Career Honors: - Brooks Wallace Award Watch List (
2009)
- ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-Northeast Region (
2008 - OF)
- First-Team All-Patriot League (
2008 - OF)
- College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll (
March 20, 2007)
- Patriot League Player of the Week (
Feb. 26, 2008;
April 22, 2008)
- Patriot League Rookie of the Week (
March 19, 2007)
Career Statistics: -OVERALL-Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT2007.... .274 40-38 135 21 37 5 0 0 16 5 22 1-12008.... .350 58-58 234 58 82 15 6 10 47 21 37 13-172009.... .273 47-47 183 34 50 12 1 5 32 20 32 14-17TOTAL... .306 145-143 552 113 169 32 7 15 95 46 91 28-35-PATRIOT LEAGUE-Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT2007.... .211 16-16 57 5 12 2 0 0 8 3 8 0-02008.... .372 20-20 78 19 29 7 4 3 13 8 11 0-22009.... .275 20-20 69 11 19 7 0 2 12 9 14 4-5TOTAL... .294 56-56 204 35 60 16 4 5 33 20 33 4-7
Career Highs: - Runs Scored: 5,
at Bucknell (4/19/08) - Hits: 4, three times (MR:
at Bucknell, 4/19/08)
- RBIs: 5,
vs. Belmont Abbey (3/20/08) - Stolen Bases: 2, two times (MR:
vs. Delaware State, 2/25/09)
- Hitting Streak: 11 games (4/19/08-5/3/08)
In the Navy Record Books: -CAREER-
- Most Home Runs:
t-5th (15) - Most At Bats:
8th (552) - Most Hits:
9th (169) - Most Doubles:
t-9th (32) - Most Total Bases:
10th (260) - Most Runs Scored:
t-10th (113) - Most Stolen Bases:
14th (28) -SEASON-
- Most At Bats:
1st (234 in 2008) - Most Runs Scored:
1st (58 in 2008) - Most Total Bases:
1st (139 in 2008) - Most Games Played:
t-1st (58 in 2008) - Most Hits:
2nd (82 in 2008) - Most Home Runs:
t-2nd (10 in 2008) - Most Triples:
t-4th (6 in 2008) - Most Doubles:
t-9th (15 in 2008) - Most RBIs:
t-10th (47 in 2008) 2010: Game-by-Game Statistics 2009: Game-by-Game Statistics - Played and started in all of the team's 47 games
- Batted .273 (50-for-183) with 34 runs scored, the second-highest total on the team
- Belted 12 doubles, one triple and five home runs with 32 RBIs
- Led the Mids with 20 walks and was hit by a pitch six times
- Successful in 14-of-17 stolen-base attempts
- His 14 stolen bases ranked him third in the Patriot League
- Played perfect defense, as he cleanly fielded all 88 chances
- Totaled 10 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games
- Pieced together a six-game hitting streak on three separate occasions (3/7-3/14, 3/19-3/25, 4/13-4/19)
- Homered in back-to-back games at UMBC (4/7) and at Army (4/12), as well as a long ball two games prior to UMBC at Lehigh (4/5)
- Went 2-for-3 with three runs, a double, home run, walk, hit by pitch and RBI at Mount St. Mary's (3/19)
- Delivered the game-tying double with one out to go in a win over Lafayette (3/29)
- Later in the day against Lafayette, he went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored, two RBIs, a walk and a stolen base
- Also had a three-hit game earlier in the year against Princeton (3/20)
2008: Game-by-Game Statistics - One of two Mids to play in and start all 58 games, each of which came in right field
- Delivered at the plate with an impressive .350 (82-for-234) batting average with 58 runs scored
- Smacked 15 doubles, six triples and 10 home runs with 47 RBIs
- Owned a .594 slugging percentage with his 139 total bases
- Drew 21 walks and hit by a pitch six times for a .416 on-base percentage
- Successful in 13-of-17 stolen-base attempts
- Led the Patriot League in runs scored, triples and total bases
- Also ranked among the league's top-10 players in batting average (fourth), hits (second), home runs (second), doubles (fourth), RBIs (third), stolen bases (sixth), walks (sixth), on-base percentage (eighth) and slugging percentage (third)
- In Patriot League action, he led the team with a .372 (29-for-78) batting average with 19 runs with seven doubles, four triples, three home runs and 13 RBIs
- Topped the Patriot League in hits, runs scored, doubles, triples, total bases and slugging percentage in league play
- Ranked among league's top-10 players in batting average (third), home runs (second), RBIs (10th), walks (seventh) and on-base percentage (fourth) in league play
- During the Patriot League Tournament, he batted .400 (8-for-20) with six runs scored, two doubles, one home run, four RBIs, four walks and a stolen base
- Totaled 24 multi-hit games, three of which were four-hit efforts
- Recorded 10 multi-RBI performances
- Strung together an 11-game hitting streak between 4/19-5/3, during which he batted .447 (21-for-47) with six multi-hit efforts, 13 runs scored, two doubles, two triples, two home runs, 14 RBIs and six walks
- During the year against teams that advanced to the Patriot League Tournament (Army, Bucknell and Holy Cross), he boasted a .415 (27-for-65) batting average with 16 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, two home runs, 13 RBIs and 10 walks
- Against Army, he batted .462 (6-for-13) with three runs scored, two doubles, a triple, two walks and a hit by pitch
- Against Bucknell, he hit .500 (11-for-22) with nine runs scored, two home runs, six RBIs and five walks
- Went 4-for-4 with five runs scored, a home run, two RBIs and two walks in a win at Bucknell (4/19)
- In a four-game set at Lafayette, he swung at a .412 (7-for-17) clip with six runs scored, two doubles, two triples, one home run and two RBIs
- Came just a triple shy of the cycle with a 4-for-4 effort at the plate with four runs scored and two RBIs against Lafayette (3/30)
- Opened the year with a 5-for-7 effort with six runs scored, a double, two RBIs, two stolen bases and two walks in two victories against Air Force (2/22-23)
- Just a double shy of the cycle with three runs scored and four RBIs at Maryland Eastern Shore (3/13)
- Needed just a double again for the cycle against Delaware State (4/29), where he went 3-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs
- Went 4-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs against Belmont Abbey (3/20)
2007: Game-by-Game Statistics - Earned the starting nod in 38 of the 40 contests he played in
- Finished the year with a .274 (37-for-135) batting average and 21 runs scored
- Connected for five doubles and drove in 16 runs
- Laid down three sacrifice bunts and was successful in his lone stolen base attempt
- Totaled 10 multi-hit and five multi-RBI performances
- Played perfect defense all year, cleanly coming up with all 34 fielding chances
- Did not go more than back-to-back games without recording a base knock
- Went on an seven-game hitting streak between 3/11-3/23, during which he posted a .462 (12-for-26) batting average with six runs scored and three RBIs
- Produced back-to-back three-hit efforts against Mount St. Mary's (3/14) and Buffalo (3/15)
- In the opener at Army, he went 2-for-4 with a two-run single off Nick Hill (4/21)
- Closed out the regular season with a 5-for-10 performance with three runs scored in a three-game sweep of UMES (5/5-5/6)
High School: - Attended Pearland High School and earned three letters in baseball and football
- Named Third-Team All-Texas as a senior in 2006
- All-District 24-5A selection in 2005 and `06
- Scholar-athlete finalist in both baseball and football during his senior campaign
- Helped his American Legion team to a state championship in 2004
Personal: - Full name is Michael Speciale
- Son of Jo Ann and Mike Speciale
- Born Sept. 25, 1987, in Dallas, Texas
- Majoring in economics
- Service assignment following graduation is Surface Warfare Officer
