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Josh Steinberg enters his final season with Mason and he will challenge for playing time at catcher and first base. 2009: Played in 18 games with 13 starts appearing at catcher, first base and designated hitter... Hit .250 with a .383 on-base percentage... Was one of three players on the team with more walks than strikeouts... Had three multi-hit games on the year... Against USC Upstate (2/20), went 2 for 4 with a walk... Had a double and two RBI against UNC Asheville (2/21)... Had two hits and a home runs against Lehigh (3/13)... Had a pair of hits and a run against George Washington (4/21)... Had a pair of walks, was hit by a pitch and had an RBI and a run against Hofstra (4/25)... Hit .250 as a starter and .250 as a pinch hitter... Is one of five active players with a career batting average of better-than .300. 2008: Played in 29 games with 24 starts... Started season's final 14 games... Had 17 starts at designated hitter and seven at catcher... Was third on the team in batting average with a .342 mark... Had a .432 slugging percentage and a.365 on-base percentage in 111 at-bats... Had 10 multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games while putting together a nine-game hitting streak during the season... Was 2 for 5 with three RBI on April 12 at Hofstra... Was 3 for 5 with three RBI at Delaware on April 26... Had three hits and three runs on April 29 against Georgetown... Had four straight multi-hit games from May 4-May 17 going 10 for 17 during that stretch... Over the final 16 games, hit .400 (26 for 65) with 10 RBI, a .409 on-base percentage and a .477 slugging percentage. 2007: Appeared in seven games off the bench batting .250 in eight at bats. Scored two runs on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts... Had a .400 on-base percentage... Was hit by a pitch in first collegiate plate appearance at Charleston Southern (Feb. 24)... First collegiate hit came against Coppin State (March 6) when he went 1 for 3 with a walk... Was 1 for 1 at Hofstra (March 10). Scored in a run in each game in which he had a hit. Prep: Earned three varsity letters in baseball at Gar-Field High School... As a senior, was named All-Area, All-District and a Puma All-American... Also named All-District as a junior... As a senior, batted .355 with two hoe runs... As a junior, hit .310 with one home run... Played in the Perfect Game Showcase Tournament, Jerry Gardziel Tournament, East Cobb Yankees Tournament and CABA Tournament. Personal: Full name is Joshua Lee Steinberg... Parents are Hye Kyong and Craig Steinberg... Has one brother, Andrew, 15... Born July 26, 1988... A 2006 graduate of Gar-Field High School... Father played tennis at The Citadel... Earned Principal's Excellence Award, Academic Excellence Award, Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Award, Supervisor's Trohy for Academic Achievement, was named in Who's Who Among American Students, a Governor's Cup Selection, and participated in the Hugh O'Brian Leadership Conference... Also recruited by The Citadel, Navy, Wofford and Newberry... Hobbies include fishing, wakeboarding and boating... Majoring in accounting.
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