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Sarah Twidwell
Sarah Twidwell
Sarah Twidwell
Sarah Twidwell
Sarah Twidwell
Sarah Twidwell
Sarah Elsner
Sarah Elsner
Sarah Elsner

35 Drue Galassi

  • Position Outfielder
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Peoria, Ill.
  • Highschool Richwoods

Biography

SENIOR (2020): Started all 13 games… had 10 hits and two home runs… recorded an eight game hit streak… notched six RBI and three stolen bases.

JUNIOR (2019): Played in all 52 games with 50 starts… team-leader in slugging (.527), hits (56), RBI (51), triples (2), home runs (10), total bases (99), starts (50)... had 14 hit multi hit game, tied for team-high… seven games with three… totaled nine hits, three home runs and nine RBI in series sweep of Oral Roberts (April 5-7)... recorded two home run games twice… batted .351 in Summit League play… had five RBI versus Purdue Fort Wayne (April 13)... owned a .991 fielding-percentage.

SOPHOMORE (2018): Played in 46 games with 45 starts … saw the most action in center field (37 games) … hit .255 on the year with 41 hits, 21 runs and 23 RBI … ranked fourth on the team in hits with 11 going for extra bases highlighted by a team-high three triples … recorded a season-high three hits in the 8-2 win over SIUE (April 25) … ranked third on the team in RBI … went 10-for-15 in stolen bases

REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN (2017): Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American... batted .281 in 42 games played (36 starts)... six doubles, one triple... team-leading eight home runs... finished second with 31 RBI... also finished second on the squad with nine stolen bases and a .519 slugging percentage...  tied for sixth in The Summit League for home runs and slugging percentage, tied for ninth in stolen bases and 12th in RBI... his Western Illinois record 10 RBI (vs. SIUE) was the second-most runs driven in during the 2017 season among Division I players... played in all four games and started the final three of the opening weekend series... during Saturday’s doubleheader hit for the cycle combined between Texas Tech and Mississippi State - including a triple and 2-run homer versus TTU... two hits at Southeast Missouri (both in game two), including a home run... the solo HR was on the backend of consecutive home runs by WIU, first time since 2008 accomplishing that feat... drove in two runs in the Southern Illinois series... matched career-high of three hits in game two at Dayton, scoring a run... went 4-for-10 with a home run and 3 RBI in the Fort Wayne series... 4-for-10 against South Dakota State with two runs and two RBI... walked three times in the home series... WIU record setting day against SIUE - hitting two grand slams, driving in 10 runs and finishing with five hits and five runs scored... 12 total bases tied for third-most in a game... two home runs tie for second-most in a game by a Leatherneck... recorded three multi-hit games in the Fort Wayne series, going 6-for-12 at the plate with four runs scored and four RBI, including two doubles and a home run... named Collegiate Baseball Co-National Player of the Week and Summit League Player of the Week (4/24)... 2-for-2 with a walk and run scored during the win at Illinois State... finished 5-of-13 batting with five runs scored and three RBI at South Dakota State... hit two home runs at SDSU, including a solo HR in the top of the ninth in game three to tie the game.

FRESHMAN (2016): Played in 12 games with nine starts... earned a medical-redshirt... six runs scored and two RBI... tied for the team lead with two triples... played in all four games of the Northern Kentucky series... 3-hit game in the series finale, including two triples, and scored three runs... started in all three games at Arkansas... started twice at Missouri State before suffering an injury in game two of the midweek series and missed the remainder of the year.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in baseball playing for coach Doug Goessman.

PERSONAL: Born June 7, 1997... son of Michael McDonald and Raelyn Galassi.

MAJOR: Accounting

Statistics

Season:
2020

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2016Freshman

    Infield
    6'3" 185 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Infield
    6'2" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2018Sophomore

    Outfield
    6'2" 200 lbs
    13
  • 13

    2019Junior

    Outfield
    6'2" 200 lbs
    13
  • 35

    2020Senior

    Outfielder
    6'3" 205 lbs
    35