2015 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 3
Casey Fletcher
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 175
- Position:
- OF
- Hometown:
- Oakwood, Ill.
- High School:
- Oakwood
Senior - 2015
- First-team All-Big Ten outfielder (second career honor - third-team in 2014)
- Hit .326 with 48 runs, three home runs and 33 RBI
- Ranked fifth in the Big Ten in walks (35), 10th in on-base percentage (.423) and runs (48) and 14th in hits (74)
- Had a hit in all five games of the NCAA Tournament, notching four hits during the NCAA Regional and two hits during the NCAA Super Regional
- Drew five walks during the Big Ten Tournament (5/20-23)
- Big Ten Player of the Week (April 20-26) after hitting .500
- Went 4-for-4 with two runs and an RBI vs. Purdue (4/11), marking his second four-hit game of the year
- Scored a season-high three runs vs. Northwestern (4/5)
- Combined for five hits and four runs in the Michigan State series (March 28-30)
- Turned in a career-best 12-game hitting streak from March 2-22
- Hammered third home run vs. USF (3/21)
- Recorded two RBI vs. Lindenwood-Belleville (3/18)
- Hit game-winning home run vs. Southern Illinois (3/15)
- Belted first home run of season vs. Kent State (3/1)
- Game winning RBI in 1-0 win vs. Ball State (2/27)
- Scored three runs and had four hits at Florida Gulf Coast (2/20)
- Went 4-for-5 with three RBI and three runs at Florida Gulf Coast (2/20)
Junior - 2014
- Third-team All-Big Ten outfielder
- Led the Illini with six home runs, which ranked fourth in the Big Ten
- Tied for 12th in the Big Ten with a team-high slugging percentage of .450 along with ranking third on the team with a .308 average and fourth with 27 RBI
- Headlined the Louisville Slugger National Players of the Week list from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, was recognized as a Week 12 Top Performer on NCAA.com and was selected as the Big Ten Player of the Week on May 6
- Hit .471 (8-for-17) with two walk-off winners, five home runs, 10 RBI and a 1.353 slugging percentage to lead Illinois to a perfect 4-0 record from April 30-May 4
- Had third consecutive game-winning hit with a bases-loaded, two-run single in the sixth inning at Iowa (5/9)
- Notched second consecutive walk-off hit with a two-run single against Michigan State (5/4)
- Went 3-for-5 with two home runs and slapped his first career walk-off hit with an RBI single in the 10th inning against Michigan State (5/3)
- Became seventh Illini to hit three home runs in a game when he went deep three times and finished 3-for-4 with a career-high five RBI vs. Southern Illinois (4/30)
- Hit .400 (4-for-10) to lead the Illini at the Big Ten Tournament
- Had a career-long seven-game hitting streak from May 3-16: 12-for-31 (.387)
- Went 3-for-7 (.429) with three RBI during the Indiana series
- Hit first career home run as an Illini vs. Xavier (3/22) and excelled during the Xavier series, hitting .500 with three runs, three doubles, a home run and two RBI
- Had a career-high four hits to go along with scoring the winning run on a walk-off suicide squeeze vs. Xavier (3/23)
- Posted a .400 average (4-for-10) with two walks and two RBI in the SIU series
- Made 47 starts with 45 in right field and two in left field
- Played for the Rochester Honkers of the Northwoods League along with Illini teammates Reid and Ryne Roper during the summer
At Kankakee Community College
- Played two years for the Cavaliers and was a two-time NJCAA All-American, earning a third-team honors in 2012 and 2013
- Two-time first-team All-Region IV selection
- Drove in 69 RBI in 2013, ranking as the second-highest total in NJCAA Division II baseball
- Hit .381 and led the Cavaliers with 65 hits, 23 doubles and a .529 slugging percentage as a sophomore outfielder
- Also served as the team closer in 2013, racking up eight saves with a 0.71 ERA
- Hit .397 with 58 RBI as a freshman designated hitter at KCC
- His 127 career RBI rank as the second-most in KCC history
- Also played two years for the Danville Dans in the Prospect League, where he was twice named an All-Star.
High School
- Hit .450 as a senior while posting a 4-2 record, 3.45 ERA and 48 strikeouts on the mound
- Named 2010 Commercial-News Baseball Player of the Year as a junior, batting .516 with 41 RBIs and 48 hits and compiling a 9-2 record, 2.02 ERA and 93 strikeouts
- Earned all-county and all-conference honors as a junior and senior
- Four-year letterwinner in baseball and also played basketball, football and golf.
Personal
- Born Jan. 1, 1993
- Parents are Darrin and Sheila Fletcher
- Father, Darrin, was an All-American baseball player at Illinois and lettered from 1985-87 before beginning a 13-year MLB career
- Grandfather, Tom, lettered for the Illini in 1962 and reached the MLB
- Has two siblings, a sister, Preslie, and a brother, Koby
- Favorite athlete is LeBron James
- Majoring in communication
- Plans to pursue coaching at the collegiate level following graduation.
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