Sam Sellery

Sam Sellery

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Carmel, Ind.

High School:
Cathedral

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 210

Position:
Infielder

Birthdate:
01/03/1983

Experience:
Fourth Season

Bats/Throws:
L/L





"Sam made vast improvements defensively and will continue to provide us with a solid bat from the left side."
Tracy Smith


2005 Appeared in 18 games and started seven ... drove in a season-high two runs versus Kentucky (March 15) ... went 2-for-3 with a triple and two runs scored versus Quinnipiac in the NCAA Tournament (June 4).

2004 Played in 48 games for the Red and White and started in 38 ... started 33 games in left field and five in the DH slot ... had 12 multiple-hit games ... his longest hitting streak of the season was eight from March 3-18, batting 13-for-22 with 10 RBIs ... tied his career-high for both runs and hits against Fairfield (March 15) by going 3-for-4 with three runs scored ... hit solo home runs in back-to-back games against Wright State (April 14) and at Buffalo (April 16) ... homered in consecutive games for the second time at Bowling Green (May 8-9), knocking in six runs.

2003 Led the team in pinch-hit at-bats with 18 plate appearances ... had two multi-hit and two multi-RBI games ... batted .353 as a pinch-hitter with six hits ... had a career day against Wright State (April 1) going 3-for-5 from the plate with five RBI and three runs scored, the RBI and runs scored were both career totals ... went 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored against No. 21 Arizona (April 5).

2002 Started 33-of-47 games played, mostly in left field ... fourth on the squad with a .329 batting average (46-for-140) ... collected his first career hits by going 2-for-2 against Iona (March 10) ... swatted his first career home run against Manhattan (March 16) ... had a career day against Dayton (April 10) going 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI ... ripped his first career triple in an 11-3 win against Buffalo (April 20) ... went on a season-best eight-game hitting streak from April 20-May 3, batting 9-for-28 (.321) with seven runs scored ... knocked in a career-high three RBI with a 2-for-3 performance at Akron (May 11), including a double and a home run ... named Miami's Rookie of the Year.

HIGH SCHOOL Was a four-year letterwinner and helped Cathedral win four straight Sectionals, three straight regionals and city titles, and the state championship his senior year, respectively ... in Cathedral's top-five career leaders in at-bats (311), hits (119), batting average (.383), RBI (106), doubles (24) and triples (11) ... three-time member of the Indianapolis All-City team ... tied the all-time Indiana record with two triples in the State Championship title game.

PERSONAL Born January 13, 1983 ... son of Leslie and Cliff Sellery ... majoring in sports studies.

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