Stephen Batts-Laney High School

Stephen Batts

Hometown: Wilmington, NC
High School: E. A. Laney High School
Position: Infielder
B/T: R/R
As of March 2008

Proven right-hander hitter that can hit for average and power while using the entire field ... Very athletic defensively and can play multiple positions ... Enters season with a 29-game hitting streak which ranks as the second-longest active streak in the nation ... Named preseason first-team All-Conference USA honors as an infielder (coaches) ... One of two Pirates to be named to the 2008 Brooks Wallace Player-of-the-Year Award Pre-Season Watch List (T.J. Hose being the other) ... Listed as the No. 4 best prospect in the Coastal Plain League in 2007 by Baseball America ...

2007: Established a new school record by hitting safely in 29 consecutive games, which started on April 13 and was active when the season ended ... Had the fifth longest hit streak in the nation ... During that span he hit .342 (41-for-12) ... Named to 2007 C-USA All-Tournament squad after batting .333 (6-for-18) with two doubles, four RBI, three runs scored and one stolen base ... Earned NCAA All-Region honors (Chapel Hill Regional) with a .429 average (6-for-14) with a home run, five RBI, three doubles and five runs scored ... Batted .323 (73-for-26) with six home runs, 56 RBI, 15 doubles and 43 runs scored ... Collected 21 multi-hit games and has 34 for his career ... Had 16 multi-RBI games with a career-high five RBI coming against UNC Wilmington (3/28) ... Recorded 18 two-hit games ... Ranked among C-USA leaders (all games) in fielding DPs (2nd); RBI and chances (4th); triples (t-4th); putouts (5th); and slugging percentage (10th) ... Started 59-of-61 games played (52 at 1B, 3 at 2B, 2 at 3B and 2 at DH) ... Ranked second on the team with a .323 average ... Pounded out hits in 49-of-61 games played ... His 28 walks ranked second on the team ... Posted a .979 fielding percentage with 44 assists, while committing 11 errors in 530 chances ... Went deep in back-to-back games against Marshall (4/13) and ODU (4/18) ... Set a new career-high with five RBI against UNC-Wilmington (3/28) ... Tied career-highs in at-bats, hits, runs, home runs and stolen bases ... When hitting in the third, fourth and fifth spots in the order, ECU posted a 34-18 record ... Had better success against right-handed pitchers (.337/58-for-172) than lefties (.278/15-for-54) ... Sported the second-best average (.462) with the bases loaded; third-best when leading off an inning (.333), with runners in scoring position (.376/32-for-85, 4 HRs, 6 doubles and 53 RBI) and with the bases empty (.333) ... Collected a team-best nine hits when batting in the second inning (.333) and a team-best 12 hits when batting in the fourth (.400) ... Ranked among the team leaders in slugging percentage and triples, RBI (first); average, doubles, hits, runs scored and total bases (second); at-bats, on-base percentage, stolen bases, total plate appearances and walks (third); home runs (t-3rd) ... When leading off an inning, batted .333 with 14 hits ... Batted .376 (32-for-85) with a team-best four home runs, six doubles and 53 RBI with runners in scoring position ... With the bases juiced, drove in 18 runs, batted .462 (6-for-13) ... Batted .265 (22-for-83) in 22 conference games, while hitting .357 (42-for-116) in non-conference action ... Ranked second on the squad with a .342 average, four home runs and 44 RBI at Clark-LeClair Stadium ... Month-by-month analysis includes February (.346, 0 HR, 8 RBI), March (.344, 1 HR, 21 RBI), April (.293, 3 HR, 13 RBI), May (.297, 1 HR, 9 RBI) and June (.429, 1 HR, 5 RBI) ... Played summer ball for Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League (2007) ... Batted .341 (59-for-173) with 4 HRs, 23 RBI, 12 doubles and 35 runs scored for the Sharks ... Named to CPL All-Star squad ... Earned CPL Rawlings Hitter-of-the-Week (7/11/07) ...

2006: As a redshirt freshman, started 36-of-48 games played serving as the teams top utility man ... Started seven games at first base, one at second, eight at third, 18 in left field and two as a designated hitter ... Was 44-for-131 with 26 runs scored, 15 RBI and eight extra-base hits ... Lone long ball came at home against Marshall 4/22 (solo) ... Drew 14 base-on-balls and struck out 31 times ... Committed only two errors in 154 chances, posting a .987 fielding percentage ... Had better success against left-handed pitchers (.389/14-for-36) versus right-handers (.316/30-for -95) ... Hit .286 (2-for-7) with runners in scoring position ... Batted .338 (23-for-68) with runners on base, fifth on the team ... Posted first start in left field in Pirate debut going 3-for-4 with a double, RBI and a run scored ... Recorded 13 multi-hit games (nine two-hit and four three-hit) ... Collected three hit contests against Maryland (2/10), Penn State (2/24), Albany (4/16) and Marshall (4/21) ... Recorded four multi-RBI games (three 2-RBI and one 3-RBI performance) ... Season-best six game hit streak lasted from Feb. 12 to Feb. 24 ... During that span he batted .428 with nine hits and six RBI ... Also posted three five-game hit streaks (Feb. 26-Mar. 5; Apr. 16-23; and May 7-14) ... Was perfect on the base paths swiping six bases including a pair against N.C. A&T (3/15) ... Found success hitting in the bottom of the lineup (6 thru 9 spots) batting .361 (34-for-94) ... Leading off an inning, hit a team-best .476 with 10 hits in 21 at-bats ... In non-conference action, collected 29 hits in 94 at-bats (.309) with one home run and 11 RBI ... Enjoyed success at home in 32 games with a .388 average (38-of-98) opposed to his .172 average in 14 games away from Clark-LeClair Stadium ... Batted .356 in day contests and .295 at night ... Ranked among the team leaders in stolen base percentage (first); on base percentage and fielding percentage (second); batting average (t-2nd), stolen bases (t-3rd); chances, putouts and fielding double plays (fifth) ... Month-by-month analysis includes February (.400, 0 HR, 10 RBI), March (.162, 0 HR, 0 RBI), April (.462, 1 HR, 2 RBI) and May (.357, 0 HR, 3 RBI) ... Played summer ball in the Coastal Plain League for the Wilmington Sharks ... Started 50-of-51 games played with a .233 average (47-of 202) ... Drove in 21 runs, while collecting six doubles, one triple and scoring 25 runs ... Stole 13-of -16 bases ...

2005: Redshirted ...

High School: A three-year baseball letterman at E.A. Laney High School (2002-04) ... A two-year all-conference selection ... Earned LHS's top offensive player honors all three years during varsity career while netting club's best defensive honors in `03 ... Helped guide team to second round of state playoffs as a junior and senior ... Earned four soccer letters, the last three as the Bucs' top goalkeeper ... A three-year all-state performer on the soccer field ... Capped illustrious soccer career with regional and Wilmington Star News Area Player-of the-Year honors ... Selected to play in the East- West All-Star Games in 2003 and 2004 ... Chosen as a North Carolina Scholar for outstanding work in the classroom ...

Personal: Full name is Stephen Craig Batts ... Nickname: "Batts" ... Born February 14, 1986 in Wilmington, N.C. ... Son of Ivan Batts and Joyce Midgett ... Has three siblings (Ashley, Brittany and Travis) ... Majoring in business ... Four-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll recipient (Spring '05, Spring '06, Fall '06 and Fall '07) ... Named to Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll twice (2005-06 and 2006-07).

CAREER HIGHS - at-bats: 5 (12 times, last vs. WCU 6/3/07); runs: 3 (two times, last vs. Savannah State 4/20/07); hits: 3 (seven times, last vs. UNC 6/2/07); RBI: 5 vs. UNCW (3/28/07); home runs: 1 (seven times, last vs. WCU 6/3/07); stolen bases: 2 (four times, last vs. UCF 5/13/07).

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