| Mark McCormack |
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Notables: Named as a "Player to Watch" by Collegiate Baseball ... Will start in center field and bat leadoff ... Extremely gifted offensive player ... One of the best hitters in the conference ... Runs down balls in the outfield well.
2009: Enjoyed arguably the greatest rookie season in school history, hitting .392 (65-166) to place 11th in the league, while scoring a school-record 55 runs to rank ninth among LEC leaders ... Named the Little East Conference Rookie of the Week a league-high five straight weeks ... Earned the starting nod in all 41 contests and tied the school mark with 18 doubles to place sixth in the league, while cracking a team-high four home runs to contribute to a .584 slugging percentage to stand second on the team ... Drew a school-record tying 24 walks for the 10th-highest total in the league and owned a .475 on-base percentage to rank 13th in the LEC ... Set the UMass Boston freshman record for hits with 65, which placed him 10th among league leaders, while his 97 total bases put him second on the team and 16th in the Little East ... Stole 18 stolen bases in 21 attempts to rank eighth in the league ... Tied for the team lead with three sacrifice flies ... Registered 22 multi-hit outings to ranks second on the squad and put together a pair of hitting streaks that lasted at least seven games, including a 13-game streak that stretched from March 28 to April 17, where he hit .517 (30-58) with 20 RBI, 22 runs and 11 doubles during the string ... Hit safely in all but six of the 40 games that he had an at-bat in ...Did not go more than two straight games without a hit and that occurred just once ... Scored at least one run in 29 of 40 games and crossed the plate at least twice in 20 games that he made a plate appearance in, including a school-record matching five at Lasell College, where he went 5-6 with two doubles and two RBI on April 9 ... Scored at least one run in nine straight contests from April 5-17 ... Knocked in two or more runs in a game on 10 occasions, including a season-high of five RBI vs. Fontbonne University on March 20 and at UMass Dartmouth on April 5 ... Homered in both ends of the doubleheader at UMass Dartmouth for two of his team-high five game-winning RBIs ... Compiled four strings of three or more games of multiple hits, including a six-game span from April 9-17, where he collected 18 hits in 30 at-bats for a .600 mark ... Tied the school standard with three doubles at Suffolk University on April 14 ... Also made four appearances on the mound, including three starts, throwing 11 innings, while compiling a 0-1 record and a 9.00 earned run average ... Allowed two unearned runs in five and two-thirds innings on five hits and two walks, while striking out a batter vs. Hope College on March 18.
Personal/High School: Lettered three times for Shelton High School ... Named to the Connecticut All-State Team in 2008 for the Gaels ... Two-time selection to the All-Housatonic Conference Team ... Selected to the All-Valley team twice ... Honored as the Gaels Most Valuable Player in 2008 ... Played in the Connecticut Junior Select All-Star Game ... Born December 3, 1989 ... Son of Keith and Maureen McCormack ... Majoring in business.
