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2011 Baseball Roster

9 John Koszulinski

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Frankfort, Ill.
  • Highschool Lincoln-Way East

Biography

Awards & Recognition
2010 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Selection
2011 All-League Second Team - Catcher
Named to The 2010-11 Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence

2011 (SENIOR):
Appeared in every game during the season despite a broken finger... hit his first home run at Missouri State... drove in five runs in the win over Indiana State... has thrown our 16 runners so far this season... had a three-hit game at Bradley... slugging .371 on the season... has drawn 38 walks, which is second in the league and fourth all-time in program history... collected 46 multi-hit games and 24 multi-RBI games during is time at Western Illinois... collected two hits in his final game at Alfred D. Boyer Stadium against Illinois State.

2010 (JUNIOR): Led the team with 49 RBI... finished in a tie for second on the team with six home runs and ranked third in batting average (.354)... first career home run was a grand slam in game two at Furman (2/27)... was 3-for-4 with a career-high six RBI and three runs in the contest... hit in 11 straight games from 3/31-4/17... posted 13 multiple RBI games and 18 multi-hit games... was 4-for-5 with one homer, five RBI and three runs against Southern Utah (4/15)... set a career-high in hits in the performance... recorded nine games with three or more hits... named as the Western Illinois Scholar Athlete of the Week for the week of 3/1... batted .417 with five hits, four runs and six RBI during the week and posted a 3.042 GPA as a law enforcement and justice administration.

2009 (SOPHOMORE): Started 32 times in his 37 appearances, mainly at catcher and designated hitter... second on the team posting a .339 batting average... 13 multi-hit games... put together a 9-game hitting streak from late March into April, the third-longest streak on the team... 12 of his 18 RBI game in Summit League play... season-high three hits against Illinois... recorded two hits against Medaille College (2-for-3) with two RBI... two hits twice in the Oakland series and matched season-high of three RBI in game three... two hits in consecutive games against Coe and Centenary... two hits against Bradley... twice had two hits at Southern Utah and against South Dakota State... two hits in consecutive games against Indiana and IPFW... season-high two runs scored against IPFW and opener of North Dakota State series... member of the honor roll.

2008 (FRESHMAN): Made two starts as a true-freshman behind the plate... singled in his first collegiate at-bat against Purdue (March 22)... doubled against Illinois... received Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League Team honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Recorded a career batting average of .423, 15 home runs and an on-base percentage of .597... named to the 2006 and 2007 All-Southwest Suburban Conference and All-Area teams... 2007 All-State Honorable Mention... lettered in football in addition to baseball... high school teammate of current Leatherneck Tom Lilja.

PERSONAL: Son of John and Karen Koszulinski... born September 21, 1988.

MAJOR: Law Enforcement and Justice Administration

Career Statistics



Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%
2008.... .125 13-2 16 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 .188 1 1 5 0 .222 0 0 0-0 8 1 0 1.000
2009.... .339 37-32 118 11 40 6 0 0 18 46 .390 20 1 21 3 .436 1 0 0-1 91 12 2 .981
2010.... .354 44-43 164 32 58 4 1 6 49 82 .500 21 2 37 1 .426 3 0 1-2 184 24 4 .981
2011.... .271 59-57 192 32 52 7 1 3 28 70 .365 38 22 43 3 .443 1 1 2-2 293 49 9 .974
TOTAL... .310 153-134 490 77 152 18 2 9 95 201 .410 80 26 106 7 .429 5 1 3-5 576 86 15 .978
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2010Junior

    Catcher
    6'0" 225 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2011Senior

    Catcher
    6'0" 225 lbs
    9