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- Height:
- 5-10
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- Weight:
- 160
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- Year:
- Fr.
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- Hometown:
- Defiance, Ohio
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- High School:
- Defiance
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- Position:
- OF
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- Major:
- Wellness & Corporate Fitness
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- gp
- 32
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- avg
- .228
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- hr
- -
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- rbi
- 10
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- r
- 16
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- sb
- 21
Bio
High School: Two-time letterman at Defiance High … Played for head coach Tom Held … Named Second-Team All-Ohio … Selected first-team all-district … Voted First-Team All-Western Buckeye League.
Personal: Son of James Helland and Sarah Mekus … Relative of current DC cross country and track standout Kaitlin Switzer … Majoring in wellness and corporate fitness.
Recent games
Season Statistics
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 32 | 19 |
| Plate appearances | 133 | 79 |
| At Bats | 101 | 62 |
| Runs | 16 | 8 |
| Hits | 23 | 12 |
| Doubles | 1 | 1 |
| Triples | - | - |
| Home Runs | - | - |
| Runs Batted In | 10 | 4 |
| Total bases | 24 | 13 |
| Walks | 24 | 13 |
| Hit by pitch | 1 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 30 | 22 |
| Sacrifice Flies | 2 | 1 |
| Sacrifice Hits | 5 | 2 |
| Hit into double play | - | - |
| Stolen Bases | 21 | 9 |
| Caught Stealing | 3 | 2 |
| Batting Average | .228 | .194 |
| On Base Percentage | .375 | .338 |
| Slugging Percentage | .238 | .210 |
Game Log - Hitting
Game Log - Base Running
Game Log - Pitching
Game Log - Fielding
Career Stats: Hitting
Career Stats: Base Running
Career Stats: Pitching
Career Stats: Fielding
Splits Stats: Hitting
Splits Stats: Base Running
Splits Stats: Pitching
Splits Stats: Fielding
News mentions
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Franklin plated five runs in the final two frames to edge Defiance in 10 innings by an 8-6 margin at Craig A. Rutter Field on Friday afternoon. The Jackets held a 5-3 lead entering the ninth inning but could not record the final three outs with the lead intact.
BLUFFTON, Ohio – Freshman Brad Kremer launched a two-run home run in the top of the first inning on Tuesday to give the Yellow Jackets a 3-0 lead but Bluffton answered by clearing the fences six times en route to handing Defiance a 19-5 defeat.
ANDERSON, Ind. – Defiance College was four outs from a series-opening victory on Saturday at Anderson but saw the host Ravens rally for a 7-5 victory in game one, before shutting out the Jackets, 14-0, in the second game of the doubleheader.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College suffered a pair of losses against Earlham College on Saturday at Craig A. Rutter Field. The Yellow Jacket offense could not solve the league’s top-rated pitching staff, producing just four runs and 11 hits on the afternoon.
ADRIAN, Mich. – Defiance College overcame an early four-run deficit at Adrian College on Wednesday evening to score a 6-5 victory over the Bulldogs. The non-conference win snapped a five-game slide for the Yellow Jackets.
N. MANCHESTER, Ind. – Aaron Helland collected three of Defiance College’s nine hits on Tuesday at Manchester but it was not enough to keep pace with a hot-swinging Spartan attack, as the Jackets fell by a 23-4 count in the HCAC showdown.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – One game after breaking out for 11 runs on 15 hits, the Defiance College offense went 2-18 with runners in scoring position in a 3-2 loss to Taylor University in a non-conference affair at Craig A. Rutter Field.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – Freshmen Darin Waterman and Ryan Valentine led a strong day on the mound for the Yellow Jackets, as the rookie starters combined to hold Albion to one earned run over 12.2 innings of work in Sunday’s doubleheader. DC won the opener, 5-0, before falling, 3-1, in an extra-inning loss in the day’s second contest.
ADA, Ohio – Darin Waterman held Ohio Northern to one run in nine innings of work to notch his first career complete game in only his second collegiate start, as Defiance picked up a 3-1 victory over the Polar Bears on Wednesday afternoon.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Defiance College baseball team ended its stay in Fort Myers, Florida on Friday with a pair of losses against Haverford. The Jackets fell, 6-1, in the opener, before seeing a 4-0 lead evaporate into a 9-5 defeat in the second game of the afternoon.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Defiance College got its first taste of action in the 2011 campaign on Monday with a pair of games in the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers, Florida. The Jackets fell, 18-8, to Monmouth in the season opener, before suffering a 13-1 setback to Thiel in the afternoon contest.