Individual Game-by-Game Statistics: 2012 | 2013
All-Atlantic Sun Conference (2013 – Second Team)
Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll (2013)
2013: Tabbed All-Atlantic Sun Conference (Second Team)…Named to the 2012-13 Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Honor Roll…Finished the season ranked in the NCAA in toughest to strikeout (36th), hits (93rd), runs per game (124th) and batting average (215th)…Played in 55 games, making 53 starts on the season…Boasted a .339 batting average, going 80-for-236 with seven doubles, 25 runs batted in and 48 runs scored…Drew 15 walks and was hit by 13 pitches for an on-base percentage of .404…Struck out just 16 times in 275 plate appearances (.058)…Led the team in hit by pitch (13); ranked second on the team in runs scored (48), hits (80), sacrifice bunts (8), sacrifice flies (3), total plate appearances (275) and assists (142); ranked third on the team in batting average (.339), stolen bases (8), at bats (236), total chances (295), putouts (143) and fielding double plays (35); ranked fourth on the team in on-base percentage (.404); and ranked fifth on the team in games played (55) and games started (53)…Recorded 25 multiple-hit games – second most on the team…Posted the third longest hitting streak of the season at 15 games and was one of three players with reached base streaks of over 20 games, recording a stretch of 25 consecutive games reaching base – second longest streak on the team…Recorded a season-best four hits against Lafayette and Northern Kentucky…Drove in a season-high two RBI against Charleston Southern, South Alabama, Lafayette and Kennesaw State…Recorded doubles against South Alabama (4), Savannah State, Florida A&M and Lipscomb…As a leadoff batter, sparked the offense, scoring at least one run in 32 games (.582) with multiple runs in 13 games.
2012: Finished the season ranked in the NCAA in toughest to strike out (42nd)…Boasted a .332 batting average, going 66-for-199 with six doubles, two triples, 36 runs scored and 22 runs batted in…Recorded a .382 slugging percentage and a .373 on-base percentage…Finished the season first on the team in assists; second on the team in batting average, hits and fielding double plays; third on the team in runs scored, triples, sacrifice bunts, at bats and total chances; fourth on the team in total bases, hit by pitch, stolen bases, total plate appearances, games played and games started; and fifth on the team in runs batted in…Led the team with 21 multiple hit games to go along with five multiple RBI games…One of just four Ospreys to post a double-digit hit streak, finishing with a 10-game hitting streak…Scored a season-best three runs against both Florida A&M and Savannah State…Notched a season-high four hits against both USF and FIU, finishing each game 4-for-6…Drove in a season-best three runs against FIU and Lipscomb…Registered doubles against Georgia Southern (2), South Alabama, Florida Gulf Coast, USC Upstate and East Tennessee State with triples against Georgia Southern and Belmont.
Prior to North Florida: Attended Midland College in Midland, Texas…Helped the Chaparrals to 67 wins in two seasons…Named First Team All-Western Junior College Athletic Conference…Tabbed Midland College Most Outstanding Defensive Player…Boasted a .428 batting average as a freshman and a .429 clip as a sophomore…In two seasons, recorded 165 hits, 97 runs scored, 26 doubles, three triples with 52 RBI.
High School: Lettered at Youngstown Ursuline High School…Led the Fighting Irish to the District Championships (2006, 2007, 2008), Regionals Championships (2006, 2007), State Semifinals (2007) and State Finals (2006)…Named First Team All-Area as a sophomore, junior and senior…Tabbed Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Ohio State Championship game by WNIO 1390 Radio…Member of the R&J Trucking Summer Ball team, helping his team to the League Championship in 2006, 2007 and 2008…Named to the All-Defensive Team in 2007 at the Babe Ruth World Series (17 & 18 Year Old Division)…Also played for the Yuma Scorpions in 2009, helping the team to the 2009 Arizona Winter League Championship…Boasted the third highest batting average in the winter league (.453).
Personal: Full name is Joseph Michael Wielbruda…Son of Deborah and Leon Wielbruda…Has an older sister, Brianna…Born on Dec. 10, 1989 in Youngstown, Ohio…Majoring in communications.
