2007: Hit a career-high .335, making 52 starts in 53 appearances ... led team with 37 runs batted in and was second with 39 runs scored ... earned Second Team All-Horizon League honors ... his 18 multi-hit games was second on the squad ... set new career-highs with five hits and six RBIs when he went 5-for-6 in the final game of the season against Youngstown State May 26 ... named Horizon League Player of the Week May 7 after going 14-for-29 in seven games, scoring 12 runs and knocking in nine ... hit .394 versus lefties on the year ... had a 10-game hitting streak May 2-11, going 21-for-44 ... drove in four against Wright State April 28 ... had three hits and three RBI vs. UIC March 23 ... went 4-for-4 against NIU May 2 ... set career-highs in games, at-bats, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, total bases, slugging and average.
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2006: Made 43 starts in 44 games, batting .298 while setting career-highs in every category ... started the season red-hot, hitting safely in 14 of the first 15 games, including a 12-game hit streak Feb. 12-March 25 where he batted .424 ... went 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs batted in upset of #20 Missouri March 4 ... set new career-highs with four hits and four runs scored in win over Akron March 18 ... had three hits, two runs and two RBI against UIC March 25 ... tied career-best by driving in three runs with a 3-for-6 outing against Indiana State April 4 ... added a nine-game hit streak April 9-22 ... tied season-high with four hits and scored three times in win over Cleveland State May 6 ... hit .327 versus lefties.
2005: Made 32 starts in 43 games as a freshman, earning All-Horizon League Second Team honors ... hit .286 overall, including .395 in Horizon League play - a number that ranked second on the team ... also slugged .500 and had an on-base percentage of .425 in league play ... went 3-for-4 with a run scored in his first collegiate start versus Valparaiso Feb. 27 ... was 2-for-3 with a season-high three runs batted in against IPFW April 6 ... had two hits and stole a season-best two bases in a 2-1 win over Butler April 9 ... batted 4-for-8 with three runs batted in in two games at UIC April 16-17 ... tied his season-high with three hits against Cleveland State April 24 ... hit safely in four of the last five games of the season.
High School: Two-time Fox River Valley Association Player of the Year ... two-time second-team all-state pick by the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association ... rated No. 5 pro prospect in the state of Wisconsin by Baseball America in spring of 2004 ... batted .512 and .511 in his last two seasons of American Legion baseball ... two-time first-team all-league player ... played shortstop and third base for Chris Wright at Sheboygan North High School.
Personal: Son of Terry and Mary Berkovitz ... born October 9, 1985 ... criminal justice major.
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Batting Statistics Grant Berkovitz |
Season | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB | Slg% | SB |
2005 | 43 | 119 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .286 | 43 | .361 | 5-6 |
2006 | 44 | 171 | 29 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 27 | .298 | 68 | .398 | 6-7 |
2007 | 53 | 209 | 39 | 70 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 37 | .335 | 102 | .488 | 1-4 |
Totals | 140 | 499 | 83 | 155 | 27 | 5 | 7 | 75 | .311 | 213 | .427 | 12-17 |