Joe Mack

Position:
Catcher/First Base
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Crown Point, Ind.
High School:
Andrean

2007 (Fr.)
Played in 36 games with eight starts to earn his first letter . . . played both first base and third base while serving as the team’s top pinch hitter off the bench . . . hit .298 for the season with two home runs and nine RBI in 57 at bats . . . hit safely in his first four collegiate appearances (Feb. 17-24) . . . made his first collegiate start against Indianapolis (March 27), racking up season-highs of three hits and four RBI . . . belted his first career home run in the Indianapolis game . . . added his second homer of the season versus IPFW (May 15) to go along with three RBI . . . recorded his second multiple-hit game of the season at Ohio (April 8).

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered two years at Andrean for coach Dave Pishkur and one year at Roncalli . . . played first base and third base . . . first team All-State and an Indiana Noth/South All-Star as a senior in 2006 . . . also an Indiana Mr. Baseball nominee . . . first team All-Lake Athletic Conference as a senior and second team as a junior . . . twice a first team All-Area selection . . . finished his career at Andrean as the school’s record-holder for career batting average (.478), career slugging percentage (.806), hits in a season (54 as a senior) and doubles in a season (18 as a senior) . . . finished his career with 13 home runs and 117 RBI . . . logged a .524 batting average as a senior with 18 doubles, five home runs, 48 RBI and a .864 slugging percentage . . . named team MVP his senior season . . . helped the 59ers to their first state championship and a USA Today ranking of No. 8 in the Midwest as a junior in 2005 . . . also led Andrean to a sectional championship in 2006 and helped Roncalli to a sectional crown in 2004.

PERSONAL
Major is undecided . . . born Nov. 18, 1987, in Indianapolis, Ind. . . . son of Robert and Roberta Mack . . . has three sisters . . . cousin Ross Weaver played football for Air Force . . . full name is Joseph Robert Mack.