Josh Geric

Josh Geric

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Canfield, Ohio

High School:
Canfield

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 190

Position:
C

B/T:
S/R

2007 - Junior Season
Started all 56 games he appeared in... hit .232 with 20 runs, 10 doubles and 21 runs batted in... threw out 24-of-70 (.343) of would be base stealers... the 24 caught stealing led the Horizon League... drove in two runs and scored once against Kent State (4/3)... was 3-for-5 with an RBI at Pittsburgh (4/18)... was 1-for-3 with two walks, three runs and an RBI versus Milwaukee (4/21)... hit a three-run homer against Pittsburgh (5/15)... hit a solo home run in Horizon League Championship against UIC (5/24)... had a season-high seven game hit streak (4/18-28) in which he was 12-for-30 (.400) with three runs and three RBI.

2006 - Sophomore Season
Batted. 262 in 43 games, including 36 starts...belted nine doubles with 11 RBI and scored 14 runs...went 3-for-5 with two doubles at Marshall (3/18)...hit a solo home run in a 2-for-5 day against Butler (4/15)...went 3-for-4, including two doubles, and scored a run in the Horizon League championship versus Youngstown State (5/25)...had a pair of RBI at Youngstown State (4/11)...went 2-for-5 and scored twice at Milwaukee (5/7)...singled twice in five at-bats at Ohio State (4/26)...threw out 15 baserunners and allowed just two passed balls behind the plate.

2005 - Freshman Season
Played in 32 games at catcher, starting in 25...threw out seven baserunners...tied for the team lead with three sacrifice hits...went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs against Akron (4/19)...homered and scored two runs at Milwaukee (4/24)...went 3-for-4 with a double and a run against Wright State in the Horizon League Championship (5/27).

High School
Named first team all-league as a senior and second team as a junior...four-year starter behind the dish...helped team to a 28-5 record and third-place finish at state championship his senior season...team finished as district semi-finalists his junior year.

Personal
Born Oct. 10, 1985 in Youngstown, Ohio...son of Skip and Liz Geric...Athletic Academic Excellence Award recipient in 2005...health science major.

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