Eastern Michigan Athletics
2012 Baseball Roster
Roster
Ben Magsig
- Position:
- IF
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Okemos, Mich.
- High School:
- Okemos (Lansing C.C.)
EMU: 2011: Played in 58 games, starting 56 primarily as the Eagles’ everyday third baseman…Batted .316 (65-for-206) with 12 doubles, four home runs, 33 RBI and 41 runs scored …Also drew team-best 31 walks, giving him 67 for his career which ranks 20th all-time at EMU…Recorded 17 multi-hit games including two four-hit efforts…Went 4-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored in an 11-4 win over Akron, April 17…Went 4-for-6 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored in an 18-2 victory over Toledo, May 13…2010: Made 39 starts in first season at EMU, mostly as the everyday third baseman…Missed the final month of the season after suffering a broken thumb…Finished the season with a team-best .331 batting average and .495 on-base percentage…Led the team with 36 walks (fifth in MAC)…Had a career-best four hits at West Virginia, March 21, after driving in a career-high six runs at WVU, March 20…Hit first home run in an EMU uniform at Belmont, March 5…Walked four times at South Alabama, Feb. 28, and at Arkansas-Little Rock, March 3...Lansing C.C.: Had a stellar 2009 season, winning the Division II Junior College batting title after hitting .557 with a .710 on-base percentage, while tallying three homers, nine doubles, four triples, and 31 RBI…Tallied 19 multiple hit games in his final season at LCC…Earned Academic All-American accolades…High School: A four-year letterwinner for the Chieftains…Named the Lansing State Journal Player of the Year as a senior after batting .564 with seven homers, 17 doubles, two triples, and a .701 on-base percentage…Was an all-league, all-district, all-region, all-state selection as a senior…Personal: Full Name: Benjamin James Magsig…Son of Phil and Sally Magsig…Father was a three-year letter-winner at Michigan State University from 1979-81…Has one brother, Bailey…Born: 1-23-89…Major: Mathematics.
