| Steve McGuiggan |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Apple Valley, Minn.
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| High School:
Apple Valley
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| Height / Weight:
5-11 / 195
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| Position:
OF
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| B/T:
R/R
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2009 BROOKS WALLACE AWARD WATCH LIST
2008 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICAN
2008 PING!BASEBALL ALL-FRESHMAN SECOND TEAM
2008 ALL-HORIZON LEAGUE SECOND TEAM
2008 HORIZON LEAGUE ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM
2008 HORIZON LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
2009: Started all 52 games in centerfield...led team with 18 stolen bases, which put him second in the Horizon League...led team with 37 runs scored...had 13 multi-hit games...belted first homer of the year against No. 23 Alabama on Feb. 28...went 4-for-5 in win over Purdue on Mar. 17...went 7-for-10 in two games against Boilermaker pitching from Mar. 17-18...homered and drove in three runs during 3-for-5 day against Valparaiso on Apr. 25...stole career-high three bases and drove in game-winning run in the top of the 10th on a two-out RBI single at Valpo on May 17.
2008: Collegiate Baseball Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American...Ping!Baseball All-Freshman Second Team...All-Horizon League Second Team selection and Horizon League All-Newcomer Team honoree...Flames' starting centerfielder and leadoff man...appeared in all 57 games, starting 56...led off 53 contests, including 28 consecutive games to end the year...led team in hitting for most of the year, finishing with a .370 average and a team-high 85 hits in 230 at-bats...stole 14 bases...hit a team-high five triples...registered a team-best 27 multi-hit games...hit team-high .419 (54-for-129) against non-conference opponents...finished regular season with team-leading .363 (74-for-204) average...named to Horizon League Championship All-Tournament Team after hitting .533 (8-for-15) in four league tournament games...had a hit and scored at least one run in each of UIC's three NCAA College Station Regional contests... hit .423 (11-for-26) in seven postseason games. named to QTI Baylor Classic All-Tournament Team after going 5-for-10 with a homer, a double and three RBI in three games...had a season-high 13-game hitting streak from Mar. 23-Apr. 8...began collegiate career as UIC's Opening Day starter in center and singled in the fifth inning for his first Division I hit against Tulane on Feb. 22...belted first collegiate homer to lead off UIC's game at Baylor on Mar. 1, beginning a 3-for-4, two-RBI night...hit a bunt single and scored tying run during Flames' ninth-inning comeback win over fifth-ranked Vanderbilt on Mar. 6...went 4-for-5 and reached safely in five of his six trips to the dish in the Horizon League Championship title-clinching win against Milwaukee on May 25...led off opener of NCAA College Station Regional against ninth-ranked Texas A&M with a single and eventually scored game's first run.
Prep/Personal: Decorated three-sport athlete at Apple Valley...lettered three seasons and served as a captain for the Apple Valley baseball, football and basketball teams...manned centerfield for the Eagles, guiding Apple Valley to a state title in 2006 and a No. 1 state ranking and Lake Conference crown as a senior in 2007...two-time All-Lake Conference selection...First Team All-Metro and All-State...hit .424 and stole 21 bases as a senior, leading team in average, runs, stolen bases, RBI, triples, doubles and hits...hit .400 as a junior...two-time All-Lake selection, an All-Metro selection and an All-State honoree as running back for the Apple Valley football squad...guided Eagles to a No. 6 state ranking on the gridiron...rushed for over 1,000 yards as a senior...All-Lake and All-State selection as a point guard for conference champion Eagles that finished third in the state...garnered Most Valuable Player awards as a member of all three squads...Apple Valley H.S. Athlete of the Year and a nominee for the Minnesota Athlete of the Year award...born September 23, 1988...son of Mike and Kathy McGuiggan...majoring in secondary education.
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2008.... .370 57-56 230 49 85 10 5 3 40 114 .496 19 13 25 3 .437 6 4 14-21 171 4 1 .994
2009.... .254 52-52 201 37 51 9 1 2 22 68 .338 17 9 50 5 .338 1 7 18-20 149 4 2 .987
TOTAL... .316 109-108 431 86 136 19 6 5 62 182 .422 36 22 75 8 .391 7 11 32-41 320 8 3 .991
