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8 Stephen Koester

  • Position C
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Massapequa Park, N.Y.
  • Highschool Massapequa

Biography

Honors
• Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll, 2017, 2018

Career Statistics
Year GP GS   Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Slg OBP
2016 19 12   .262 42 9 11 2 0 0 4 0 .310 .354
2017 24 20   .313 67 6 21 5 0 1 14 1 .433 .365
2018 26 25   .262 84 10 22 5 0 0 11 1 .321 .340
Totals 70 57   .294 193 25 54 12 0 1 29 2 .358  .352

Career Highs
hits - 3 vs. Gettysburg and Ursinus, 2017
runs - 3 vs. Swarthmore, 2016
doubles - 2 vs. Gettysburg, 2017
RBI - 4 vs. Gettysburg, 2017

Career Highlights
2018
• Started 25 games in the outfield as a junior
• Had two or more hits in six games during third season
• Finished fifth on team in batting average and doubles
• Knocked a two out 2 RBI single into right field in a continuation game vs. Haverford to put the Mules ahead in a game they would eventually win
• Had two base knocks, scoring twice as well against Neumann
• Collected two hits and two RBIs vs McDaniel


2017
• Started 20 games in the outfield as a sophomore
• Second on the Mules in batting average, fourth in slugging percentage and fifth in doubles
• Recorded five multi-hit games, including four in Centennial Conference contests
• Went 3-for-3 with four RBI, two doubles and his first career home run in win over Gettysburg
• Finished with three hits and drove in all three Muhlenberg runs in victory vs. Ursinus 
• Had two hits with a RBI in both games of doubleheader against Franklin & Marshall
• Slapped three hits including a double and recorded his first stolen base in doubleheader vs. Staten Island

2016
• Started 12 of 19 games played in his freshman season as a catcher and outfielder
• Had 11 hits in 42 at-bats with nine runs scored and four RBIs
• Debuted with a RBI single and a run scored against Gallaudet
• Smacked a two-RBI double and later scored in 10th inning of 6-2 win vs. Haverford
• Slashed two hits including a double and scored season-high three runs against Swarthmore
• Also had multi-hit games against Dickinson and Johns Hopkins

Personal
• Played baseball and football for Massapequa High School
• Helped his baseball team to Nassau County championship
• Parents are Dean and Maria Koester
• Born April 30, 1997
• A biology major
• Made the Dean's List two semesters
• Studied abroad in Tanzania during the Fall 2017 semester

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2016Freshman

    C
    6'0" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2017Sophomore

    C
    6'0" 185 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2018Junior

    C
    6'0" 185 lbs
    8