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5 Skyler Geissinger

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 185
  • Bats/Throws R/R
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
  • High School Blue Valley West HS
  • Position INF

Biography

Career: Finished with 196 hits, good for 19th on the SIUE career list...Played in 196 games (12th) and made 192 starts (10th)...43 career doubles (tied 13th).

2016: Made 44 starts, including 38 at shortstop...Finished with a .226 batting average and 20 RBIs...Addd six doubles...Hit a pair of home runs...Had eight mutli-hit games during the year...Recorded a season-long six-game hitting streak April 23-May 6...Also appeared three times out of the bullpen tossing 3.1 innings...Earned his first win March 22 vs. Saint Louis...Pitched two innings vs. Saint Louis and picked up his only strikeout on the year...Finished with a 5.40 earned run avereage.

2015: Appeared in 49 of the Cougars' 50 games...Made 48 starts...Began the year as the starting third baseman (28 starts) before transitioning back to shortstop (20 starts)...Finished fourth on the team with a career-high .297 batting average...Led the team with a .351 batting average in Ohio Valley Conference games...Finished the second on the team with 13 doubles...Recorded two four-hit games: March 14 vs. Murray State and again May 2 at Illinois State...Finished fourth on the tea with 27 RBIs...Racked up a career-best five RBIs April 17 at Morehead State...Tied his career best with a nine-game hitting streak from April 17-May 1...Added a pair of home runs during the season, April 2 at Belmont and again April 12 at home vs. Eastern Kentucky.

2014: Started all 54 games at shortstop for the Cougars during his sophomore campaign … Compiled a .263 average, notching 55 hits, including 12 doubles …Tied his career high with five home runs, while finishing with a career-best 41 RBIs.. Totaled 11 multi-RBI games… Connected on his first grand slam  April 26 vs. Morehead State…Posted a nine-game hitting streak April 17- May 2… Reached base in 23 straight games March 23- May 2. 

2013: Named to the OVC All-Freshman Team...Appeared in 49 of SIUE's 51 games, making 46 starts...Began the year as the team's third baseman, before transitioning to shortstop following an injury..Finished third on the team with a .261 batting average overall...Led the Cougars with 12 doubles, and also was second on the team with 29 RBIs...Was third on the club with five home runs...His average in OVC contests jumped to .303, where he also added 10 doubles, three home runs, and 21 RBIs...Had an 11-game hitting streak from March 30 to April 17, the second-longest streak on the team...Posted 14 multi-hit games as well as nine multi-RBI games.

2012: Redshirt

High School: Saw time as an infielder and outfielder at Blue Valley West...Also played football.

SINGLE GAME HIGHS Hits: 4, at Eastern Illinois, Mar 08, 2014 ; Murray State, Mar 14, 2015 ; at Illinois State, May 2, 2015  Doubles: 2, 4 times Triples: 1  [t-5th], at BELMONT, Apr 12, 2013  Home runs: 2  [t-3rd], Morehead State, Apr 26, 2014  Total bases: 9, Morehead State, Apr 26, 2014  RBI: 5  [t-10th], at Morehead State, Apr 17, 2015  Runs scored: 3, Morehead State, Apr 26, 2014 ; Murray State, Mar 23, 2013  Walks: 2, 7 times Hit by pitch: 2  [t-4th], Bradley, Apr 09, 2014 ; Quincy, Apr 30, 2014  Struck out: 4  [t-2nd], UT Martin, May 05, 2013  Sac flies: 1  [t-6th], 5 times Sac bunts: 1, Murray State, Mar 22, 2013 ; at Tennessee Tech, Mar 22, 2015 ; IPFW, Mar. 3, 2013  At bats: 7  [t-1st], Eastern Kentucky, Apr 20, 2013 ; at Eastern Illinois, Mar 08, 2014 Stolen bases: 1, 7 times Caught stealing: 1  [t-5th], 8 times Innings pitched: 0.2, at Bradley, 04-23-14  Walks allowed: 2, at Bradley, 04-23-14  Strikeouts: 1, at Bradley, 04-23-14  Batters faced: 6, at Bradley, 04-23-14  Field chances: 13, Indiana State, May 07, 2013  Putouts: 5, at Belmont, Apr 02, 2015 ; Murray State, Mar 23, 2013 ; Indiana State, May 07, 2013  Assists: 8  [t-4th], Murray State, Mar 23, 2013   

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Historical Player Information

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    2012Freshman

    INF
    6'2" 185 lbs
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    2013Freshman

    IF
    6'2" 185 lbs
    5
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    2014Sophomore

    IF
    6'2" 185 lbs
    5
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    2015Junior

    IF
    6'2" 185 lbs
    5
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    2016Senior

    INF
    6'2" 185 lbs
    5