Derek Drewes

Position:
INF
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Napoleon, Ohio
High School:
Tinora

2017: Played in 48 games for the Falcons, making 41 starts … ranked second on the team with a .383 on-base percentage … hit .260 on the season, posting 38 hits in 146 at-bats … totaled 13 RBI … registered 24 walks, while striking out just 18 times … scored 24 runs … hit four doubles and one triple … registered six multiple-hit games … at Texas A&M (Feb. 18), went 2-for-4 with two RBI … posted two hits at Morehead State (March 5) … went 4-for-4 at Eastern Michigan (March 25) … posted multiple hits in three-straight games in May, highlighted by a 3-for-5 day with two runs and one RBI at Ohio State (May 9) … scored three runs versus Dayton (May 16).

2016: Had a career year for the Orange and Brown … recorded career highs in games played (37) and starts (29) … led the Falcons with a career-high .298 batting average … registered career highs in runs (13), RBI (6), doubles (3), total bases (31), on-base percentage (.377) and slugging percentage (.330) … recorded multiple hits in seven games … had 14 hits across the first 14 games that he appeared in … scored a run in all three games, and added three hits at the Elon Tournament (March 4-6) … went 2-for-4 with a run, an RBI and a double against Presbyterian (March 13) … finished 3-for-5 with a career-high three RBI, and a run with one double at Buffalo (May 19).

2015: Played in 28 games for the Falcons, starting nine … made his collegiate debut on Feb. 14 at Southeast Missouri … recorded his first three collegiate hits in a doubleheader on March 28 at Northern Illinois … his first five collegiate starts coincided with the Falcons first five MAC wins of the season … had two hits and three RBI in his first career start at DH … scored three runs on April 12 at Ohio … hit .200 with eight runs scored and an on-base percentage of .286.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2014 graduate of Tinora High School where he played baseball, football and basketball ... earned four letters in baseball for head coach Brent Ronellet ... led his team to three state semi-final appearances and a 2014 state championship in his four seasons ... THS held a combined record of 95-20 during his four seasons ... was a three-time All-GMC performer and was named Green Meadowns Conference Player of the Year in 2014 ... earned all-league honors in both basketball and football ... also earned mentions at the All-Ohio level ... was a captain in all three sports ... a member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Full name is Derek Delbert Drewes ... son of Greg and Kara Drewes ... has three brothers - Landon, Nathan, and Jacob ... cousin Ethan McKenney was a member of the BGSU Baseball program from 2011-14 ... born on April 26, 1995 ... majoring in business supply chain management.