2006: Enjoyed a stellar senior season, earning All-Horizon League First Team honors while hitting .376 with a career-high 61 runs, 21 doubles, 11 home runs and 57 runs batted in ... 21 doubles broke old school mark of 20, while 61 runs tied for third and RBI total was tied for fourth all-time ... had 26 multi-hit games and a team-leading 14 multi-RBI games ... went 7-for-13 in three-game series against #20 Missouri Mar. 3-5 ... tied career-high with five runs batted in against Wright State Apr. 1 ... enjoyed a 10-game hitting streak Apr. 11-25 ... had three hits, three runs scored and drove in three against Cleveland State Apr. 22 ... went 8-for-12 with six runs scored in three games versus WSU in late April ... hit in eight-straight May 6-14 ... went a perfect 5-for-5 with five RBI, including two home runs and a school-record three doubles in victory over Butler May 20 ... earned Horizon League Player of the Week honors after the .571 week ... finished ranked second in the Horizon League in runs, hits, doubles, home runs and total bases, third in RBI and fourth in slugging percentage ... hit .395 versus righties and .367 with runners in scoring position ... signed with the Baltimore Orioles following the season ... spent the summer with the Bluefield Orioles, the club's rookie affiliate.
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2005: Named First Team All-Horizon League following a stellar junior campaign ... led team and league with his .376 batting average ... made 40 starts in 48 appearances, leading the team in home runs (9), runs batted in (40) and slugging percentage (.631) ... his HR and slugging totals led the Horizon League as well ... paced UWM with 11 multi-RBI games and was second with 17 multi-hit games ... started April with a bang, hitting safely in the first 13 games of the month, batting 23-for-47 (.489) in the span ... had four-consecutive multi-hit games Apr. 1-6, recording 10 hits in 16 at-bats ... went 3-for-4 with two home runs at IPFW Apr. 6 ... had two hits and three RBI versus Valparaiso Apr. 13 ... went 2-for-2 with four runs batted in and two runs scored in a win over Cleveland State Apr. 24 ... hit safely in the final four games of the year, going 10-for-21 with four multi-hit games ... had three hits and a career-best five RBI versus UIC in the Horizon League Tournament May 28.
2004: Enjoyed a solid sophomore campaign despite missing six weeks with a broken thumb ... posted a .360 batting average with 21 starts in 28 games ... homered twice and drove in 15 runs ... batted .375 in Horizon League action ... scored three times and went two-for-three with a pair of doubles versus Indiana Mar. 20 ... hit his first career home run versus Dartmouth on Mar. 23 ... went two-for-five with two runs and three RBI versus Chicago State May 4 ... homered and drove in two runs versus UIC in the league tournament May 27 ... went six-for-14 with five runs and three RBI in the league tourney ... ended the season on a six-game hitting streak.
2003: Saw action in five games, earning one start ... made his collegiate debut with a start at Chicago State April 22 ... walked once at Detroit May 4.
2002: Redshirted the 2002 season and maintained freshman eligibility.
High School: Lettered three times at Thomas More High School... As a sophomore received all-conference and all-suburban honorable mention honors... Named to the all-conference, all-suburban, all-area honorable mention and all-district teams as a junior... Selected to the all-area, all-district, all-suburban and all-state teams, while also garnering conference player of the year honors as a senior... Also lettered twice in basketball as a forward.
Personal: Criminal Justice major... Son of Frank and Kathy Nowicki... Born 11/12/82.
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Batting Statistics
Joe Nowicki |
| Season | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB | Slg% | SB |
| 2002 | Did Not Play -- Redshirted |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | 1 | .250 | 0-0 |
| 2004 | 28 | 86 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .360 | 43 | .500 | 1-1 |
| 2005 | 48 | 157 | 32 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 40 | .376 | 99 | .631 | 3-3 |
| 2006 | 57 | 229 | 61 | 86 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 57 | .376 | 144 | .629 | 9-9 |
| Totals | 138 | 476 | 114 | 177 | 40 | 2 | 22 | 112 | .371 | 287 | .603 | 13-13 |
