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JP Sponseller Season 2022

Pos.OF
Weight202 lbs
Height5-10
YearRedshirt Sophomore
HometownMason, Ohio
Previous SchoolElon
B/TL/R
2023 Season: Batted .194 (13-for-67) in 19 starts in 30 games played with three doubles, two home runs, 13 RBI and nine runs scored… Had five multi-RBI games and three multi-hit games… Went 2-for-5 with two RBI against Wright State (April 4)… Finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored in win over Xavier (March 22)… Hit first home run of the season in home opener against Miami (OH) on March 1, going 1-for-3 with two RBI and two walks.

2022 Season: Appeared in 43 games with 37 starts, primarily at DH ... batted .220 with 8 home runs, 7 doubles and 25 RBI ... walked 28 times with an OBP of .349 ... earned a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll following 3 HR, 7 RBI performance against Northwestern (3/5) ... named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week (3/7) ... first Bearcat since 2007 to hit 3 HR in one game.

2021 Season (Elon): Appeared in 23 games with 8 starts ... hit second career home run vs. William & Mary (4/10)

2020 Season (Elon): Appeared in 17 games with 13 starts at 1B and DH while primarily batting third and fourth in the order ... made collegiate debut in the season opener vs. Deleware State ... hit first career home run against UMass Lowell (2/21) ... season ended early due to COVID-19. 

Prior to UC: Attended Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, where he played Division I Baseball in the Colonial Athletic Association ... played baseball at Mason High School ... was named 2019 Cincinnati Player of the Year by the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Personal: Born April 18, 2001 ... Parents are Bob and Carrie Sponseller ... brother Ty played football at the University of Cincinnati ... brother Lee played baseball at Ohio Dominican and Coastal Carolina.
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Redshirt Junior
2023

INF
5-11 / 203 lbs