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#4 George Specht INF/OF • 6-0 201 Sr. • Shawnee, KS (Cowley College)
CAREER HONORS
2022:
MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award
2022 (JUNIOR)
COLLEGIATE SUMMER LEAGUE
Played for the Cheney Diamond Dawgs each of the last three summers and was two-time selection to the Sunflower Collegiate League All-Star Team ... Spent the summer of 2019 with the Junction City Brigade and was named to the Mid-Plains League All-Star Team.
HIGH SCHOOL
Two-year letterman at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School ... Played for head coach Dominic Mussat ... Named to the Kansas City Metro Baseball Coaches All-Star Team as a senior ... Garnered Second Team All-State and First Team All- League honors in 2018.
PERSONAL
Born on February 7, 2000 ... Parents are Joe and Elizabeth Specht ... Has six siblings that all played sports at the collegiate level including his brother Frank (Baseball - University of Central Missouri), brother Warren (Baseball and Basketball -
Francis Marion University),
brother Joe (Baseball -
Rockhurst University),
sister Barbara (Volleyball -
Cowley County College), sister
Mary (Basketball - Drake University)
and sister Susan (Volleyball - Benedictine University) ... Majoring in Sports Management ... Favorite Bible
verse is John 19:30.
Played in 49 games, making 43 starts ... Posted career-highs in home runs (7), doubles (10), RBI (27), and runs (22) ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Belted his first home run of the year with a three-run blast at No. 16 Texas Tech (2/22) ... Went 2-for-3 with a double against No. 19 Texas Tech (3/1) ... Doubled, stole a base, and drove in a run as part of a two-hit day versus Maryland (3/25) ... vs. MVC OPPONENTS: Went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI to help DBU complete a three-game sweep of Missouri State (4/10) ... vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Delivered a pair of base hits on Opening Day against Southeast Missouri (2/18) ... Smashed a two-run homer to break up a tie game in the sixth inning versus Sam Houston (2/27) ... His solo homer in the sixth inning gave DBU a 6-5 lead at San Diego (3/5) ... Blasted a grand slam at Oklahoma (3/8) ... Went 2-for-5 with a solo homer in a win over Southern Mississippi (3/13) ... Broke up a tie ballgame in the third inning at Oral Roberts (3/18) with a three-run blast ... Went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI against Baylor (4/5) ... MVC TOURNAMENT: Knocked in a pair of runs in a victory over Bradley (5/26) ... Doubled and drove in two runs versus Southern Illinois (5/28) ... AUSTIN REGIONAL: Ripped a double against Louisiana Tech (6/3).
2021 (SOPHOMORE)
Played in 42 games, making 21 starts in his first season at DBU ... vs. TOP 25 OPPONENTS: Went 1-for-3 with an RBI against No. 19 Indiana State ... vs. MVC OPPONENTS: Went 2-for-2 with an RBI in a win over Valparaiso (4/1) in the MVC opener ... Delivered an RBI double at Evansville (5/2) ... vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Made his debut in a pinch-hitters role on Opening Day versus Austin Peay (2/20) ... Made his first career start and smashed a solo home run for his first career hit as a Patriot against Austin Peay (2/22) ... Homered as part of a two-hit day in a win over UTRGV (3/25) ... FORT WORTH REGIONAL: Drove in the first of DBU’s five runs in the seventh inning in a comeback win over No. 6 TCU (6/5) ... Went 1-for-3 with a run scored against Oregon State (6/6).
2020 (SOPHOMORE - COWLEY COLLEGE)
Compiled a .300 batting average in 22 games before the season was canceled.
2019 (FRESHMAN - COWLEY COLLEGE)
Earned First Team All-Conference honors after hitting .302 for a Cowley team that reached the NJCAA Division I World Series ... Was second on the team in runs (59) and compiled a .436 on-base percentage.
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