2013 - Junior Season - Earned third team All-Region honors by both the ABCA and D3baseball.com...Honorable mention All-Conference selection ...Continued one of the most consistent careers in CNU history, by starting all 42 games at shortstop for the Captains...Smacked a team-high three home runs and scored a team-best 44 times...Hit .342 on the season, ranking second on the squad...Blasted 21 extra-base hits and drove in 30 runs...Posted best game of the season when he went 4-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored against Maryville (2/17)...Led team in HBP, with 16, and second in walks, with 24, to help rank second on the team in OBP (.474)...Converted five of seven stolen base attempts...
2012 - Sophomore Season - Named to USA South All-Tournament team for second straight year...Ranked third on the team in hitting with a .312 average...Started all 44 games at shortstop...Second on the team in steals (13), runs scored (37) and walks (26)...Dropped down a team-best 11 sacrifice hits...Finished season with hits in 17 of the last 18 games, including every game in the USA South and NCAA Tournaments...
2011 - Freshman Season - Started all 46 games in his first season at CNU...Hit .333 with 14 extra-base hits including four homeruns...Had 42 RBI and scored 37 runs...Totaled 130 assists and 80 putouts... Had three hits, one RBI and scored the go-ahead run in the USA South tournament championship game against Shenandoah...Named USA South Tournament MVP
At Lee-Davis – A first team All-Capital District selection and honorable mention Central Region selection in 2009…A second team All-Capital District selection in 2010…Played three years of varsity baseball for coach Kenny Lewis…An Academic All-District selection from 2008 to 2010…A member of the National Honor Society…
PERSONAL - William Benck Steel was born on October 1, 1991 in Chesapeake, Va…Son of Fred and Carol Steel…Has two sisters, Danielle and Lauren, who both graduated from CNU…Favorite sports personality is John McEnroe...Superstitions include touching third base in the first inning while running to position...Favorite movie is "Miracle"...Majoring in Information Science.
ON THE DIAMOND:
|
Year |
GP-GS |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
AVG |
|
2011 |
46-46 |
153 |
37 |
51 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
42 |
.333 |
|
2012 |
44-44 |
170 |
37 |
53 |
11 |
2 |
0 |
26 |
.312 |
|
2013 |
42-42 |
152 |
44 |
52 |
16 |
2 |
3 |
30 |
.342 |
|
TOTALS |
132-132 |
475 |
118 |
156 |
36 |
5 |
7 |
98 |
.328 |
