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2014 Baseball Roster

Gene Smith

16 Tony Viger

  • Position Infield/Pitcher
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • High School O'Gorman

Biography

2014 (Senior): Daktronics All-America First Team selection … named All-America First Team by NCBWA … selected to All-America First Team by Rawlings/ABCA … voted All-Central Region Player of the Year by Daktronics … chosen as the All-Central Region Player of the Year by the NCBWA … first team All-Central Region member by Daktronics, NCBWA, and Rawlings/ABCA … NSIC Player of the Year … All-NSIC First Team selection … Tino Martinez Award Finalist … named to NSIC All-Tournament Team … NCBWA Central Region Player of the Week for the week of Apr. 23 … named National Player of the Week by the NCBWA on Apr. 23 … selected as the NSIC Player of the Week on Apr. 21 … played and started in all 57 games … batted a career-best .407 at the plate, third in the NSIC and 24th in the NCAA … .688 slugging percentage ranked second in the NSIC and 11th nationally … finished 10th in the NSIC in on-base percentage at .455 … lead the NSIC in runs scored with 65, also ranked sixth in the NCAA … NSIC leader in hits with 90, ninth in all of Division II … 62 RBI lead the NSIC, and 11th in the NCAA … NCAA and NSIC leader in doubles with 28 … lead the NSIC in total bases with 152, which also ranked fourth nationally … tied for 10th in the NSIC with career-high 10 homeruns … tied for ninth in the NSIC with 12 stolen bases … smashed two triples … team-leading 30 multi-hit games … second on the team with 17 multi-RBI games … had a 12-game hitting streak during the year … .915 fielding percentage … made eight relief appearances on the mound … pitched in a career-high 20.2 innings … posted a team-leading 0.87 ERA … had a 2-1 win/loss record … tallied two saves … gave up just two earned runs … recorded a career-high 17 strikeouts on the hill … 13 games of at least three hits … tied a career high with four hits in a game on three instances … drove in a career-high six runs against Minot State on Apr. 22 … hit a career-high three doubles in a game against Minnesota Crookston on Mar. 30 … tied a career high with four runs scored in a game twice on the year … struck out a career-high seven batters against Bemidji State on Apr. 7 … pitched a career-high four innings on two occasions.

2013 (Junior): Named to All-NSIC Second Team ... appeared in all 56 games, making 55 starts at third base ... led the NSIC in RBI, sacrifice flies and at bats ... batted .337 ... led the team with 15 doubles ... cracked two triples ... blasted three home runs ... drove in 53 runs ... stole 17 bases ... recorded 38 putouts and 93 assists ... compiled a .936 fielding percentage ... had career-high two doubles against Concordia-St. Paul on Feb. 17 ... drove in career-high five runs at Hawaii-Hilo on Feb. 9 ... had 18 multi-hit games ... led the team with 15 multi-RBI games ... drove in three or more runs in a game seven times ... had three or more hits in a game six times ... made two appearances on the mound, tossing 1.1 innings.

2012 (Sophomore): Appeared in 32 games, making 29 starts, primarily at third base and shortstop ... made five pitching appearances ... batted .311 ... drilled seven doubles and two home runs ... knocked in 10 runs ... stole five bases ... recorded 32 putouts and 67 assists ... logged 5.2 innings on the mound ... struck out four batters ... held opponents to .176 batting average.

2011 (Freshman): Appeared in 25 games and made 19 starts, primarily at third base ... batted .231 ... hit four doubles and drove in eight runs ... stole two bases on two attempts ... registered five multi-hit games ... also pitched 0.2 innings and struck out one batter against Minnesota State on April 21.

High School:  2010 graduate of Sioux Falls O'Gorman High School ... three-year starter and letterwinner ... twice named all-state first team ... led team to state title as senior ... also batted .450 with 13 home runs during senior season ... batted .425 with nine home runs as junior ... collected .400 batting average as sophomore ... named all-state second team as sophomore.

Personal: Son David and Kathy Viger ... born April 7, 1992 ... business major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2010-11Freshman

    Infield/Pitcher
    6'2" 205 lbs
    36
  • 16

    2011-12Sophomore

    Infield/Pitcher
    6'2" 205 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2013Junior

    Infield/Pitcher
    6'2" 225 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2014Senior

    Infield/Pitcher
    6'2" 215 lbs
    16