.

MAJOR: General Studies

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Season:
2016

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2012Redshirt

    C
    5'11" 175 lbs
    25
  • 8

    2013Sophomore

    C
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2014Junior

    C
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2015Junior

    C
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2016Senior

    C
    5'11" 185 lbs
    8