Eastern Michigan Athletics
2008 Baseball Roster
Roster
Josh Ivan
- Position:
- IF
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Belleville, Mich.
- High School:
- Belleville
EMU: Returns as the starting second baseman…2007: Started 47 of 50 games played...Ranked fifth on the team in hits (42)...Batted .237 with 23 runs scored, 15 RBI, seven doubles and two home runs...His best game from the plate came at Tennesse (Feb. 9) in a 7-4 loss, going 3-for-4 with one run scored, two RBI and a home run...2006: Named to the 2006 All-MAC Academic Team with 3.62 GPA…Started at second base in all 54 games this season…Ranked third on the team with a .293 batting average…Notched a 22-game hitting streak, which began in a road game against Miami University (April 9) and ended at home versus Western Michigan (May 18)...It was the longest hitting streak since junior Derek Lehrman notched a 16-game streak from 4-27-05 thru 5-15-05 in 2005...The streak was the longest in the MAC in 2006 and is the longest since Buffalo’s Mike Follie hit in 22 straight games during the 2005 season…Notched two or more hits in 16 games…Tallied 63 hits, 15 RBI and 32 runs scored…Second on the team with 137 put-outs defensively...2005: Appeared in 46 games, making 31 starts...Batted .255 for the season, with 27 hits and 17 runs scored...Had a .321 slugging percentage and a .320 on base percentage...Stole four bases in six attempts...Went 3-for-5 at the plate at Ball State (May 1), with a double, two RBI and two runs scored...Was a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate at Michigan (May 4), with a double...Went 3-for-4 at Central Michigan (May 21) with his first-career triple...High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner for the Tigers...Was an All-Mega Red Conference selection in all three seasons, leading his team to the regional finals as a junior...Was a three-sport standout, also lettering in basketball and cross country...Personal: Full name: Joshua Luke Ivan...Son of Richard and Brenda Ivan...Has one sister, Brittany...Born: 9-22-85...Major: Finance.
