Eric Earnhart

Position:
Infielder
Height:
6-2
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Urbana, Ohio
High School:
Urbana

2006 (Jr.)
Started 56 games, including 49 a shortstop to earn his second letter . . . served as the team’s leadoff hitter for 29 games, including the final 23 . . . hit .297 for the season with 10 doubles, three home runs and 21 RBI . . . also stole a team-high 16 bases . . . recorded a team-best 20-game hitting streak from April 23 through June 2 and hit safely in 21 of Ball State’s final 22 games . . . logged 21 multiple-hit games, including a career-best five-hit performance against Valparaiso (April 4) . . . also drove in a season-best four runs and set a season-high with three runs scored vs. Valparaiso . . . matched his season-best in runs scored in back-to-back games, vs. Toledo (May 7) and vs. Indiana State (May 9) . . . scored two runs seven times, including in Ball State’s MAC Tournament Championship game victory over Kent State . . . had three hits on six occassions . . . homered vs. Miami (March 31), vs. Toledo (May 7) and at Indiana (May 16) . . . hit by a pitch a team-high eight times . . . struck out just 22 times in 264 plate appearances . . . ranked in the top five on the team in batting average (.297), on-base percentage (.378), runs scored (41) and hits (68).

2005 (So.)
Played in 39 games with 29 starts to earn his first letter at BSU . . . MAC All-Tournament Team . . . batted .321 with 35 hits -- including seven doubles and two triples -- in 109 at bats . . . posted 19 RBI and scored 15 runs . . . drove in the game-winning run against Oakland (March 20) . . . scored game-winning runs at Middle Tennessee (Feb. 18) and against Oakland (March 18) . . . scored two runs on two occasions -- versus Bowling Green (March 26) and at Marshall (May 13) . . . also knocked two doubles versus the Thundering Herd . . . had a season-high four hits at IPFW (May 17) and in the Cardinals’ initial game of the MAC Tourney versus Bowling Green (May 25), two of his 10 multi-hit games on the year . . . drove in three RBI against Wright State (May 21), one of five multiple-RBI games . . . stole five bases in nine attempts, including two against BGSU . . . tied the BSU single-season record for fielding percentage with a perfect 1.000 . . . posted 62 putouts and one assist . . . member of Great Lakes Collegiate League affiliate Delaware Cows.

WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2004 (Fr.)
Earned one letter for Coach Randy Putman . . . first team All-Alabama Junior and Community College Conference selection as a freshman . . . hit .328 with 11 doubles, one triple and one home run in his season at Wallace State . . . scored 40 runs, had 19 RBI and stole six bases . . . helped guide the program to a 28-24 overall record.

HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters in baseball for Coach Kevin Bowdle . . . four-time first team all-conference selection . . . conference Player of the Year as a sophomore and senior . . . first team all-state all four years . . . four-time team Most Valuable Player . . . belted a .639 batting average as a senior, with 14 doubles, three triples and six home runs . . . recorded 25 walks, while not striking out as a senior . . . scored 40 runs and had 36 RBI as a senior . . . set school record for batting average and longest hitting streak (26 games) . . . finished his career with a .486 average and 18 home runs . . . played club for the Columbus Cobras 18’s as a 16-year-old and 18-year-old, WBLY as a 17-year-old and Springfield Bulldogs as a 19-year-old . . . won one national championship with the Columbus Cobras 18’s . . . also a three-year letterwinner in basketball for Urbana . . . three-time all-conference selection and conference Most Valuable Player as a sophomore . . . three-time first team all-area selection . . . two-time all-state honorable mention.

PERSONAL
Majoring in marketing . . . born Nov. 16, 1984, in Springfield, Ohio . . . son of Mark and Vicki Earnhart . . . full name is Eric Keith Earnhart.