2012: Served as team co-captain … played in 36 games, started 26 (22 2B, 4 DH) … hit .238 with 13 runs scored … had a pair of three-hit games (March 14 vs. Winona State, April 18 at Hillsdale) … hit his first home run as a Warrior on March 24 vs. Findlay … played in three GLIAC Tournament games … named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team ... 2011-12 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2011: Played in 29 games, started 16 (9 DH, 5 1B, 1 3B, 1 LF) … went 13-for-58 with seven runs and seven RBI … totaled three hits, two RBI, two runs and a stolen base March 16 against Minnesota-Crookston … reached base in five straight games March 15-25 … hit a walk-off RBI double in the eighth inning of a 3-2 win May 4 versus Saginaw Valley State … went 4-for-17 in eight postseason appearances, and drove in the go-ahead run with a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning May 20 in an NCAA Regional win over Southern Indiana ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence team ... 2010-11 recipient of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2010: Played in eight games before missing the rest of the season due to an illness … went 7-for-18 (.389) with three walks and four runs scored … had a two-hit game Feb. 20 at West Georgia … went 3-for-3 March 14 against Minnesota-Duluth … reached base in eight of his last 11 plate appearances … received the “Gary Chapp” Spirit Award at the team’s season-end banquet ...
Game-By-Game Stats.
2009 (Heidelberg): Played in 18 games for the Ohio Athletic Conference champions and collected nine hits in 21 at bats (.429) with five RBI and five runs scored ... went 4-for-10 in pinch-hitting opportunities.
2008 (HU): Appeared in 14 games for the Berg, OAC champions, and had a hit in nine at bats ... scored a run in his first collegiate appearance March 11 versus Olivet ... had a hit, a run scored and an RBI April 3 against Wittenberg.
High School: Graduated from Waterford Mott in 2007 ... lettered three years in baseball for the Corsairs and coach Neal Mozdzierz ... was a three-time all-league selection in addition to earning all-conference, all-district, and all-region accolades in 2007 ... served as team captain for two years ... batted .425 with four home runs and 15 RBI as a senior after returning from a hockey-related spleen injury ... was a defenseman for Mott's hockey team from 2005-07 and helped the team reach the MHSAA regional finals in 2006 ... was a Detroit Free Press scholar-athlete and a National Honor Society member ... 2007 MHSAA Scholar Athlete of the Year recipient.
Personal: Full name--James J. Ciennik ... born in Waterford ... son of Jim and Renee Ciennik ... father played baseball at St. Clair County Community College ... has a brother, Andrew, who is a senior on the WSU baseball team, as well as a sister, Jenna ... is an accounting major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011 (4.00), Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2010.
2010 |
8/5 |
.389 |
18 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
.389 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
.478 |
1 |
1 |
0/1 |
2011 |
29/16 |
.224 |
58 |
7 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
.241 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
.333 |
1 |
2 |
1/1 |
2012 |
36/26 |
.238 |
84 |
13 |
20 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
27 |
.321 |
9 |
5 |
21 |
.347 |
0 |
2 |
2/2 |
2010 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
.857 |
2011 |
37 |
5 |
1 |
.977 |
2012 |
31 |
53 |
4 |
.955 |