Career: With 149 career games, needs to appear in just 30 games as a senior to move into ASU's all-time top 10 for games played (record: 209 - David Towarnicky, 2007-10) … 524 career at-bats are just 109 away from ASU's all-time top 10 (record; 879 - Wes Hobson, 2007-10) … 31 doubles are 12 away from ASU's all-time top 10 (record: 78 - Wes Hobson, 2007-10) … 66 walks are 15 away from ASU's all-time top 10 (record: Jerod Faggart, 2007-10) … with a big year, could also move into program's top 10 for hits (needs 65), runs (needs 41) and RBI (needs 37).
2011: Despite battling a multitude of nagging injuries, started 54-of-60 games, including a whopping 51 starts at catcher … started 31-of-34 conference games behind the plate (including SoCon Tournament) … saw action in 56 games in all … injuries and heavy workload may have taken a toll on batting average (.228 - 74 points lower than career average coming into the season) but still ranked among team leaders in RBI (26 - fifth on team), doubles (13 - fourth), runs (33 - t-third) and walks (32 - t-second) … remained one of the team's most clutch hitters with nine two-out RBI and a .625 average with the bases loaded … continued to be one of the most feared backstops in the league for opposing baserunners … opponents attempted to steal only 47 times against Dowdy in 54 games … threw out 27.7 percent of base stealers (13-of-47), the third-best percentage in the SoCon (min. 40 attempts) … started the season strong, hitting .320 (8-for-25) through seven games and .289 (22-for-76) through 21 contests … went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and three runs scored in win over Maryland-Eastern Shore (Feb. 19) … helped lift ASU to its first win over a nationally ranked opponent in 29 years with a towering three-run home run in a 7-5 win at No. 20 Miami (Fla.) (Feb. 25) … matched season highs for hits (3), doubles (2) and RBI (3) in win over UNC Asheville (March 22) … managed just four hits in next 14 games after the 3-for-5 performance versus UNCA and average dipped to .218 … broke out of the slump with five hits, including three doubles, in six at-bats versus Samford on April 15 and 16, raising average back to .250 … however, tallied just 12 hits and had no multi-hit games over the final 19 contests of the season … provided the winning runs with a two-out, two-run single in the sixth inning versus archival Western Carolina (May 7) … scored two runs in SoCon Tournament win over UNC Greensboro (May 26).
2010: Turned in a terrific season both offensively and defensively ... played in 56 of ASU's 57 games, splitting time between catcher (35 games) and designated hitter (21) ... hit .338 (fourth on team) ... ranked second on the club with 75 hits, third in home runs (6), RBI (48) and fourth in doubles (13) ... hit .353 (47-of-133) with runners on base and .392 (29-of-74) with runners in scoring position ... drove in 18 runs with two outs, good for a tie for second on the squad ... tied for second on the team with 24 multi-hit games (17 two-hit, six three-hit and one four-hit performances) ... allowed just 37 base-stealers and five passed balls, both the lowest totals among all of the SoCon's primary starting catchers ... threw out 14 would-be base-stealers, tied for the fifth-highest mark in the conference ... made just three errors in 277 chances behind the plate (.989 fielding percentage) ... started relatively slow at the plate average-wise, hitting just .297 through the season's first 15 games but jumped out to a quick start power-wise with nine of his 13 doubles coming in the year's first 11 contests, including at least one two-bagger in six-straight games from Feb. 28-March 13 ... keyed a 13-4 win over Niagara (Feb. 26) by going 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored ... put together a season-best 12-game hitting streak (ASU's third-longest streak of the season) from Feb. 28-March 20 ... went 2-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI in final contest of a three-game sweep over Rider (March 7) ... closed 12-game hit streak by going 5-for-10 in first two games versus Western Carolina (March 19-20) ... led a 14-4 rout over East Tennessee State (March 30) by going 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and a career-high four RBI ... went 3-for-4 with three RBI and stole home plate in a 10-7 win over Furman (April 2) ... had a career-best four hits, including a double and a home run, and drove in two runs in loss to Furman (April 4) ... notched his third three-plus-hit effort in four games by going 3-for-4 with an RBI and run scored in first game of doubleheader against North Carolina A&T (April 6) ... put together biggest offensive outburst of the season from April 11-May 5, hitting safely in 11-straight games, including a string of nine-straight multi-hit performances ... hit .489 (23-for-47) during the prolific 11-game stretch, raising his batting average to a season-best .392 ... drove in at least one run in every game during the 11-game hit streak, including three-RBI efforts against Samford (April 23) and Wake Forest (April 28) ... hit home runs in back-to-back games versus WFU and Gardner-Webb (May 5) ... slid a bit to end the season, going hitless in eight of the final 16 games of the year ... went 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in middle contest of three-game sweep over Wofford (May 22) ... rebounded from bumpy end to regular season to hit safely in 4-of-5 SoCon Tournament games, including two hits in both games against College of Charleston.
2009: Split time with Jerod Faggart as ASU's regular catcher as a true freshman ... appeared in 37 games, making 34 starts (30 at catcher, four at designated hitter) ... hit safely in the first five games of his career but managed hits in just 13 of his final 32 outings of the season ... notched multiple hits seven times ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored at Gardner-Webb (Feb. 25) ... hit first career home run in SoCon opener versus Elon (Feb. 27) ... turned in his best offensive series of the year versus Wofford (April 24-26) with four hits, two doubles, four RBI and three runs scored in two games ... went 2-for-4 with a double, home run, two RBI and two runs scored versus Longwood (May 14) ... had two hits in season-ending loss to The Citadel (May 22) ... threw out eight of 31 would-be base stealers (25.8 percent).
High School
: A three-time all-conference performer ... hit .441 for his prep career ... holds school records for single-season batting average (.457) and hits (42) ... participated in 2007 State Games and USA Baseball Junior Olympics tournament ... attended same high school as former Mountaineer teammate Taylor Miller and former ASU teammates and current minor-leaguers Josh Dowdy and Zach Quate ... coached by Ed Hall.
Personal
: Full name is Jeremy Stephen Dowdy ... born July 13, 1990 (21 years old) ... son of Mark and the late Toni Dowdy ... brother, Josh, pitched at ASU in 2008 and '09, was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 38th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft and is entering his fourth season in the Orioles' organization ... majoring in finance and banking ... is a member of Dean's List and ASU athletics' academic honor roll.