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05/17/2012 Huskies Rally Back Down From Seven, Fall to Ball State in Extra InningsNIU comes back from 7-0 deficit 05/15/2012 Huskies Triumph Through the Rain in Milwaukee, 10-4Huskies score three and total six hits after 94 minute delay 05/12/2012 Last Play at the Plate Prevents Tie; Huskies Fall, 5-4Ninth inning rally comes up short 05/11/2012 Huskies Fall to Broncos in Slugfest, 13-9NIU outhit WMU, 16-14, and cranked seven extra-base hits 05/10/2012 Huskies Meet Broncos In Final MAC Road SeriesNIU is 5-1 in last six MAC road games 05/02/2012 Rain causes restlessnessThe 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 MatheyNIUHuskies.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: Played and started in 53 contests at center field ... Finished season with a .321 batting average, two home runs, 16 doubles, two triples, 26 RBI, 56 runs scored and 27 stolen bases ... Also notched a .361 on-base percentage and a .429 slugging percentage ... Named to the College Baseball Foundation and Diamond Sports' National All-Star lineup May 27, hitting .667 (14-for-21) with 11 runs, two doubles, one home run, three RBI, .905 slugging percentage, .682 on-base percentage, one walk and four steals ... Received Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week honors same week as well ... Ended season with a 14-game hitting streak; began streak with a .271 average ... Batted safely in 42-of-53 contests ... 22 multi-hit games ... In the field, recorded 155 putouts and four assists ... Tied for Mid-American Conference lead in runs (56) and was second in stolen bases (27) ... Top-10 in the league in doubles and hits ... Had a season-high five hits versus Eastern Michigan in the MAC Tournament, finishing 5-for-6 with one double, one triple, three RBI, two runs and a stolen base (May 27) ... Was perfect at the plate twice with four hits in four at-bats at Milwaukee (May 17) and Western Michigan (May 20) ... Drove in a season-high four runs versus Ball State with a double and a home run (May 15) ... Recorded five stolen bases versus North Dakota (March 16), Saint Louis (March 20), Aurora (March 30), Miami (Ohio) (April 10) and at Western Michigan (May 19) ... Homered in back-to-back games against Ball State (May 15) and Milwaukee (May 17). 2010: Stole a base as a pinch runner at Austin Peay (2/28) ... Scored the tying run after pinch running for Brett Frantini in the eighth inning at UC Santa Barbara (3/13) ... Notched his first collegiate hit, a single, at Southern Illinois (3/20) ... Cracked the first of four doubles for the season at Bradley (3/31) ... Contributed a pinch-hit single vs. Northwestern (4/14) ... Drove in a season-high three runs on two hits at Iowa (4/22) ... Torched Eagles pitching for three straight two-hit games vs. Eastern Michigan (5/7-5/9) ... Turned in a three-hit, two-steal performance at Ball State (5/14) ... Registered two hits, two runs, and run batted in vs. Milwaukee (5/18) ... Tallied a two-for-three day at vs. Western Michigan (5/20) ... Posted his fist collegiate triple in the last game of the season vs. Western Michigan (5/22) ... Finished second on the team in stolen bases (12). High School: Helped Kimberly High School to a state championship in his sophomore year ... Finished second in the state as a junior, hitting .419 with 10 steals en route to being named a first-team all-conference ... Also named all-area as a junior to earn a spot in the Milwaukee Brewers All-Star Classic ... Earned a varsity letter in basketball as a sophomore ... Lettered in football in his final three years, garnering first team all-conference and all-region honors in his junior year as a defensive back ... Received several D-I football scholarship offers. Personal: Born July 17, 1991 ... Son of John and Diane Wells ... Father played baseball at Ripon College ... Intends to major in physical education at NIU.
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05/16/2012 - Baseball Huskies Close Regular Season Versus Ball State05/15/2012 - Baseball Huskies Triumph Through the Rain in Milwaukee, 10-405/14/2012 - Baseball Huskies Hit the Road for Final Away Contest05/14/2012 - Baseball Sixty-Six Northern Illinois Student-Athletes Earn Degrees in 2011-1205/14/2012 - Baseball FOLLOW THE HUSKIES: Week of May 14-2005/13/2012 - Baseball NIU Closes Series at WMU With 6-1 Loss05/12/2012 - Baseball Last Play at the Plate Prevents Tie; Huskies Fall, 5-405/11/2012 - Baseball Huskies Fall to Broncos in Slugfest, 13-905/10/2012 - Baseball Huskies Meet Broncos In Final MAC Road Series05/08/2012 - Baseball FOLLOW THE HUSKIES: Week of May 7-13
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