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| Spotlight
Player of the Week
Kraig Binick
New York Institute of Technolgy |
After receiving DI Independent Baseball Second Team honors
the last two years, it is highly doubtful that NYIT senior
outfielder Kraig Binick will be playing second fiddle to anyone
in ‘07 if he continues his torrid pace. So far this
season Binick is batting a staggering .451 with a handsome
.746 slugging percentage for the Bears. Of his 32 hits to
date this year, 12 of them have been for extra bases, including
three homeruns and three triples. He’s also a terror
on the basepaths as well, the swift Binick is a perfect 11
for 11 in stolen base attempts and has only grounded into
one double play.
On April 4th of last week Binick earned a slew of awards
and accolades for his part in NYIT’s resurgence and
five game winning streak after the Bears dropped their first
tena games of the season. Binick extended his season-long
hitting streak to eight games, batted .577 (15-26), had five
multi-hit games, nine runs scored, six doubles, six RBI and
was 6-6 on stolen bases attempts. He was awarded the Division
I Independent Baseball Player of the Week, Gotham Baseball
Magazine Honor Roll and College Baseball Foundation National
Honor Roll honors.
Last season Binick finished second on the Bears with a .354
batting average, 42 runs scored, 57 hits, and nine doubles
despite missing nine games. He led the club with 25 stolen
bases, including four swipes in one game. He ranked fourth
in the nation in the toughest to strike out category (just
behind teammate Mike Kenefick who had only 5 K’s in
133 ABs), fanning only seven times in 164 at bats for an average
of a strikeout once every 23.4 at bats.
In his sophomore campaign, he was the only Bear to play in
all 46 games, starting 45 of them. Binick finished second
on the team batting .358 with 64 hits, and 35 runs scored,
and his 31 stolen bases paced NYIT and was the ninth highest
rate in the nation.
As a freshman in ’04, Binick made an immediate impact
for the Bears, leading NYIT with 26 stolen bases and 40 runs
scored. He finished second on the team with 64 hits, 33 RBI
and a .332 batting average. His 6 for 12 with five runs scored
and four RBI performance in the first two games of the Division
Independent Invitational Tournament earned him First Team
All-Independent honors.
Stats as of April 3, 2007
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