Andrew Slania
Andrew Slania
Player Profile
Hometown:
Houston, Texas

High School:
Strake Jesuit

Last College:
San Diego City College

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 185

Position:
C

Birthdate:
01/04/1980

Bats/Throws:
R/R

Graduated:
2003

IN 2003 – Posted a .250 average with 11 RBI … ranks third in school history in career putouts with 780 … gunned down 13 potential base stealers to rank sixth in C-USA … went 3-for-4 in the season finale at UAB after singling in the first game of the series … recorded a career-high 18 putouts in the first game of the Cincinnati series … singled and scored in the series opener at Memphis … picked up a single in the wooden bat game against Missouri … singled and scored twice in the first game against No. 22 Tulane … picked up two RBI against McKendree … drove in the team’s only run in the series finale at Houston … was 2-for-3 in each of the first two games of the South Florida series … recorded an RBI single and scored at SMS … had a hit in each of the first two games at Louisville … picked up a hit in the first game of the Charlotte series … was 2-for-3 with a double and a pair of RBI against Evansville … picked up an RBI at SEMO … went 2-for-2 with a ninth-inning RBI in the second game of the UIC series … drove in a run with a 2-for-4 day at UT-Martin … picked up an RBI against Evansville.

IN 2002 – Hit .255 on the season with 14 RBI … raised his average 30 points over the final six games of the season, recording multiple hits in all but two of those games … four of his five multiple-RBI games came against C-USA opponents … caught 19 runners attempting to steal … went 3-for-4 in the second game at Cincinnati … posted doubles for both of his hits in the first game of the UC series … recorded two hits against Southern Illinois … picked up two RBI on a pair of singles in the Memphis series finale … went 2-for-4 against SEMO … came up with a two-run single in the ninth inning of the second game of the Southern Miss series to cut the lead to 5-4 … recorded a pair of hits, including his fifth double of the season, at Bradley … picked up a pair of RBI in the series opener against UAB … recorded a career-high four hits, scored twice and drove in a run against Eastern Illinois … plated two runs, including the game winner, with a single in the first inning of the series finale at Tulane … posted multiple hits with a 2-for-4 day against Arkansas … picked up a hit and an RBI in the second game at South Florida … matched his career high with three hits at Lipscomb … hit a bases-clearing double in the seventh inning of the first game of the WIU to give the Bills their first lead of the game at 5-3.

IN 2001 – Posted a .261 average … had 23 RBI and four home runs … his 285 putouts are in the program's single-season top 10 … his 17-game hit streak from Mar. 28 to Apr. 24 was the longest by a Billiken in the season … hit .282 against C-USA teams with 12 RBI … went 3-for-5 with three RBI in the second game of the Charlotte series … in the pivotal eighth inning of that game he was 2-for-2 with two RBI … went 2-for-5 in each of the final two games at Memphis … saw his 17-game hit streak come to an end in the wooden-bat game against Missouri when he hit as the DH … went 2-for-4 with a run scored in the first game against Missouri … hit his fourth home run of the season to tie the game in the seventh inning of the series opener against Cincinnati … went 2-for-4 with an RBI as the designated hitter at Bradley … went 3-for-4 at SMS … posted a career-high four RBI on 2-for-4 hitting that included home runs in back-to-back at-bats in the Tulane series finale … was a perfect 3-for-3 with his first career home run at SEMO … went 2-for-3 in the first game at UofL … finished the UAB series with a 3-for-4 day at the plate … gave the Bills a 2-1 lead with an RBI double in the sixth inning of game two at UAB … drove in the game-winning run on a fielder's choice in the sixth inning of the second UIC game … drove in his first run in the season opener against Iowa State.

AT SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE – All-Pacific Coast Conference catcher for Coach Chris Brown’s Knights.

AT STRAKE JESUIT – Played three years for Coach Bob Nottebart’s Crusaders … three-time All-State selection … hit a school-record .516 with 45 RBI his senior year … recorded a hit in 11-straight at-bats … helped team to back-to-back state championships his junior and senior years.

SLANIA'S CAREER STATS
Year G/GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-A BB PO A
2001 48/48 .261 176 16 46 4 0 4 23 1-3 16 285 31
2002 49/46 .255 165 13 42 7 0 0 14 2-4 13 299 33
2003 33/32 .250 112 11 28 2 0 0 11 2-2 8 196 27
Totals 130/126 .256 453 40 116 13 0 4 48 5-9 37 780 91

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