2023 Baseball Roster

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4 Luke Drumheller

  • Position Infielder
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Olympic

Biography

2023 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
2021 First Team All-Sun Belt

Career:
Finished his App State career ranked first all-time in games played (228), first in at-bats (909), third in RBIs (163), fourth in hits (266), tied for sixth in doubles (50), tied for ninth in total bases (328), and 11th in runs scored (141), starting in a program-record 211 consecutive games to finish his Mountaineer career

2023: Played and started in all 55 games slashing .294/.392/.421 with four home runs, 14 doubles and 36 RBI...ended his career by starting in a program-record 211 consecutive games and a record 228 games overall...Went 8-for-21 with a home run, two doubles, and five RBIs in the Sun Belt Tournament on his way to being named to the All-Tournament team...Hit safely in 43 of 55 games on the season including 17 multi-hit games...Boasted a .983 fielding percentage and made several highlight-reel defensive plays, being selected to D1Baseball's top-10 web gems of the week on multiple occasions...Tallied four-hit game against 24th ranked Campbell on March 10 and again in the SBC Tournament against JMU on May 25...stole a career-high eight bases.

2022: Was the only Mountaineer to play and start in all 53 games. Tied for the team lead with 33 RBIs on the campaign. Came through in numerous clutch situations, batting .337 with runners on base and .352 with runners in scoring position on the year. His four home runs were tied for second on the squad. Hit safely in 18 of final 23 game of the season, raising his average by 37 points. Belted game-tying home run in 8th inning at UNC, March 22, for first homer of the season. Launched first career grand-slam in 17-9 win over High Point, April 12. Tallied season-high four-hit ballgame in 9-4 win over Louisiana, May 1.

2021: First-team All-Sun Belt pick at second base … Batted a team-high .289 in 52 games (all starts) while leading the team with 39 RBIs and 58 hits … Also had 30 runs, five homers, 10 doubles, one triple, a .423 slugging percentage and a .354 on-base percentage … Also batted .289 in league play with three homers, 17 RBIs and six doubles in 21 games … Drove in all three App State runs in two Sun Belt tournament games, hitting a sixth-inning RBI single in the 1-0 win against Texas State and a two-run single that pulled the Mountaineers within 3-2 in the fifth inning against Louisiana … Five homers led full-time Sun Belt second basemen during regular season … Had 18 multiple hit games … Opened season with a three-run, two-out homer in the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie in a 4-1 win at Winthrop … Five-RBI day in an 8-3 win against Arkansas State included at three-run home run in the fifth inning and a two-run double in the sixth inning … Five games with at least three RBIs included games with homers against Georgia State and ULM.

2020 (no eligibility used due to COVID-19): One of the first two Mountaineers to earn Preseason All-Sun Belt honors in App State history … Played and started all 17 games at second base … Led the team with 23 hits, 18 RBIs, six doubles, two triples and 74 at-bats … Tied with Andrew Greckel for a team-high 39 total bases … Ranked second on the team with a .311 batting average and a .527 slugging percentage … Ranked among the Sun Belt’s best in triples (T-first), RBIs (T-fourth), doubles (T-fourth), total bases (T-sixth) and hits (T-eighth) … Ranked sixth among Sun Belt fielders by helping turn 13 double plays … Recorded eight multi-hit games, including three three-hit games … Finished the season by reaching base in 11 straight games … Batted .500 (8-for-16) in App State’s final four games with six RBIs, two doubles, a triple and a home run … Went 3-for-4 in a series-opening win at UNCG, hitting a home run and scoring two runs in the 5-1 victory … Recorded three hits and an RBI in App State’s 15-inning loss at Kentucky on Feb. 23 … Knocked in three runs in an 11-9 win at No. 24 Wake Forest … Helped the Mountaineers sport a .981 fielding percentage, which ranked third amongst Sun Belt Conference opponents at the season’s conclusion … Season was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

2019: Collegiate Baseball News Freshmen All-American team … Lone freshman on NCCSIA University Division All-State Baseball First Team ... As a freshman second baseman, led team with a .337 average, 37 RBIs, 67 hits, 15 doubles and .401 on-base percentage … Started in 50 of his 51 appearances and had 21 multi-hit games … Tied an NCAA record while breaking school and league records against Furman with a five-double game, which was voted the national Performance of the Week by the Golden Spikes Award. Became just the seventh D1 player to hit five doubles in a game and the first since Western Carolina’s Aaron Attaway in 2012. Drumheller’s doubles came in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and eighth innings of a 14-0 win … During the regular season, ranked among the top Sun Belt second basemen in RBIs (second), slugging (second) and doubles (tied for second) … Led the Sun Belt in hitting and ranked in the top five nationally among D1 freshmen for most of the year, as his average stood at .379 at the end of April, with two weeks left in the regular season … Average peaked at .468 following the Furman win 13 games into the season and was still at .400 after 29 games … Delivered a two-run single in the ninth inning to turn a 5-4 deficit into a lead in a 6-5 road win against Louisiana two days after scoring the tiebreaking run in the ninth inning of a 6-5 win to open the series … Also had a four-hit game against Gardner-Webb and three hits in an 18-6 win against Coastal Carolina late in the regular season … Two homers came in the series opener against Texas State and a midweek home game against Radford.

High School: Batted .333 with 21 hits, 18 runs scored, 10 RBIs, three homers, three triples and four doubles in 22 games as a senior … Hit .376 with four home runs and a .511 on-base percentage as a junior … All-conference performer as a sophomore, junior and senior … Trojan Award winner … Also team's offensive MVP as a sophomore and team's Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman … Played for coach Mel Wearing at Olympic … Was a member of the Charlotte Megastars travel team coached by Mel Wearing and Jeff McNeeley … Hit .375 with two home runs for the Megastars.

Personal: Full name is Lucas Allen Drumheller … Son of Scott and Audrey Drumheller … Born April 25, 2000 … Has one sibling: Lindsay.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2019Freshman

    Infielder
    6'1" 180 lbs
    4
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    2020Sophomore

    Infielder
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Junior

    Infielder
    6'1" 198 lbs
    4
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    2023Senior

    Infielder
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4