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O'Malley and Heller Earn All-MIAA Honors in Baseball
ANGOLA, IND. -- Trine University senior baseball player Kevin O'Malley (Commerce Twp., Mich./Walled Lake Central) and junior Jacob Heller (Fort Wayne, Ind./Prairie Heights) were both selected to the All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Teams for their individual efforts this season.
[2018 All-MIAA Teams]
O'Malley garnered first-team All-MIAA accolades and Heller was selected to the second-team.
O'Malley started all 39 games he played in this season and was second on the team in batting average at .397 with 56 hits (56-of-141). His 56 hits also ranked second on the team. He led the team in runs batted in (RBI) with 33, in addition to hitting one home run, two triples, 10 doubles and scored 21 runs. O'Malley had 18 multi-hit games with a season and career-high four hits three times and had 11 games with multiple RBI. In addition, he scored a single-game high of four runs in a win against PSU-Altoona early in the season.
In the conference, O'Malley currently ranks fourth in hits (56) and third in RBI (33). He also ranks in the top-10 in triples (10th) and seventh in total bases with 73.
Defensively, O'Malley had a .974 fielding percentage with 232 putouts and 30 assists as the team's starting catcher. He was also responsible for throwing out 15 potential base stealers which rank as the second most in the MIAA.
For his career, O'Malley played in 103 games and made 88 starts. He finishes with a .337 lifetime batting average (104-of-309) to go along with a pair of home runs, two triples, 17 doubles, scored 44 runs and drove in 56 runs. As a catcher, O'Malley threw out 34 base stealers which rank as the third most all-time in program history.
Heller capped a standout season with his first All-Conference selection after leading the team in batting average at .444 with 60 hits in 135 at-bats. His .444 average was also the best in the MIAA. Heller also led the team in doubles (12), runs scored (36), on-base percentage (.513), slugging percentage (.556), was tied for the team lead in stolen bases (six) and was second in RBI (29). Heller recorded 18 games with multiple hits that included three games with a season and career-tying high four hits. He also posted 11 games with two or more RBI and scored a career-best four runs in a win against PSU-Altoona.
In addition to leading the conference in batting average, Heller ranked in the top-10 in several other statistical categories including plate appearances (165 - 8th), runs (36 - 4th), doubles (12 - 3rd), RBI (29 - 9th), total bases (75 - 5th), on-base percentage (.512 - 2nd) and slugging percentage (.556 - 4th).
Heller already ranks in the top-10 in the Trine record books in several categories that includes batting average (.403 - 3rd), slugging percentage (.522 - 6th), on-base percentage (.490 - 1st), runs scored (94 - 5th), hits (140 - 9th), doubles (28 - t-4th) and RBI (67 - 10th).
As a team, the Thunder finished one win shy of the 20-win plateau (19-21 overall) that included a four-game sweep against Hope (Mich.) College, marking the first time in program history Trine has won four straight against the Flying Dutchmen. Trine also recorded a fourth-straight season with 15 or more victories.
August 27, 2018 Baseball Announces Dates for Winter Camps
August 17, 2018 Pfafman Promoted to Full-Time Assistant Baseball Coach
August 15, 2018 Thunder Baseball Earns Team Academic Honors
May 9, 2018 O'Malley and Heller Earn All-MIAA Honors in Baseball
May 6, 2018 Baseball Ends Season With Split Against Albion
May 4, 2018 Trine Splits With Albion
April 28, 2018 Thunder Drop Final Games of Series Against Adrian
April 27, 2018 Baseball Drops Opening Doubleheader Against Adrian
April 21, 2018 Trine Sweeps Season Series Against Hope
April 20, 2018 Baseball Wins Opening Doubleheader Against Hope With Pair of Walk-Offs
April 18, 2018 Trine Takes Olivet Series with Doubleheader Split
April 13, 2018 Ricci Goes Yard As Thunder Take First Games of Olivet Series
April 10, 2018 Thunder Sweep Final Games of Alma Series
April 8, 2018 Baseball Opens Alma Series With Pair of Tough Losses
April 5, 2018 Baseball Shut Out by Heidelberg
March 30, 2018 Trine Splits Final Games of Series Against Calvin
March 29, 2018 Thunder Drop Opening Doubleheader Against Calvin
March 26, 2018 Baseball Falls In Non-Conference Game Against ONU
March 23, 2018 Thunder Lose Both Games of Twinbill Against Kalamazoo
March 22, 2018 Trine Opens MIAA Play With Split Against Kalamazoo
March 17, 2018 Thunder Split With Duhawks
March 12, 2018 Heller Named MIAA "Position Player of the Week"
March 9, 2018 Baseball Ends Florida Trip With Split Against King's
March 8, 2018 Trine Baseball Defeated By Saint Vincent
March 7, 2018 High Scoring Offense Continues In Baseball's Win Against NJCU
March 6, 2018 Baseball Scores 22 Runs in Blowout Against PSU-Altoona
March 5, 2018 Thunder Score Five Unanswered Runs to Beat Saint Joseph's
March 4, 2018 Trine Opens Season With Split Against Central
February 9, 2018 Baseball Picked in a Tie for Fourth in MIAA Preseason Coaches Poll
September 21, 2017 Thunder Baseball Team Announces Holiday Camp Dates
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