HALL OF FAME
The only two-time baseball All-American at SIUE, Mark Bugger (1998-2001) broke numerous school records at SIUE, including the NCAA Division II hits record. An All-American at shortstop in 2000 and at second base in 2001, he completed his collegiate career with 356 hits and was the first ever to record 100 hits in a single season. He set the bar early in his career with 84 hits, the most ever by a Cougar freshman, and would go on to finish his career with a .394 batting average, 230 games played, 903 at bats, 204 runs scored, 57 doubles, 16 triples, and 20 home runs. His teams advanced to the NCAA Championships twice, including a College World Series appearance in 2001.
2000: Named second team All-American, first team All-Region and All-Great Lakes Valley Conference ... Also named GLVC Player of the Year ... Led the team in average (.414), at bats (220), hits (91), runs batted in (59) and slugging percentage (.545) ...
1999: Started all 53 games he played in last season ... Second on the team with a .360 batting average ... Led the team in homeruns with three
1998: Broke single-season freshman record for hits with 84 ... Batted .387, with eight home runs and 41 runs batted in ...
Previous: Four-time letterwinner in baseball and soccer at Edwardsville High School ... All-State in both sports as a senior
Born: April 24, 1979
Graduated: December 2002 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Career Statistics
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
1998.... .387 53-53 217 51 84 8 3 8 41 9 14 7-9
1999.... .360 53-53 197 36 71 14 4 3 46 14 25 8-11
2000.... .414 56-56 220 51 91 17 3 2 59 18 12 6-9
2001.... .409 68-68 269 66 110 18 6 7 70 26 13 11-14
TOTAL... .394 230-230 903 204 356 57 16 20 216 67 64 32-43
