2022 Baseball Roster

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17 Andrew Greckel

  • Position Utility Player
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 182
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Acworth, Ga.
  • High School North Cobb
  • Prev School Chattahoochee Valley CC

Biography

2022: Played in 51 games, starting 49 in the outfield and at third base. Led the team with five home runs, hitting three of his homers over a six-game stretch May 7-17. Homered in back-to-back games at Georgia State May 7 and May 8. Finished the season with a .297 batting average in Conference play. His 23 walks ranked second on the team. Delivered game-winning hit in 12th inning to defeat Charlotte, 9-7, March 13 to cap three-hit game. Tallied three consecutive multi-hit games April 12-15 vs High Point and Coastal (7-for-12). Tallied an eight-game hitting streak April 24-May 14 (14-for-37, .378).

2021: Missed most of the final two months of the season with an injury … Appeared in 22 games and made 18 starts (15 starts at third base, three at DH) … Had one homer, five RBIs, four doubles, 12 total hits, five runs scored and a .197 average … Played in four Sun Belt games and made two starts … Batted 6-for-19 with two two-hit games in the first five games of the season … Before suffering an injury in the first Sun Belt game of the season, had three two-hit games in the previous four games … Had a pair of 2-for-4 games at UNCW, including one with two doubles … After his March 19 injury, returned as a pinch-runner on April 16 and returned to the starting lineup at third base on April 25.

2020 (no eligibility used due to COVID-19): Started in all 16 games he played (eight in right field, four in center field, three at third base and one in left field) … Led the team with a .357 batting average, .696 slugging percentage, .493 on-base percentage, 16 runs scored, four home runs and 12 walks … Tied with Luke Drumheller for a team-high 39 total bases … Ranked second on the team with 20 hits, 13 RBIs, five doubles and a triple … Ranked among the Sun Belt’s best in slugging percentage (fourth), home runs (T-fifth), total bases (T-sixth), walks (T-seventh), on-base percentage (eighth), doubles (T-eighth) and batting average (14th) … Reached base in all 16 games and finished the season on a 10-game hitting streak … Tallied an extra-base hit in seven straight games lasting from Feb. 26 at No. 24 Wake Forest to March 7 at Charleston Southern … Finished the season with six multi-hit games, including a two-double game at UNCG on March 1 … Registered at least one hit or one run scored in all 16 games … Blasted a go-ahead two-run home run in the ninth inning in an 11-9 win at No. 24 Wake Forest … Hit his first-career home run at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 15 … Knocked in three runs twice, including in the win at Wake Forest … Walked four times at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 16, which tied for the most in a game in the Sun Belt in 2020 … Finished the season with a .972 fielding percentage, helping App State sport the third-best team fielding percentage in the Sun Belt … Season was cut short due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Previous College (Chattahoochee Valley CC): Reached base at a .409 clip while batting .278 during the 2019 season for Chattahoochee Valley … Tallied 24 RBIs, 38 runs, 12 doubles, two home runs, a triple and nine stolen bases in 48 games … Started the 2019 season strong with a .438 batting average and four doubles during 11 games in February … Batted .389 with five RBIs and 16 runs scored in 24 contests in 2018 … Committed no errors in conference competition in 2018 … Helped lead Chattahoochee Valley to back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA Division I World Series … Played under head coaches Adam Thomas in 2018 and Hunter Vick in 2019 …

High School: Played high school baseball at North Cobb High School in Kennesaw, Ga., where he was honorable mention all-state as a senior infielder ... Batted .431 with 10 doubles, 16 steals, 44 hits and a .517 on-base percentage as a senior.

Personal: Born March 10, 1999 ... Son of Mike and Sarah Greckel ... Has one brother: Nolan.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2020Junior

    Utility Player
    5'10" 185 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2021Senior

    Utility Player
    5'10" 185 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2022Graduate Student

    Utility Player
    5'10" 182 lbs
    17