2016 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 10
Michael Hurwitz
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 190
- Position:
- INF
- Hometown:
- Springfield, Ill.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart-Griffin
Career Highs
- Hits: 4, twice (Iowa, 4/9/16)
- Doubles: 2, twice (Saint Louis, 4/16/16)
- Triples: 1, twice (Michigan, 5/23/13)
- Home Runs: 1, twice (Michigan, 5/20/16)
- Runs: 4 vs. Oakland, 3/30/13
- RBI: 4 vs. Purdue, 4/12/13
- Walks: 3, 5 times (Northern Illinois, 3/18/16)
- Stolen Bases: 2, twice (Northwestern, 4/4/14)
Redshirt-Senior - 2016
- Academic All-Big Ten
- 51 games played, 50 starts
- All 50 starts at second base
- .276 (50-181), 32 R, 10 2B, 1 HR, 16 RBI, 27 BB, 28 SO
- Tied for the team lead in doubles (10)
- Led the team in runs (32) and walks (27)
- Second on the team in on-base percentage (.392)
- Second on the team in batting average in Big Ten games (.300, 27-90)
- Tied for the team lead in runs in Big Ten games (12)
- Fourth on the team in two-out RBIs (9)
- Career-long 15-game hitting streak April 3-29
- Hit .429 (27-63) during 15-game hitting streak
Redshirt-Junior - 2015
- Medical redshirt
Junior - 2014
- Drew a team-high 36 walks, which ranked third in the Big Ten
- Led the Illini in on-base percentage at .399, which ranked 11th in the Big Ten
- Opening Day starter at second base and made five starts at the position along with 34 starts at designated hitter and one at third base
- Hit .198 with 21 runs and 13 RBI for the season
- Went 3-for-8 (.375) in the Penn State series sweep
- Walked six times and scored five runs in the Northwestern series
- Walked five times and had three runs and three RBI in the Purdue series
- Equaled a season-high three hits against Xavier (3/22) and went 3-for-4 with an RBI at Western Kentucky (3/8)
- Had an RBI in each of the first three games at Georgia State
- Recorded a season-high three hits and two runs at Georgia State (2/15)
- Played for the Wisconsin Rapids River Rafters of the Northwoods League along with Illini teammates Nick Blackburn and John Kravetz during the summer
Sophomore - 2013
- Served as the designated hitter, posting a .296 average with 38 runs, 33 RBI and 12 doubles in 55 games
- Tied for second in the Big Ten in walks (39) and ranked eighth in OBP (.415)
- Posted a career day vs. Purdue (4/12), finishing a career-best 4-for-5 with four RBI, two runs and two doubles
- Went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI vs. Penn State (5/10)
- Turned in a career-high nine-game hitting streak from March 18-April 2 during which he hit .394 (13-for-33)
- Scored a career-high four runs in game one of the doubleheader vs. Oakland (3/30) after going 2-for-2 with two walks
- Had the game-winning pinch hit RBI vs. Southern Illinois (3/18) in the top of the 10th
- Hit his first career home run at Baylor (3/8) and scored the game-winning run during a ninth-inning comeback in the series opener in Waco
- Stole first two bases of his career at Tennessee Tech (2/16) and notched seven on the year
Freshman - 2012
- Played in 28 games on the season, starting eight
- Started five games at second base and three at designated hitter
- Hit .075, going 3-for-40 with a double, a triple and four runs scored
- Started the first five games of his collegiate career, - the first two at DH, then three at second base - but hit only 3-for-21
- Served as Illinois' leadoff hitter in his first five collegiate games
- Reached base at a .357 clip when leading off an inning
- Played for the Springfield Sliders of the Prospect League along with Illini teammates Chase Hainline, David Kerian and Rob McDonnell during the summer
High School
- Ranked the No. 58 prospect in the state by Prep Baseball Report
- Hit .355 during 2011 with a .512 on-base percentage, 24 runs scored and 17 runs batted in
- Hit .438 in 2010 with 27 stolen bases and 45 runs scored
- Earned IHSBCA Class 3A All-State honors in 2010 and 2011
- Named an All-Central State 8 selection in 2010
- Named to the CABA World Series All-Tournament team in 2010 after leading his team to a second-place finish
- Played in the 2010 Springfield State Journal-Register All-Star game.
Personal
- Born June 3, 1993
- Parents are Joe and Anna Hurwitz
- Majoring in community health with a concentration in health planning and administration
- Has two brothers, Jake and Henry, and one sister, Mimi
- Hobbies include hunting, fishing and hanging out with friends
- Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter because of how he handles himself on and off the field
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Thursday, February 13
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