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2013 Baseball Roster

20 Will Fadness

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Eau Claire, Wis.
  • Highschool Memorial

Biography

2013: All-Horizon League First-Team selection at designated hitter after batting .310 in 42 games (all starts), driving in 33 runs ... finished 10th in the league in batting; one of five UWM players in the top 10 .. scored 26 runs, had four home runs, a .437 slugging percentage and a .391 on-base percentage ... started the season with a bang, driving in 10 runs in a four-game series at New Mexico State Feb. 15-16 ... earned Horizon League Player of the Week honors for his efforts ... drove in a career-high five runs and tied career-high with three hits in game two of that series ... pair of doubles and four runs batted in against Wright State March 16 ... matched career-best with three hits against Saint Louis April 14, Carroll April 25 and Youngstown State May 11 ... scored a career-high four runs in a victory over Wisconsin Lutheran May 6 ... helped Panthers to a perfect 5-0 week ending May 12, including a three-game weekend sweep of Youngstown State University that clinched the first Horizon League regular-season title for Milwaukee since 2001 ... earned league player of the week honors after going 8-for-16 in the five games with seven runs batted in and eight runs scored ... he slugged .688, had a .636 on-base percentage and did not strike out in 22 plate appearances on the week ... had three hits and drove in four May 11 ... his walkoff single gave UWM a win over Northern Illinois May 14 and helped cap a perfect 13-0 record at home on the season ... College Sports Madness Second-Team All-Conference honoree.

2013 game-by-game in PDF Format

2012: Stepped right in to the starting catcher position and made an immediate impact, earning Horizon League All-Newcomer Team honors after batting .316 in 50 games, recording 60 hits, scoring 26 runs and knocking in 30 more ... paced the team with 19 multi-hit games and added six multi-RBI games ... led the Horizon League with 21 doubles, a total that ranks as the fifth-highest in UWM single-season history ... his doubles-per-game total (0.42) ranked 11th in the NCAA ... also finished eighth in the league in slugging at .489 and 10th with a team-high 93 total bases ... all this despite missing the final week of the season due to injury ... first hit as a Panther came as part of a 3-for-4 outing against East Carolina Feb. 18 ... two hits and two RBI against San Diego State March 2 ... went 5-for-11 at UALR March 9-10 ... two hits - including his first home run - and three runs batted in against UIC March 31 ... hit a pair of home runs and drove in three in a win over Cardinal Stritch April 4 ... was 8-for-11 with four runs scored in three-game set against Butler April 5-7 ... stayed red-hot against the Bulldogs, going 8-for-14 in road series May 11-13 ... hit a home run and drove in three against Wright State May 17 ... 3-for-4 in final appearance of season the next day.

2012 game-by-game in PDF Format

Prior to UWM: Was the starting catcher for two years at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Ariz., batting .317 with a .429 on-base percentage in 54 games in 2011 ... helped the team to a 78-39 record in his two years, recording over 100 hits, 40 runs scored and 60 RBI in that span.

High School: Concluded an impressive prep career with Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association First-Team All-State honors as a senior ... batted .611 with nine home runs and 41 runs batted in that season ... three-time first-team all-league catcher was also named Big Rivers Conference Player of the Year his final campaign ... member of state championship hockey team and also played football.

Personal: Son of Rob and Dori Fadness ... father played baseball at Minnesota-Duluth ... three brothers - Ty, Mickey and Nolan - also played baseball in college and sister, Tess, played softball collegiately ... majoring in history ... chose UWM for the chance to win a conference championship and to further his baseball career ... lists career goal as 'to win' ... most memorable sports experiences include hockey state title, winning player of the year and going to state in baseball ... hobbies include golf and music ... born April 22, 1990.


 
Batting Statistics
Will Fadness
Season

G

AB

R

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

Avg.

TB

Slg%

SB

2012

50

190

26

60

21

0

4

30

.316

93

.489

1-2

2012

42

158

26

49

8

0

4

33

.310

69

.437

3-4

Totals

92

348

52

109

29

0

8

63

.313

162

.466

4-6

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2012Junior

    C
    5'11" 205 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2013Senior

    C
    5'11" 205 lbs
    20