Awards & Recognition
2010 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League
2011 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League
2011 Northwoods League All-Star
2012 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League
2012 Summit League Second Team All-League
Summit League Player of the Week (Feb. 20, 2012)
2013 Summit League All-Tournament Team
2013 Summit League Winter/Spring Academic All-League
Senior (2013): Appeared in 52 games with 52 starts... hit a solo homerun on 2/15 at Arkansas... had one hit and scored two runs on 2/17... recorded six hits in the Arkansas State series, including a triple, three runs scored and an RBI... one hit and run scored on 3/3 at Arkansas-Little Rock... three hits, three RBI and four runs scored during the Saint Louis series... one hit and run scored at Missouri State on 3/16… two hits at Michigan on 3/23… three hits at Illinois-Chicago on 3/30… two hits vs. Omaha on 4/13… four hits, three RBI and three runs scored at Blackburn on 4/21… hit a home run in the game at Blackburn and vs. MacMurray on 4/21…one hit and run scored on 4/24 vs. St. Ambrose… went 5-for-16 with two RBI and one run scored during the series at Fort Wayne… four hits and two runs scored vs. North Dakota State on 5/11… three hits and one run scored in the doubleheader at Omaha… four hits and three runs scored in the series at Oakland… three hits in the opening round win over South Dakota State in the conference tournament on 5/23…one hit and one run scored in his final game on 5/25 vs. South Dakota State… ended the 2013 season with six triples which is tied for third most in a single season at Western Illinois… finished his career with 224 hits which is the second most in program history… also on the career ‘Top 10’ list for games played (201-3rd), triples (14-T1st), total bases (305-T3rd), walks (91-2nd) and runs scored (126-5th).
Junior (2012): Appeared in 53 games with 52 starts... named Summit League ‘Player of the Week’ after hitting .583 during the opening weekend at Georgia State... had three doubles and was thrown out at second base going for a fourth... 2-2 stolen bases and three of his seven hits were extra bases... walked two times and hit by a pitch.... 4-14 at Bulldog Classic with three hits going for extra bases (two doubles/HR)... leadoff HR against Alabama A&M... 3-for-6 that game with three RBI and two runs... two walks versus Maryland Eastern Shore... 3-13 at Georgia, scoring one run... 1-2 stolen bases in series and recorded 8 putouts... at Western Kentucky picked up multi-hit games in the final two games and scored three runs over the weekend... collected two multi-hits games against Xavier... has two hits in each of the last three games... matched program record with two triples vs. St. Ambrose... picked up three hits at Iowa including an RBI... tied the second game with North Dakota State with a solo home run to right... collected two hits vs. Eastern Illinois while scoring two runs in addition to driving in a run...collected six hits during Oakland series including three doubles and three RBI... hit .429 during the IPFW series including his second career four-hit game in the finale... went 2-for-4 in the finale at Illinois State with a double... drove in six runs in the South Dakota State series including four on 5/19 with three hits and two runs scored.
Sophomore (2011): Hit .281 and started 54 games... drew 34 walks (fourth in Summit League)... had a 10-game hitting streak... recorded four hits at Missouri State, one of three Leathernecks to do so in 2011... drove in a season-high three runs at Southern Utah... scored a career-high four runs at Southern Utah... recorded six hits and seven RBI from April 30-May 7.
Freshman (2009-10): Batted .299 with eight doubles, three triples, two homers and 22 RBI in 41 games before suffering a season-ending injury... led the team in triples... recorded a team-high 16-game hitting streak from 3/28-4/24... batted .355 (22-for-62) with 12 runs, eight RBI, three doubles and two triples during the streak... recorded three hits on six separate occasions... scored a career-high three runs against Coe College (3/31)... set a career high with three RBI in game two against Stephen F. Austin (3/6)... hit his first career home run in the contest... recorded a hit in 30 of 41 games including 11 multi-hit games... batted .359 against left-handed pitchers...Football: Played in 10 games as a true-freshman, missing only the season-finale... recorded a tackle at Sam Houston State... two tackles against Stephen F. Austin... solo tackle at Illinois State... assisted tackle in the Southern Illinois game.
High School: Helped his high school baseball team to a 34-6 record his senior year… batted .408 with five homers and 24 RBI as a senior… played running back for the St. Rita football team where he was named as the 2008 Chicago Catholic League Offensive Player of the Year… helped St. Rita to the 2008 league title... earned all-area honorable mention from the Chicago-Sun Times and First Team All-Conference recognition.
Personal: Son of Kristine and James Dispensa... born July 18, 1991... played football for the Leathernecks as a freshman... majoring in Law Enforcement & Justice Administration.
