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Jersey Number 9
Elijah Yarborough
- Position:
- SS/INF
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- North Brunswick, NJ
- High School:
- North Brunswick
Bio
2013: Played 24 games, making 18 starts…Had 13 of his 14 hits in the final 12 games of the season…Belted home runs against George Mason (4/24) and Massachusetts (5/18)…Pounded out a season-high three hits with two runs scored against George Mason…Knocked in a season-high three runs in the season finale against UMass (5/18)…Took over the everyday starting job at second base at Rhode Island (4/20) and batted .276 for the rest of the season after opening the year 1-for-27.
2012: Started 32 games and called off the bench in seven other games… Had three two-double games (Against North Carolina A&T (2/24), Longwood (3/3) and Central Connecticut (3/9))… Recorded a 12 doubles on the year…Ranked first in the A-10 in sacrifice flies…Walked 11 times, while recording 16 runs and 35 RBIs…Against CCSU (3/9) went 4-for-4 with four runs scored…Scored a season-high three runs at North Carolina A&T (2/24).
2011: Played in 41 games, making 24 starts- 23 of which were at short stop…Batted .288 with 21 hits and 10 walks..Scored 14 runs and drove in 21 RBIs…Blasted a home run at George Washington (5/20)…Drove in a run on a 3-for-5 day at New Orleans (4/23).
2010: Appeared in 20 games making five starts at second base and shortstop in his collegiate debut…Picked up his first career hit, a double, going one-for-one in a pinch hit appearance against Florida Gulf Coast (2/21)…Posted first multi-hit game of career going three-for-three with an RBI against Villanova (4/27)…Hit first career home run, a three-run shot, in team’s series finale with Charlotte (5/2).
High School: Earned first team All-White Division, first team All-Area, and third team Central Jersey All-Group IV honors as a senior…Reached 100 career hit mark during senior season, leading North Brunswick to its’ first county championship final…Batted .375 with a .700 slugging percentage…As a junior, named All-GMC White Division, second team All-Area, and third team All-Group III…Racked up 27 hits batting .422…During sophomore season, batted .380 with 30 hits garnering All-GMC Sophomore team and All-White Division honors…Stroked 29 hits as a freshman, earning honorable mention All-Area honors with a .358 batting average.
Personal: Plans to major in communications at TU…His uncle Vaughn Williams played football at the University of Massachusetts.
2012: Started 32 games and called off the bench in seven other games… Had three two-double games (Against North Carolina A&T (2/24), Longwood (3/3) and Central Connecticut (3/9))… Recorded a 12 doubles on the year…Ranked first in the A-10 in sacrifice flies…Walked 11 times, while recording 16 runs and 35 RBIs…Against CCSU (3/9) went 4-for-4 with four runs scored…Scored a season-high three runs at North Carolina A&T (2/24).
2011: Played in 41 games, making 24 starts- 23 of which were at short stop…Batted .288 with 21 hits and 10 walks..Scored 14 runs and drove in 21 RBIs…Blasted a home run at George Washington (5/20)…Drove in a run on a 3-for-5 day at New Orleans (4/23).
2010: Appeared in 20 games making five starts at second base and shortstop in his collegiate debut…Picked up his first career hit, a double, going one-for-one in a pinch hit appearance against Florida Gulf Coast (2/21)…Posted first multi-hit game of career going three-for-three with an RBI against Villanova (4/27)…Hit first career home run, a three-run shot, in team’s series finale with Charlotte (5/2).
High School: Earned first team All-White Division, first team All-Area, and third team Central Jersey All-Group IV honors as a senior…Reached 100 career hit mark during senior season, leading North Brunswick to its’ first county championship final…Batted .375 with a .700 slugging percentage…As a junior, named All-GMC White Division, second team All-Area, and third team All-Group III…Racked up 27 hits batting .422…During sophomore season, batted .380 with 30 hits garnering All-GMC Sophomore team and All-White Division honors…Stroked 29 hits as a freshman, earning honorable mention All-Area honors with a .358 batting average.
Personal: Plans to major in communications at TU…His uncle Vaughn Williams played football at the University of Massachusetts.
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