10   Joe Battaglia
Joe Battaglia

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Westchester, IL

High School:
St. Joseph

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 205

Position:
C

B/T:
R/R


05/18/2012

Northern Illinois Falls to Ball State in Game Two of Series

Huskies scatter eight hits but fall to Cardinals, 11-2

05/12/2012

Last Play at the Plate Prevents Tie; Huskies Fall, 5-4

Ninth inning rally comes up short

05/10/2012

Huskies Meet Broncos In Final MAC Road Series

NIU is 5-1 in last six MAC road games

05/05/2012

Hermsen Goes the Distance and Fans 11 in 3-1 Loss to Chippewas

Pitcher posts career-high nine innings and 11 strikeouts

05/03/2012

NIU and CMU to Meet at Ralph McKinzie This Weekend

Huskies are 4-5 against the Chippewas the last nine games

05/02/2012

Rain causes restlessness

The Northern Illinois baseball team was in a rain delay versus Northwestern May 1 and got a little anxious in the dugout.

02/15/2012

NIU Baseball Preview with coach Ed Mathey

NIUHuskies.com presents the 2012 baseball season preview with Head Baseball Coach Ed Mathey, now in his 10th season at Northern Illinois. The Huskies return seven starters and two starting pitchers in 2012, along with four All-MAC picks, two all-region and a freshman All-American. To boast, NIU also has a pitcher on the preseason stopper of the year watchlist.

2011: Made four starts at catcher and 11 total appearances ... Hit .286 during freshman season, with four hits in 14 at bats, five runs, two doubles, one RBI and eight walks ... Also recorded an on-base percentage of .560 and a slugging percentage of .460 ... Went 2-for-4 against Valparaiso with one double in NIU's 7-6 victory (May 3) ... Recorded three walks versus UW-Milwaukee in first game of doubleheader, scoring two runs in the Huskies 11-7 victory (May 17) ... Drove in lone run of the season against Chicago State on a sacrifice fly (April 13) ... Recorded another sacrifice hit against the Cougars as well (April 13) ... In the Huskies 12-4 triumph against Buffalo, hit a double and scored a run (April 2).

High School: Named Westchester Suburban Life all-area team Player of the Year as a senior ... Four-time all-area selection ... Named to East Suburban Catholic Conference all-conference team for senior and his sophomore season ... Four-time varsity letterman at St. Joseph H.S. ... Three times named team MVP and captain (Senior, Junior, Sophomore) ... Batted .420 with 40 RBIs, 17 doubles and 3 home runs as a senior ... Scored 21 runs, hit three home runs and had 24 RBI in 36 games as a junior to help the Chargers to a Regional Championship ... Hit .397 with 29 runs and 31 RBI in 38 games as a sophomore ... Hit .397 with 20 runs and 16 RBI in 35 games as a freshman ... Participated in the 2009 Stevenson Showcase all-star event.

Personal: Born November 21, 1991... Business major... Son of Jeff and Donna Battaglia... Aspires to own his own restaurant... Perennial honor roll honoree... Enjoys cooking... Member of Leadership Board, National Honor Society, and is editor in chief of the sports section for his school's yearbook... Admires Alex Rodriguez and Albert Pujols.

YEAR G/GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB OBP SLG AVG
2011 11-4 14 5 4 2 0 0 1 6 9 6 0 .560 .429 .286
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