2017 Baseball Roster
Laren Eustace
- Weight:
- 175
- Height:
- 5-9
- Position:
- OF
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Batavia, Ill.
- High School:
- Batavia
2017 - JUNIOR
Appeared in 49 games, making 15 starts ... Tallied three doubles and a triple while adding six stolen bases ... Recorded a hit off the bench in the win over Xavier (5/7)...Strung together a perfect 4-for-4 performance in the win at No. 13 Michigan (4/22), doubling twice, driving in a run and stealing a base...Tallied a hit and an RBI off the bench in the win over Minnesota (4/15)...Doubled and recorded two hits at Florida Atlantic (2/26), while also driving in a run and scoring once two days prior in the Friday victory (2/24)...Went 2-for-3 with a triple, RBI, stolen base and three runs scored in the win over Gonzaga (2/17)...Tallied two hits in the season opener against No. 7 Oregon State (2/17), while matching his career-high in steals with two.
2016 - SOPHOMORE
Played in 40 games, starting in 26…Collected 26 hits on the year while homering three times and driving in 14 runs…Also stole six bases, good for fourth on the team…Hit his first home run of the season at Cal State Fullerton (3/28)…Had a career-high five hits in the win over Illinois State (3/4), homering, driving in four, scoring four times and stealing two bases…Recorded four multi-hit games in a five-game stretch from March 23 against Butler to April 1 at Rutgers…Had a pinch-hitting, walk-off RBI single in the win over Kentucky (5/10)…Belted his third home run of the season, a two-run shot, in the Big Ten Tournament against Nebraska (5/26)…Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2015 - FRESHMAN
Appeared in 29 games as a freshman, starting eight contests…started four straight games (3/24-3/29) in CF…career debut at Stanford (2/14) in 10th inning, playing defensively in LF…first career start, hit and RBI came in win vs. Xavier (2/22)…earned second start vs. Ball State, scoring first career run and cracking first career double…recorded a double, a run and RBI vs. Eastern Michigan (3/11).
PREP/PERSONAL
Ranked as the ninth-best prospect in the state of Illinois (51st overall) by Prep Baseball Report and the top-rated Illinois outfielder ... 2014 Beacon-News Baseball Player of the Year after leading Batavia to a 32-4-1 record as a senior ... hit .419 with 40 runs scored, eight doubles, seven triples, five home runs, 28 RBI and 17 steals ... included in Perfect Game's Top-500 players nationally ... batted .391 with three homeruns, seven doubles, seven triples and 21 RBI with a .473 on-base percentage as a junior in 2013 ... owns the Batavia High School steals record ... Chicago Sun-Times Top-100 baseball players ... an all-area and all-conference selection...The son of Tom and Alma Eustace ... has one sister, Marielle ... born on November 3, 1995 ... majoring in business.
