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2012 Baseball Roster

20 Ryan Cowhey

  • Position OF
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 202
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orland Park, Ill.
  • Highschool Carl Sandburg

Biography

At Western Illinois
2012 (Senior): 2012 College Sports Madness Second Team Summit League... 2012 Winter/Spring Academic All-Summit League... appeared in and started all 53 games... went 3-for-13 at Georgia State... two walks, two stolen bases and drove in three runs... 3-9 at Bulldog Classic... 2-for-3 with three runs, one RBI and career-high two doubles against host Alabama A&M... also had one walk and two stolen bases that game... 1-3 versus Maryland Eastern Shore and hit by two pitches... one double and one stolen base... 5-10 at Georgia with three runs scored... two walks, four stolen bases and two runs scored in the series finale... collected his second three-RBI game on Sunday at WKU... hit his first home run on 4/1 against Bradley to lead off an inning... drove in three runs on 4/8 vs. SUU including the go-ahead two-run double... drive in two runs in game one on Sunday vs. NDSU with two doubles... doubled at ORU on 4/20 and drove in a run on 4/22 at ORU... went 2-for-3 on 4/27 at Oakland and drove in a run on 4/29 at Oakland while also drawing two walks... was finally caught stealing on 4/28 for first time this season... scored two runs and drove in a run on May 5... stole his 23rd base in game one of the DH... went 3-for-4 on 5/19 at South Dakota State with three RBI and two runs scored including a solo HR... also stole three bags in the series... finished the season with 26 SB, which is seventh all-time.

2011 (Junior): Started 47 games... hit his first home run at Kansas State and threw out a runner at home in his first game as a Leatherneck... recorded his first triple vs. Illinois College... went on a seven-game hitting streak earlier this season... collected 68 total bases... hit .571 and slugged 1.429 during the Southern Utah series including two home runs and 10 total bases... stole 12 bases on the season... collected his sixth home run of the season on May 21... third on the team with 10 doubles.

At Oakton CC
All-Conference Second Team (Freshman and Sophomore seasons)... All-Region IV First Team... team captain... Hit .388 as a Freshman...Led the team in average and slugging percentage...Hit .418 as a Sophomore... Led the team in hits with 74... Led the team with 21 doubles... Led the team with eight home runs... drove in 60 runs...Led the team with 75 runs... 12-15 in stolen base attempts.

High School
All-Conference... All-Area Second team... Member of the 2008 Illinois Summer State Championship team... All-Tournament team during the Illinois High School State Tournament.

Personal
Son of Pat and Janice Cowhey... born August 31, 1989... majoring in Exercise Science.

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%
2011.... .229 50-47 166 31 38 10 1 6 21 68 .410 19 6 52 0 .328 1 6 12-14 65 3 8 .895
2012.... .277 53-53 184 31 51 12 0 2 24 69 .375 27 7 46 3 .385 3 4 26-29 92 3 6 .941
TOTAL... .254 103-100 350 62 89 22 1 8 45 137 .391 46 13 98 3 .358 4 10 38-43 157 6 14 .921
   

Statistics

Season:
2012

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2011Junior

    OF
    6'3" 202 lbs
    23
  • 20

    2012Senior

    OF
    6'3" 202 lbs
    20