2017: Clyde A. Lamb Award … Academic All-OAC … appeared in 35 games, made 31 starts … finished tied for first on the team with 10 doubles … lead the team with 26 RBIs … blasted one home run … tallied 34 hits in 126 at bats, for an average of .270 … scored 16 times … stole one base … drew 11 walks … finished second on the team with 47 total bases … went 3-for-6 with a double, run scored and RBI against Wittenberg on March 29 … drove in a season-high three RBIs in a 2-for-5 game against John Carroll no May 7 … accumulated 26 assists and eight putouts, including two double plays.
2016: Third Team Academic All-American … Second Team All-Region, ABCA/Rawlings … Third Team All-Region, D3Baseball.com … First Team All-OAC … Academic All-OAC … First Team Academic All-District … finished tied for first in the OAC with a .415 batting average … finished fifth in the OAC with 43 RBIs, led the team … finished second in the OAC with seven home runs, led the team … led the team with a .672 slugging percentage … led the team with 84 total bases … second on the team with 12 doubles … third on the team with 30 runs scored … recorded 16 multi-hit games, six of them were three or more hits … tallied 12 mutli-RBI games, which led the team … produced four or more RBIs in four different games … recorded a seven game hitting streak, twice during the season … belted a home run in three consecutive games … went 2-for-4 with five RBIs, a home run, double and two runs scored against Lyndon St. on Feb. 27 … went 5-for-5 with two RBIs, two runs scored, a home run and a double in a game against Mount Union on April 16 … accumulated 24 putouts, assisted on 48 outs.
2015: Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference … Ohio Athletic Conference Honorable Mention … started in all 36 games he played in … led the team in hits (51) in 136 appearances at the plate for a batting average of .375 (second on the team) … led the team with 32 RBIs, scoring 16 himself … team high in home runs (2) and doubles (11) … walked 11 times to raise his on-base percentage to .447 … stole three bases in the season … batted in three runs and recorded three hits in the season opener against Brandeis in the 18-6 Capital victory on Feb. 21 …doubled twice and scored two runs on March 14 in the 5-4 loss to DePauw … batted in three runs and hit a double to help Capital avenge the loss earlier in the day with a 12-7 victory over Muskingum on March 21 … doubled and registered three total hits with four runs batted in for Capital’s win in the 17-12 thriller against Heidelberg on April 10 … hit two doubles and walked to score a run on April 11 in an 11-7 defeat at the hands of Mount Union … recorded three hits and two RBIs in the second loss of the day to Mount Union on April 11 … homered and had three total hits when Capital fell to John Carroll 6-4 on April 19 … sent one over the fence and hit two more times in an effort that fell short against Ohio Northern on April 26 … had four hits, including a double, with an RBI and scored an run against Ohio Wesleyan in the 11-6 victory on April 30 … racked up two RBIs and a hit in the 6-3 loss to Baldwin Wallace on May 1 … had two runs batted in off of two hits in the final game of the season, a loss to Baldwin Wallace on May 1.
2014: Appeared in 31 games and made 28 starts … hit .252 (27-of-107) with 11 runs scored and nine runs batted in … tied for second on the team with seven doubles … drew six walks and was hit by three pitches … stole one base … finished 3-for-4 in the Crusaders’ 6-5 victory over Hanover (Ind.) on Feb. 25 in Florida … posted a walk-off, infield single to knock in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning of Capital’s 7-6 triumph over Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.) on Feb. 28 in Florida, part of a three-hit performance … recorded four consecutive multi-hit games from March 20-26, including a three-hit, two-run performance at Mount St. Joseph (March 26) … finished 2-for-5 with a run scored in the Crusaders’ 4-3 win at Wilmington on April 6.
Personal: Majoring in business management and leadership … parents are Gary and Lori Bastin … attended Lexington High School, where he participated in baseball, basketball, and golf … earned second team All-Ohio and academic All-Ohio honors … played for coach Jeff Strickler at Lexington … career ambition is to pursue a career in the insurance agency.
