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2024 Baseball Roster

25 Mike Sears

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 205
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Highschool Walnut Hills HS
  • Prev School Sinclair CC
  • Twitter MikeSears15
  • Instagram mikesears_34

Biography

2024: 2024 ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region First Team selection … 2024 MVC Baseball Scholar-Athlete First Team … 2024 MVC Baseball All-Conference Second Team selection … May 20 MVC Baseball Player of the Week … May 6 MVC Baseball Player of the Week … Second in the MVC in slugging percentage (.726) … Third in the MVC in OPS (1.121) … Led the MVC in RBI (77) … Fourth in the MVC in doubles (20) … Led the MVC in home runs (24) … Lined up and played in 57 games earning 56 starts at third base in the 2024 season … Recorded a .274 batting average with 57 hits in 208 at-bats … Recorded 45 extra-base hits including 20 doubles, one triple, and 24 home runs … Scored 55 runs and drove in 77 RBIs … Drew 33 walks and was hit by 10 pitches … Posted a .395 on-base percentage and a .726 slugging percentage … Was a perfect 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts … Recorded a .935 fielding percentage over 108 chances … Recorded 13 multi-hit games and was second on the team with 19 multi-RBI games … Season-long seven-game hitting streak from May 11 – May 23 … Season-best 10-game on-base streak from May 11 – May 25 … Five multi-homer games including Florida A&M (Mar. 8), UIC (Mar. 31), Belmont (May 3), Valparaiso (May 16 & May 18) … Three games with at least six RBIs including at Florida A&M (Mar. 10), Indiana (Mar. 19), and Belmont (May 3) … Went 3-for-3 with two home runs, three runs scored, and five RBIs at Valparaiso on May 18 … Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run, two runs scored, and six RBIs against Indiana on March 19.

2023: 2023 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Glove finalist … MVC All-Conference Honorable Mention … MVC All-Defensive Team … Was the only Sycamore to start all 62 games in the 2023 season earning starts at both third base and first base … Served as ISU’s primary starting third baseman in the 2023 season … Finished the season with a .261 batting average with 58 hits over 222 at-bats … Connected on 10 doubles and a team-high 19 home runs … Scored 46 runs and drove in a team-best 62 RBIs … Drew a team-high 32 walks and was hit by 15 pitches … Posted a .389 on-base percentage and a team-high .563 slugging percentage … Was 2-for-4 in stolen base attempts … Posted a .969 fielding percentage with 59 putouts and 96 assists while committing five errors … Fourth on the team with 17 multi-hit games … Led the Sycamores with 18 multi-RBI contests … Season-high eight-game hitting streak from February 25 – March 8 … Posted a 23-game on-base streak from February 25 – April 7 … First home run of the 2023 season was a grand slam on February 21 against Florida Gulf Coast as a part of a five-RBI game against the Eagles … Recorded a trio of two-homer games in 2023 (Mitch Hannahs era record) coming against Valparaiso (Mar. 26), UIC (Apr. 2), and Ball State (May 9) … Drove in five RBIs on May 9 against Ball State going 2-for-3 from the plate with two homers and three runs scored … Added two four-RBI games against Valparaiso (Mar. 26) and Murray State (May 14) … Had two three-hit games in 2023 coming against UIC (Apr. 2) and Belmont (Apr. 15) … Scored three runs twice in 2023 coming against UIC (Apr. 2) and Ball State (May 9).

2022
  • Lined up and started in four games in the 2022 season before suffering a season-ending injury
  • Hit safely in all four games with three extra-base hits (one double, two home runs)
  • Homered against both Marshall (Feb. 20) and Ohio State (Feb. 20)
  • Drove in four RBI and scored four runs
  • Was hit by three pitches
  • Posted a team-best 1.100 slugging percentage and a .600 on-base percentage
  • Finished the season with a .400 batting average
  • Recorded a .875 fielding percentage over eight chances (four putouts, three assists)
2021
  • Lined up in 33 games earning 22 starts in the 2021 season
  • Finished the year with a .174 batting average with 15 hits in 86 at-bats
  • Posted one double and five home runs, while adding 12 runs scored and 12 RBI
  • Drew 13 walks and was hit by two pitches
  • Recorded three multi-hit games and four multi-RBI contests
  • Posted a pair of three-hit games (Mar. 5 vs. FIU, Apr. 2 vs. Saint Louis)
  • Homered against Tennessee, FIU, Florida Atlantic, UAB, and Dallas Baptist
Prior to Indiana State
Played two seasons at Sinclair CC ... Played in 74 games hitting .380 with a .505 on-base percentage and a .752 slugging percentage ... Hit 22 home runs, including 9 in 2019 ... Hit 16 doubles, four triples and drove in 97 runs ... Lettered in baseball at Walnut Hills High School.

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'0" 195 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Infielder
    5'10" 202 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Infielder
    5'10" 205 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2024Redshirt Senior

    IF
    5'10" 205 lbs
    25