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2003: Honorable Mention All-GLIAC selection...Played in 56 games, starting 55...Started both as a catcher and as a DH...Hit .361 with 65 hits in 180 plate appearances...Tallied nine doubles, four HRs and scored 36 runs...Drove in 42 runs...6-8 in stolen bases...Went 5-11 with three RBIs and three runs scored in DII World Series...Tallied three hits in a game six times...Turned in a 17-game hitting streak that concluded with a 3-4 performance with two RBIs versus Ashland in the GLIAC Tournament.
Prior To GVSU: Spent two years at Grand Rapids Community College...Named to the MCCAA First Team both years...Also earned NJCAA All-Region First Team honors last season...Recorded a .430 batting average last year.
High School: Prepped at DeWitt High School...Played under Frank Deak and Phil Harner...Batted .515 his senior year and hit 12 homeruns...Earned Ingham County League First Team and All-State First Team honors his junior and senior years...Was the Ingham County League and Team MVP twice...Named to Detroit Free Press and Lansing State Journal Dream Teams in his last two seasons...Also played soccer and and basketball for four years...Was a member of SADD for four years... Two-year member of NHS and Academic Hall of Fame.
Personal: Born 11/1/82 in Lansing, Mich....Son of Tim and Peggy Beckwith...Majoring in business...Enjoys exercise, water, and his friends.
