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Jersey Number 7
Will Busch
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Prague, Minn.
- High School:
- New Prague HS
All-Summit League Second Team (2022, 2024)
2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2022, 2023, 2024)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
2024 SEASON (SENIOR): Appeared in 49 games with 47 starts…Tallied a career-best 35 hits with nine doubles and three home runs…Registered a .223 batting average, .338 slugging percentage and .339 on-base percentage…Contributed a career-best 27 RBI and 24 runs…Logged a career-best .992 fielding percentage…Recorded a .995 fielding percentage with 21 hits in Summit League play…Earned a spot on the All-Summit League Second Team for the second time in his career…Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
2023 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 39 games and made 36 starts…Registered a .252 batting average…Tallied 32 hits with 11 doubles and two home runs…Contributed 22 runs and delivered 15 RBI…Posted eight multiple hit games…Posted a .987 fielding percentage… Helped the Bison set the single-season record for doubles in a season with 116…Recorded a season-high three hits with two doubles, one run and one RBI against South Dakota State (May 24).
2022 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 30 games with 29 starts…Notched a .287 batting average and totaled 31 hits with seven doubles, two home runs and one triple…Contributed 31 hits and 20 RBI…Registered a .426 slugging percentage, .368 on-base percentage and .991 fielding percentage…Posted eight multiple hit games and four multiple RBI games…Assembled a season-best 11-game reached base streak…Tallied three hits, including one home run with two runs and one RBI in the season opener at Abilene Christian (Feb. 18)…Posted a season-high five RBI with three hits and two runs at Western Illinois (April 1)…Named to the All-Summit League Second Team.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 37 games with 28 starts...Hit .248 in 117 at-bats with 29 hits, including seven doubles...Dove in 10 runs while scoring 18...Scored two runs against Dayton (March 13) and South Dakota State (April 24)...Had three hits at Dayton (March 13)...Drove in two runs against Western Kentucky (Feb. 22) and Western Illinois (April 11)...Had two doubles at Dayton (March 13)...Had 14 putouts against Western Illinois (April 11)...Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: A two-time all-conference and all-section selection…Helped lead the Trojans to the 2019 Minnesota 4A State Championship game…Earned seven varsity letters in high school in baseball, football and wrestling, earning three of them in baseball…Prep Baseball Report ranks Busch as the 10th best player in Minnesota and the second-best catcher…Tallied 23 RBI and seven doubles during the 2019 spring season…Named to the academic all-section team in wrestling...Earned all-district honors as a linebacker and running back in football, while finishing second at the state wrestling tournament...
PERSONAL: Son of Jolene and Dan...Has three sisters, Claire, Audrey and Erin...Uncle was a swimmer at Arizona State...Majoring in exercise science...
2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2022, 2023, 2024)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
2024 SEASON (SENIOR): Appeared in 49 games with 47 starts…Tallied a career-best 35 hits with nine doubles and three home runs…Registered a .223 batting average, .338 slugging percentage and .339 on-base percentage…Contributed a career-best 27 RBI and 24 runs…Logged a career-best .992 fielding percentage…Recorded a .995 fielding percentage with 21 hits in Summit League play…Earned a spot on the All-Summit League Second Team for the second time in his career…Named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Team.
2023 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 39 games and made 36 starts…Registered a .252 batting average…Tallied 32 hits with 11 doubles and two home runs…Contributed 22 runs and delivered 15 RBI…Posted eight multiple hit games…Posted a .987 fielding percentage… Helped the Bison set the single-season record for doubles in a season with 116…Recorded a season-high three hits with two doubles, one run and one RBI against South Dakota State (May 24).
2022 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Appeared in 30 games with 29 starts…Notched a .287 batting average and totaled 31 hits with seven doubles, two home runs and one triple…Contributed 31 hits and 20 RBI…Registered a .426 slugging percentage, .368 on-base percentage and .991 fielding percentage…Posted eight multiple hit games and four multiple RBI games…Assembled a season-best 11-game reached base streak…Tallied three hits, including one home run with two runs and one RBI in the season opener at Abilene Christian (Feb. 18)…Posted a season-high five RBI with three hits and two runs at Western Illinois (April 1)…Named to the All-Summit League Second Team.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 37 games with 28 starts...Hit .248 in 117 at-bats with 29 hits, including seven doubles...Dove in 10 runs while scoring 18...Scored two runs against Dayton (March 13) and South Dakota State (April 24)...Had three hits at Dayton (March 13)...Drove in two runs against Western Kentucky (Feb. 22) and Western Illinois (April 11)...Had two doubles at Dayton (March 13)...Had 14 putouts against Western Illinois (April 11)...Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL: A two-time all-conference and all-section selection…Helped lead the Trojans to the 2019 Minnesota 4A State Championship game…Earned seven varsity letters in high school in baseball, football and wrestling, earning three of them in baseball…Prep Baseball Report ranks Busch as the 10th best player in Minnesota and the second-best catcher…Tallied 23 RBI and seven doubles during the 2019 spring season…Named to the academic all-section team in wrestling...Earned all-district honors as a linebacker and running back in football, while finishing second at the state wrestling tournament...
PERSONAL: Son of Jolene and Dan...Has three sisters, Claire, Audrey and Erin...Uncle was a swimmer at Arizona State...Majoring in exercise science...
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