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30 Steve Yelin

Class Graduate Student
Position C
Height 6-0
B/T R/R
Hometown River Edge, N.J.
High School River Dell Regional

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CAREER
Honors

A three-time all-region and all-conference honoree

Statistics

Has started all 128 career games, hitting .395 with 51 doubles, seven triples, 19 home runs, 130 RBI, 132 runs scored and a .631 slugging percentage

On the WP Charts

Ranks third in doubles, fifth in hits, ninth in batting average and 10th in RBI

2022 SEASON
Honors

Named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-Region 4 First Team and D3baseball.com All-Region 4 Third Team
Earned second-team all-NJAC recognition
Tabbed the NJAC Player of the Week (2/28/22)

Statistics

Started in all 46 games while compiling a .398 batting average with 74 hits, 54 runs scored, 48 RBI, 17 doubles, four triples and eight home runs with a .661 slugging percentage
Logged 21 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI outings
Threw out 15 potential base stealers

On the WP Charts

Finished sixth in at-bats (186), seventh in hits and tied-10th in runs scored

In the Division III Statistics

Ranked tied-35th in hits and tied-39th in total bases (123)
Also rated the 19th toughest to strikeout (23.2)

In the NJAC Statistics

Ranked second in hits, tied-second in doubles and sacrifice flies (five), third in runs scored, fifth in OPS (1.136), tied-sixth in walks and triples, and seventh in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and RBI

Game Highlights

Went 4-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, three runs scored and a career-high nine RBI during a 22-20 victory against Springfield (3/18/22)
Recorded three hits, including a pair of homers, with three RBI and three runs scored in the 10-4 NJAC Tournament championship win at Kean (5/10/22)
Blasted two home runs and drove in five during a 23-15 home win over No. 20 St. John Fisher (3/6/22)

2021 SEASON (COVID BLANKET WAIVER)
Honors

Selected to the ABCA All-Region and All-NJAC First Teams
The May 17 NJAC Player of the Week

Statistics

Started all 35 appearances, hitting .389 with 58 hits, 16 doubles, one triple, five home runs, 45 RBI and a .611 slugging percentage
Threw out eight of 14 potential base stealers
Saw action at catcher, designated hitter, third base and right field
Had 17 multi-hit and nine multi-run games
Led the Pioneers in batting average, runs, hits, doubles and RBI, and tied-second in homers

In the NJAC Statistics

Ranked first in both runs scored and RBI, second in both hits and doubles, seventh in batting average, tied-seventh in home runs and eighth in slugging percentage

Game Highlights

Went 3-for-4 with two doubles, one home run, five RBI and two runs scored during an 11-3 victory against Rutgers-Camden (3/26/21)
Had five RBI and a home run as part of a 3-for-6 effort in an 11-6 NJAC Tournament semifinal win against The College of New Jersey (5/14/21)
Finished 4-for-5 while collecting a double, triple, three RBI and two runs scored during an 11-0 triumph against Rutgers-Newark (4/23/21)

2020 SEASON (COVID BLANKET WAIVER)
Statistics

Had a .455 average, four doubles, six RBI and four runs scored while starting all nine contests
Had five multi-hit and one multi-RBI games

Game Highlights

Doubled in the lone run of a 1-0, eight-inning walkoff win against Franklin and Marshall (3/1/20)
Finished 3-for-4 during a 6-4, 10-inning victory during the season opener at Stevens (2/22/20)
Notched three hits, including an RBI-double, in WP’s 6-4, seven-inning win against Drew (2/26/20)

2019 SEASON
Honors

Named to the ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region and All-NJAC Second Teams

Statistics

Started all 38 appearances, hitting .383 with two triples, 28 runs scored and a team-best 14 doubles, six home runs, 31 RBI and .624 slugging percentage
Ranked second on the team in batting average, hits (57), walks (18) and on-base percentage (.446)
Posted 16 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI efforts

In the NCAA Record Book

Tied the Division III single-game home runs record (four, April 19 at Rutgers-Newark)

In the Division III Statistics

Rated the 48th toughest hitter to strikeout (18.6)

In the NJAC Statistics

Finished fourth in slugging percentage, home runs and homers/game (0.16), sixth in both doubles and doubles/game (0.37), seventh in total bases (93), tied-seventh in hits/game (1.50) and ninth in batting average

Game Highlights

Blasted four home runs to tie the Division III record, finishing with six RBI at Rutgers-Newark (4/19/19)
Was 2-for-4 with a double, homer, three RBI and a run scored during a 10-8 win against Widener (2/24/19)
Collected three hits and two runs scored during victories against Wheaton, Mass. (11-10, 3/9/19) and Pitt-Greensburg (22-4, 3/12/19)
Went 4-for-4 and added a double, RBI and two runs scored as WP defeated New Jersey City, 15-11 (4/11/19)
Finished a combined 5-for-8 and scored four runs during 9-2 (4/25/19) and 6-4 (4/28/19) triumphs against Montclair State

PRIOR TO WILLIAM PATERSON

A transfer from Fairleigh Dickinson University-Teaneck, collecting 13 hits for the Knights in 2018
A graduate of River Dell Regional H.S. where he secured first-team all-county honors as a senior and second-team all-conference laurels as both a sophomore and junior
Also a letterwinner in football, winning a state championship his senior year

ACADEMICS

Graduated with a bachelor’s in criminology and criminal justice in 2022

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