2008 Season - Senior

Completed quite possibly the single greatest offensive season in Messiah College baseball history. . .led the team and Commonwealth Conference in the following categories: .422 batting average, .765 sluging percentage, .534 on-base-percentage, 54 runs*, 70 hits*, 50 RBI*, 19 doubles* (24th in Div. III), 4 triples, 10 home runs*, 127 total bases* (16th in Div. III), 39 walks* (10th in Div. III), 208 plate appearances, and 33 extra-base hits*. . .Commonwealth Player of the Week for the weeks of March 24, April 7, and May 5. . .earned Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-Commonwealth Conference, First Team Mid-Atlantic Region, ABCA/Rawlings, First Team All-American, d3baseball.com, 2008 Second-Team All American, ABCA/Rawlings. . .finishes Messiah career with career records for RBI's (129), Triples (15), and Walks (102).

*Single Season Messiah Records

2007 Season – Junior
Started 29 of 31 games at SS. . .led team with 23 walks and a .425 on-base-percentage. . .hit .284, scoring 21 runs (3rd on team) and driving in 19 runs (2nd on team). . .reached base safely in 26 of the 31 games played.

2006 Season – Sophomore
Started all 40 games at SS & 2B. . .hit .291 in 134 at-bats. . .3rd on the team with 23 runs and 39 hits. . .2nd on team with 10 doubles and 18 walks. . .led team with 6 triples (2nd in Commonwealth), 35 RBI (5th in Commonwealth), and 127 assists (1st in Commonwealth). . .11 multi-hit games.

2005 Season – Freshman

Won second-base job early in the season and started 38 out of 42 games played for the MAC championship team. . .hit .287 in 129 at-bats and slugged .488 (5th on team). . .scored 33 runs (3rd on team, 9th in Commonweatlth), drove in 25 runs (5th on team), hit 5 triples (1st on team and Commonwealth), and 4 home-runs (T-3rd on team)…Drew 22 walks (1st on team, 4th in Commonwealth).

High School

3-year letter winner for Quakertown High School. . .team captain as a senior…Helped lead team to 2 League Titles and 3 District playoff appearances. . .played in the Carpenter Cup 2 years. . .earned 1st-team all-league honors as a senior. . .also played golf for 4 years.

Personal

Craig Andrew Mease was born on August 7, 1985 in Quakertown, PA. . .on of Clifford and Julia Mease. . .has an older brother Bradley and older sister Sheri. . .Accounting Major. . .chose Messiah over LaSalle and Temple.

Mease By The Numbers