Jeff Schalk - 10
Jeff Schalk

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Wheaton, Ill.

High School:
Wheaton North

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 215

Position:
OF/1B

B/T:
L/R


2012 Conference USA All-Freshman Team
2012 Conference USA All-Tournament Team


2012 (Freshman)
· Named to the 2012 Conference USA All-Freshman Team and C-USA All-Tournament Team
· Appeared in 60 games, making 57 total starts, 48 in right field, six at DH and three at first base
· Finished with a .279 (61-for-219) batting average with three homers, nine doubles and 24 RBI
· Registered an on-base percentage of .376 and tied for team-high honors with 33 walks
· Stole four bases in five attempts
· Hit even better in league games at .309 (29-for-94) and reached base at a .398 clip with 14 walks
· Ranked in the top 10 in league batting average and on-base percentage for most of the season
· Posted 18 multi-hit games, including six three-hit contests
· Reached base in 19 straight games (March 21-April 21)
· Produced nine multi-hit C-USA games
· Went 6-for-14 (.429) one homer, three runs scored and four RBI in three-game series at UCF (April 6-8)
· Roped two doubles, scored twice and collected two RBI vs. Gardner-Webb (April 20)
· Posted a 3-for-5 day with two runs, two RBI and a homer vs. Houston (April 28)
· Crushed a two-run homer and a run scoring double as part of a career-best three RBI day vs. Memphis in the C-USA Championship game (May 27)
· Two-run homer snapped a 2-for-35 slump over the previous 11 games
· Played summer baseball for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod League

High School

· Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 46th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft
· A three-year varsity player at Wheaton North High School for coach Dan Schoessling
· A three-time all-conference selection and named all-area as a senior
· Earned 2011 DuPage Valley Conference Player of the Year
· Holds Wheaton North records in career homers (17) and RBI (100)
· Collected three homers, 25 RBI and hit .358 in final season
· Hit better than .340 and roped 25 or more RBI in each season at Wheaton North

Personal
Jeffrey Craig Schalk .. born July 19, 1992 ... son of Jim and Pat Schalk ... has one brother ... majoring in business management.

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