Steve Vanderheyden Class: Junior Hometown: Clarkston, Mich. High School: Clarkston Height / Weight: 5-11 / 175 Position: 2B Birthdate: 02/17/1988 B/T: R/R

2008 Season: Played in 46 games and made 45 starts in the infield...batted .322 with 49 hits in 152 at-bats...ranked fourth on the team in at-bats and hits...scored 29 runs and drove in 30 runs...collected 10 doubles and tied for second on the team with six home runs...had a .507 slugging percentage and 77 total bases...drew 16 walks and was hit by a pitch twice sporting a .392 on-base percentage...led the team with 107 assists and also had 83 putouts sporting a .960 fielding percentage...batted .400 (10-of-25) against lefties and .307 (39-of-127) against righties...batted .395 (17-of-43) when leading off the inning...hit .383 with runners in scoring position and .407 with two outs collecting 16 RBI's...hit .356 in conference play with four home runs and 17 RBI's...batted .308 (12-of-39) in the postseason and had second most hits on the team...committed just one error in postseason play in 55 chances...named First Team All-MIAA at second base...selected to Mideast Regional All-Tournament Team and was named Honorable Mention All-Mideast Region by the ABCA...ranked sixth in the MIAA with a .630 slugging percentage.

2007 Season: Named Honorable Mention All-MIAA...played in 37 games and made 35 starts primarily at second base...ranked third in the MIAA in sacrifice flies (3) and sixth in fielding assists (88)...sported a .946 fielding percentage with 71 putouts...batted .282 (29-for-103) with five doubles, one triple and 17 RBI...scored 14 runs and drew 14 walks with just nine strikeouts...batted .280 (21-for-75) in conference games with 14 RBI...reached base leading off an inning 13 out of 30 times (.433)...batted .316 (12-for-38) with runners in scoring position...recorded a hit in five of first six games...recorded four multi-RBI games and had four RBI in a doubleheader against Calvin on April 13.

Personal: Majoring in business administration and management...born in Clarkston, Michigan on February 17, 1988...son of Randy and Brenda Vanderheyden...attended Clarkston High School (Wolves) graduating in 2006...earned three varsity letters in baseball...won district titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006...reached the regional championship in each of those years as well...named a Scholar Athlete in the OAA and graduated with honors at Clarkston...favorite sports teams are the Detroit Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings...favorite athletes are Steve Yzerman, Marcus Thames and Curtis Granderson...favorite TV shows are Baseball Tonight, 24 and The Office...favorite movies are The Dark Knight, Braveheart and The Departed...favorite musicians are Incubus, Disturbed and Chevelle...favorite class at Adrian is fundamentals of entrepreneurship.