2018 (Redshirt Senior): Tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week on March 27 … Played in 54 games on the season, starting 45 contests … Hit .290 with six home runs, two triples, 13 doubles, 42 RBIs and 30 runs scored … Totaled 45 base knocks on the year … Posted a .516 slugging percentage and a .424 on-base percentage … Drew 32 walks compared to just 29 strikeouts … Was 3-for-4 on stolen base attempts … Totaled six multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games on the year … Posted a team-high 11-game hitting streak on the season … Recorded a season-long on-base streak of 24-straight games … Hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth to lead Coastal to a 9-5 win over No. 10 Clemson (March 20) … Picked up his first career hit as a Chant in the season-opening win over Virginia Tech (Feb. 16) … Hit a two-run home run in the 7-6 loss to Illinois (Feb. 24) … Was 1-for-1 with two walks and two runs scored in the win over West Virginia (Feb. 25) … Went 2-for-3 with a triple, three RBIs and two runs scored in the double-digit win over VCU (Feb. 25) … Drove in two runs with a double versus UNC Wilmington (Feb. 28) … Was 1-for-3 with a walk versus Maryland (March 3) … Had an RBI versus Radford (March 4) and scored a run against Wake Forest (March 7) … Was a combined 3-for-7 with a double, two walks, an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base in the two contests versus Ohio State (March 10-11) … Had a double and scored a run versus UConn (March 13) … Went a combined 4-for-8 with a home run, a double, six walks, two RBIs and six runs scored in the three-game Sun Belt series sweep at Arkansas State (March 16-18) … Also hit a grand slam in the 11-3 win over No. 30 Texas State in game one of the doubleheader (March 24) … Went 1-for-1 with a double, three walks, an RBI and two runs scored in the second game of the twin bill versus the Bobcats (March 24) … Was 1-for-3 with a triple, an RBI and run scored in the 15-2 win at Georgia Southern (March 30) … Came off the bench to go 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI in the 14-7 win over South Alabama (April 7) … Blasted a grand slam to total four RBIs in the series finale at Troy (April 14) … Was 1-for-3 with an RBI in the series finale versus Georgia State (April 22) … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, a walk, three RBIs and three runs scored in the 17-16 win over ULM (April 29) … Recorded two RBIs in the 10-3 win at Louisiana (May 6) … Picked up two doubles and was 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the 5-2 win over No. 3 North Carolina (May 9) … Had one hit each in all three games versus Little Rock (May 11-13) … Drove in three runs with a single and a sacrifice fly in the 10-4 series opening win at Appalachian State (May 18) … Was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk versus South Alabama (May 24) in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Championship Tournament … Had a base hit, a walk, an RBI and a run scored in the Sun Belt Championship Tournament title game versus Troy (May 27) … Walked twice and scored a run in the win over LIU Brooklyn (June 1) in the NCAA Conway Regional … Went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against No. 30 Washington (June 2) in the NCAA Regional … Named to the 2017-18 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List … Also earned Dean’s List honors in the fall of 2017.
2017 (Redshirt Junior) at Ohio Dominican: Named CoSIDA Academic All-America ... First-team all-GLIAC ... A consensus all-Midwest Region (ABCA, D2CCA, NCBWA) selection ... Named the GLIAC Player of the Week ... Led GLIAC in walks, ranked second in home runs, third in slugging and sixth in on-base percentage ... Started in all 47 games he played ... Had a season-best 11-game hitting streak and reached base in 13-straight games ... Tallied 14 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games ... Hit .341 with 56 hits, 46 runs, 41 walks, 37 RBIs, 14 home runs, 11 doubles and eight stolen bases ... Went 5-for-7 game against Walsh, hitting two home runs and scoring five runs with three RBIs (April 12) ... Went 4-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs at Grand Valley (April 9) ... Also went 2-for-3 with three runs, two RBIs, a double, a home run and three stolen bases against Ashland (April 15) ... Graduated from Ohio Dominican in the spring of 2017 with a degree in finance.
2016 (Redshirt Sophomore) at Ohio Dominican: Named the GLIAC South Division Player of the Week twice (March 14 and March 21) ... Named the NCBWA Midwest Region Player of the Week twice (March 17 and March 24) ... Started all 36 games played ... Batted .344 on the season with 32 RBIs ... Hit for the cycle with a career-high four RBIs and three runs in a 4-for-4 effort against Hillsdale (March 19) ... Drove in three and scored a run in a 4-for-5 effort against Wayne State (March 7) ... Tied career high with three walks and scored two runs in season opener against Wheeling Jesuit (Feb. 20) ... Notched an 11-game hitting streak from March 6-20 ... Scored a total of 34 runs, including six home runs.
2015 (Redshirt Freshman) at Ohio Dominican: A CoSIDA Academic All-America ... Tabbed the GLIAC Freshman of the Year ... A first-team all-GLIAC selection ... A two-time GLIAC Player of the Week pick ... Named first-team ABCA all-region and second-team Daktronics all-region ... Started all 48 games ... Led GLIAC with a .410 batting average ... Was tied for fourth in the GLIAC with six home runs and eighth with 39 RBIs ... Recorded 21 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games ... Posted a 15-game hitting streak ... Smacked three home runs with five RBIs in the weekend series against Grand Valley (March 21-22) ... Recorded three hits and three RBIs in games against both Cedarville (March 25) and Hillsdale (April 12).
2014 (Freshman) at Ohio Dominican: Redshirted.
High School: Named first-team all-GMC as a senior...Helped lead the Comets to pair of GMC titles and the only undefeated season in the conference's history ... Earned the Outstanding Hitter Award ... Hit .429 with a .600 on-base percentage ... Totaled two homers, 22 RBIs and 21 runs scored as senior ... A three-time letterwinner.
Sponseller's Career Statistics from Ohio Dominican
Year AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-Att PO A E FLD%
2015 * .410 48-48 161 36 66 12 1 6 39 98 .609 32 3 23 .510 2 0 4-6 62 2 0 1.000
2016 * .344 36-36 122 34 42 9 2 6 32 73 .598 27 4 22 .477 0 1 1-2 61 1 3 .954
2017 * .341 47-47 164 46 56 11 0 14 37 109 .665 41 2 43 .474 2 0 8-9 58 3 2 .968
TOTALS .367 131-131 447 116 164 32 3 26 108 280 .626 100 9 88 .487 4 1 13-17 181 6 5 .974
* - STATS FROM OHIO DOMINICAN
