15 Mike VanAlst
15 - Mike VanAlst
Height: 6-4
Weight: 225
Year: SR
Hometown: Clio, Mich.
High School: Clio HS
Position: 1B
Office: L/R

2012: The only player to start in all 52 SVSU Baseball games for the Cardinals...posted a .282 batting average with 44 hits in 156 at-bats...posted seven doubles, one triple and two home runs...scored 20 runs and walked 18 times with a .365 on-base-percentage...recorded 375 putouts at first base with 20 assists to the tune of a .985 fielding percentage...drove home 25 runs to lead the team.

2011: Saw action and started in 45 games for SVSU in the 2011 season…had 29 hits with 10 doubles, which tied for second on the team, and one homerun…drove in 18 runs which tied for third overall on the team…posed a .360 on base percentage and a .344 slugging percentage…had a .975 fielding percentage with 341 putouts and 13 assists in 363 chances…went two-for-three at the plate wih two doubles against Findlay (Apr. 2).

2010: Appeared in 29 games for SVSU, starting 24 of them...posted a .273 batting average, finishing the season with 15 RBI's...had 21 hits and scored 10 runs for the Cardinals...posted three doubles and had one homerun in an 8-7 victory over Rochester College...ranked third on the team in put-outs with 142 and in double plays with 32.

2009: Appeared in 41 games for SVSU, starting in 40 contests...hit at a .283 mark, including ripping a team-high 16 doubles on the season..hit one home-run and was walked 10 times...recorded 19 RBI and scored 10 runs on the season.

Prior to SVSU/Personal: Prepped at Clio High School. Majoring in Nursing.