2015 – Appeared in 31 games making 25 starts, 24 as the designated hitter… Lead the team with a .344 average (33-for-96)… Earned a .542 slugging percentage with ten doubles and three home runs… Knocked in 12 runs and scored an additional 15… Swiped three bases in four attempts… Finished with seven multi-hit contests to go with three multiple-RBI games… Ended the season on an eight-game hitting streak… Hit his first home run on the first pitch he saw of the season against Central Arkansas (Feb. 15)… Against Evansville (Mar. 29) went 4-for-5 with an RBI and a double… Against Butler (Mar. 31) went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored… In the series finale with Bradley (May 3), finished 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double, two RBI, and three runs scored… Against Illinois State (May 15) finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.
2014 - Played in 12 games making one start... hit .214 (3-for-14) with no extra base hits... scored two runs and stole a base... started against Belmont (Feb. 22) where he was 1-for-4 with a stolen base... scored two runs against Middle Tennessee (Feb. 23)... against Dallas Baptist (Apr. 25) finished 2-for-3 in a 6-5 ISU win...
2013 – Redshirted during the 2013 season.
High School - A two-sport athlete in his time at Mater Dei High School, lettering in baseball and football ... earned all-conference selection the last two seasons under head coach Jeff Schulz ... hit over .400 in each of the past three seasons, going for a .420 average with 32 RBIs as a sophomore, .416 with 30 RBIs as a junior and .404 as a senior ... also a standout in football, earning honorable mention all-state on the gridiron.
Personal – Stephen Hunter Owen was born on Sept. 22, 1993, in Evansville, Ind., the son of Kena and Steve Owen ... majoring in Exercise Science … has four siblings (Tyler, Michael, Leslie, Mandi) … father, Steve, played baseball at the University of Evansville (3 years) … brother, Tyler, played baseball at Murray State (4 years).
