2014 Nebraska Baseball 12 ncaa tournaments
THREE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES
98 all-america certificates
Michael Pritchard
#4
Sr. | OF | 6-0 | 180 | B/T: L/L | Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) Honors & Awards
• Three Letters (2011, 2012, 2013) • Third-Team NCBWA All-American (2012) • Second-Team Preseason NCBWA All-American (2013) • HM Preseason College Baseball Insider All-American (2013) • Second-Team Perfect Game Summer All-American (2013) • Second-Team ABCA All-Midwest Region (2012) • First-Team All Big Ten (2012) • Second-Team All-Big (2013) • Big Ten All-Tournament Team (2012) • 2012 Dairy Queen Classic Silver Stick Award • 2012 Dairy Queen Classic All-Tournament Team
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2013: Injuries cost Michael Pritchard 10 games in 2013, but the preseason secondteam All-American still finished the season tied for the team lead in doubles (13), while also raking fourth on the squad in both hits (66) and runs scored (34) • Also ranked third on the team with 20 multi-hit games • Made Husker history by becoming the first player at Nebraska to produce a pair of hitting streaks of 20 or more games • Produced the third-longest streak in school history at 25 games in 2012 and followed with a 20-game streak in 2013 • Ended the season with an active 42-game on-base streak • The longest streak since Luke Gorsett reached in 48-straight games in 2006 • Went 6-for-23 at the Big Ten Tournament and had at least one hit in five of the six postseason games • Went 0-for-3 in the final game of the season against Indiana in the Big Ten title game, but did draw a pair of walks to extend his on-base streak • Extended his on-base streak to 35 games with a 3-for-4 night against Michigan on May 17 • Notched his 13th double of the season, stole his fourth base of the year and drove in a run in the 9-6 win • Was 2-for-3 against Michigan on May 16 • Was also walked twice in the game, his third two-walk game of the season and seventh of his career • Was 2-for-4, both doubles, in an 8-0 series-clinching win over Minnesota on May 12 • Was the second time in his career he had roped two doubles in a game • Scored the eventual game-winning run in a 3-2 win over No. 16 Indiana on May 5 • Reached base on a one-out single and scored on a bases-loaded walk to Tanner Lubach • Stuck out twice in a game for just the third time in his career against No. 16 Indiana on May 4 • Notched his 10th double of the season in the 8-6 loss • Saw his 20-game hitting streak come to an end at Creighton on April 26 • Was 0-for-2 with an RBI, also walked and laid down a sac bunt • Became the first Husker in school history to put together two separate 20-game hitting streaks when he pushed his 2013 streak to 20 games with a double in the first inning against Kansas State on April 24 • Pushed his hitting streak to 17 games with a two-out single in the first inning of game one of a doubleheader at Purdue on April 20 • Extended it to 18 games with a one-out double in the fourth inning of game two • Was 2-for-4 against Ohio State on April 14, his third multi-hit game of the weekend • Drove in a career-high four RBIs at Iowa on April 6 in a 12-8 NU win • Came up twice with the bases loaded, delivered a two-RBI double and a two-RBI single • Had a pair of hits in each of the first two games against Northwestern, aiding in NU’s sweep of the Wildcats • Was 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored at Kansas State on March 26 • Roped his third double of the year in game one of a doubleheader at Illinois on March 23 • Scored two runs and walked twice at Illinois on March 22 • Produced his first multi-hit game of the season on March 19 at No. 8 Cal State Fullerton with a double and two singles • Also notched his first RBI of the season on the night • Hit his first double of the season at No. 25 UC Irvine on March 15 and scored the Huskers’ only run in 2-1 loss • Returned to the Husker lineup for a doubleheader at Louisiana
Pritchard’s Career Statistics
Category At-Bats: Runs: Hits: Doubles: Triples: Homeruns: RBIs: Walks: Stolen Bases:
Pritchard’s Career Highs High 7 4 4 2 1 -- 4 2 2
Entering 2014 Hitting Streak Multi-Hit Games Multi-RBI Games
Opponent (Last time) Northwestern Louisiana Tech 3x (Michigan State) 2x (Minnesota) Ohio State -- Iowa 9x (Indiana) Louisiana Tech
25 (March 23, 2012 - May 8, 2012) 47 (20 in 2013; 21 in 2012; 6 in 2011) 8 (3 in 2013; 4 in 2012; 1 in 2011)
Tech on March 9 after missing 10 games due to injury • Injured during the first game of doubleheader at No. 22 Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 16. • Produced a single to lead off the first game of the season at CSU Bakersfield on Feb. 15. 2012: Pritchard was named a third-team All-American by the NCBWA after putting together one of the best seasons by a Husker hitter in recent memory, as he tied Derek Dukart (1994) for the third-longest hitting streak in school history at 25 games • Streak started in the Huskers’ Big Ten opener against Illinois on March 23, when he produced two hits, and came to an end in the series opener against Minnesota on May 11 • Notched a pair of hits 10 times during the streak, including three or more hits twice • Teammate Richard Stock ended the season with a 21-game hitting, marking the first time in school history that a pair of teammates put together 20-game hitting streaks in the same season • Also a first-team All-Big Ten selection, led the Huskers with a .387 batting average and produced a team-high 82 hits, tying him with Adam Bailey (2010) for the most hits by a Husker in a season since Ryan Wehrle had 84 in 2006 • Led the Huskers with a .447 on-base percentage and was one of the toughest outs in the country with just 10 strikeouts in 212 at bats • His one strikeout for every 21.2 at bats ranked eighth in the country, and he was one of just two players from a BCS conference to rank in the top 10 • During the regular season, he led the Big Ten with a .379 average and was sixth in the league in hits with 75 • Among other Big Ten designated hitters, no other DH in the league had more than 50 hits on the year and Pritchard’s 10 doubles were the most among Big Ten designated hitters • Hit .333 with 32 hits and 22 runs scored in 24 Big Ten games • Continued to swing a hot bat into the postseason with a 7-for-14 performance at the Big Ten Tournament, including a perfect 4-for-4 day in the Huskers’ opener against Michigan State • Was named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team • Was named to the Dairy Queen Classic All-Tournament Team and took home the Silver Stick Award as the tournament’s top hitter, going 5-for-8 on the weekend with one double, three RBIs and four runs scored. 2011: Pritchard saw action in 34 games, including 19 starts, as a freshman • Started at designated hitter in the final seven games of the season • Hit .304 on the season
Year Avg GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2011 .304 34 19 92 15 28 1 0 0 7 .315 12 2 11 1 .393 1 4 1-4 11 0 0 1.000 2012 .387 57 53 212 51 82 10 0 0 22 .434 21 2 10 6 .447 0 3 6-9 38 2 1 .976 2013 .333 49 49 198 34 66 13 1 0 18 .409 22 0 18 7 .396 2 11 4-6 34 1 0 1.000 TOTAL .351 140 121 502 100 176 24 1 0 47 .402 55 4 39 14 .417 3 18 11-19 83 3 1 .989 2014 NEBRASKA BASEBALL I HUSKERS.COM I THISISNEBRASKA.COM
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