#35 Tom Yost

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#35 Tom Yost

1999
Earned a spot on the GTE Academic All-America University Division Baseball team ... also named to all-MAC second team and Academic all-MAC first team ... started 35 of final 42 games as the designated hitter hitting 48-for-109 (.440) ... registered a 21-game hitting streak snapped versus Ohio on May 5, but responded by hitting 5-of-12 with two home runs over the weekend ... led RedHawks in hitting (.406), becoming one of only seven Miami players with more than 125 at-bats to hit over .400 ... finished tied for second in MAC in batting.

1998
Took the field in 16 games ... totaled five hits in 17 at bats for a .294 batting average ... first collegiate hit was a two-RBI single versus Wilmington College on March 19 ... hit RBI doubles versus Xavier on March 31 and Indiana on April 1.

High School
Batted .450 with six home runs and 42 RBIs as a senior ... led team to the most wins in school history (20) as a senior ... two-time all-state and all-district honoree ... twice named team MVP... named team captain as a junior and senior ... member of conference championship team as a senior ... earned 10 varsity letters, including four in baseball ... National Honor Society member.

Personal
Born November 12, 1979 ... son of Pete and Chris Yost ... brother was a two-sport athlete at Wittenberg University ... majoring in elementary education.

Yost's Career Stats
Year   G   AB   R  H   BA    2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  SAC  BB  K
1999   46  128  25 52  .406  3   1   5   27   6   2    12  31
1998   16  17   2  5   .294  2   0   0   6    0   0    2   4
TOTALS 62  145  27 57  .393  5   1   5   33   6   2    14  35

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