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Otterbein University Athletics

2022 Baseball Roster

Maddie Sasfy
Ed Syguda

27 Luke Barber

  • Position First Base
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 225
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Gahanna
  • High School St. Francis DeSales

Biography

Returning for extra year of eligibility ... 3x All-OAC selection ... 2x CoSIDA first team Academic All-American ... 126 career starts ...

As a Senior (2021): Started all 34 games ... Repeated with academic honors at the conference, district and national levels ... OAC Clyde Lamb Award winner ... Hit .350 at the plate, ranking top five in the league for home runs, walks and defensive putouts ... Contributed 19 multi-hit games ... Maintained .993 fielding percentage around the bag ... Hit 6 for 7 in doubleheader with Wilmington ... 

As a Junior (2020): Started all 13 games at first base ... Led the team with .382 batting average and 18 RBI ... Had four home runs... Named OAC Hitter of the Week after going 5 for 9 with six RBI in doubleheader at Mount St. Joseph ... Launched a go-ahead, three-run homer in the eighth inning vs. Thiel on spring break ... Finished the schedule with a 4 for 6 effort at Denison ... Repeated on Academic All-OAC list and also named first team CoSIDA Academic All-District before heading to national ballot ... Became one of just 33 student-athletes across NCAA Division III to earn Academic All-America spot ...

As a Sophomore (2019): Started 42 games at first base, repeating with second team all-conference honors ... Voted to OAC's All-Tournament Team ... Also named Academic All-OAC and CoSIDA Academic All-District ... Led the league with nine home runs and hit .320 at the plate, marking the second-best average on the team ... Ripped 11 doubles and ranked fourth in the OAC in slugging percentage ... Launched walk-off grand slam to beat Mount Union ... Hit a combined 4 for 8, with four RBI, in doubleheader at Marietta to help clinch postseason spot ...

As a Freshman (2018): Started 37 games to receive first varsity letter ... Named second team All-OAC ... Finished top-10 in the league for batting average, slugging percentage, hits, total bases and doubles despite missing nine games with an injury ... Homered in first college at-bat en route to going 5 for 6 with three RBI ... Strung together a 14-game hitting streak .... Tallied seven hits in the OAC Tournament ... Went a combined 6 for 10 in doubleheader sweep at Capital ... 

High School: Three-year letterman in both baseball and football ... Missed senior year with an injury ... First team all-league as a junior and senior ... Also voted all-district twice and earned honorable mention All-Ohio honors during junior season ...

Major: Master's of Business Administration (Mechanical Engineering)

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Historical Player Information

  • 27

    2018Freshman

    First Base
    6'1" 215 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2019Sophomore

    First Base
    6'1" 215 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2020Junior

    First Base
    6'1" 215 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2021Senior

    First Base
    6'1" 215 lbs
    27
  • 27

    2022Graduate Student

    First Base
    6'1" 225 lbs
    27