  Justin Ankney |
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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ft. Myers, Fla.
High School:
Ft. Myers
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Height:
5-10
Weight:
175
Position:
IF
Birthdate:
07/31/1985
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2007: Team captain...Started 41 games...Began the year at second base before moving to shortstop late in the season...Finished second on the team with 27 RBIs, third with five home runs, and tied for third with 12 doubles...Homered in consecutive at-bats in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Dartmouth (April 21), part of a 3-for-5 day...Hit four home runs and drove in 19 during Ivy League play...Final collegiate hit was a two-run double at Brown on April 29.
2006: Saw action in 26 games, starting 25 before being slowed by a midseason injury...Had 28 hits in 97 at-bats for a .289 batting average...Recorded two home runs and 11 RBIs...Started the season on an eight-game hitting streak, extending his streak over two seasons to 14...Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in a 10-5 win at Penn (April 2).
2005: A first team All-Ivy selection after hitting .321 with five home runs and 26 RBIs...Played in all 20 Ivy League games...Led Yale in runs (28), triples (3), RBIs (26) and slugging percentage (.580)...Finished the season with an eight-game hitting streak where he hit .515 in 33 at-bats...Had 10 multi-hit games, including having four in a game three times.
2004: An All-Ivy honorable mention player and the co-winner of the team's David M. Darst '69 Hustle Cup...One of two players to start every game...Played in every inning of every game...Led the Bulldogs in hits (51), runs (34), total bases (79), slugging percentage (.497) and doubles (14), and tied for the lead in home runs (4)...Hit .321 and posted an 11-game hitting streak...Had two four-game streaks of multi-hit games.
Before Yale: Lettered at second base for three seasons and earned all-conference, second-team all-state and all-area recognition...Led his squad to the district championship in 2002 and 2003.
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
2004.... .321 39-39 159 34 51 14 1 4 14 79 .497 10 0 27 0 .361 0 1 4-5 73 91 9 .948
2005.... .321 36-35 137 28 44 9 3 5 26 74 .540 8 5 31 1 .380 0 3 5-8 23 27 4 .926
2006.... .289 26-25 97 23 28 4 0 2 11 38 .392 8 6 15 2 .375 1 0 2-4 38 62 14 .877
2007.... .258 41-41 155 30 40 12 2 5 27 71 .458 10 7 28 2 .329 1 2 4-5 94 92 11 .944
TOTAL... .297 142-140 548 115 163 39 6 16 78 262 .478 36 18 101 5 .360 2 6 15-22 228 272 38 .929
