2016 Baseball Roster
Roster
Slade Heggen
- Position:
- Catcher/Outfielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 209
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Missoula, Mont.
- High School:
- Loyola Sacred Heart HS
2016 SEASON
Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors … Played in 22 games, making 14 starts behind the plate … Hit .194 with two doubles, two RBI and five runs scored … Season was highlighted by a 2-for-3 day in an 8-0 win against Washington State with two RBI and two runs scored, setting career-highs in each category … Ripped a double for first career hit against Illinois State on February 27 … Hit safely in three straight games from April 9 to April 15, including a double and first career triple … Caught three runners trying to steal in 10 chances.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2014 graduate of Loyola Sacred Heart High School in Missoula, Mont. … Finished high school career with a 4.0 GPA and ranked in the top five of his senior class … Voted student body president during senior year … Member of the National Honor Society … Two-year letterman in football and earned academic all-state honors in 2011.
SUMMER BALL
Spent the summer of 2016 playing for the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League … Finished the season with a .286 batting average with 17 RBI, six doubles and two triples in 31 games played … Played three summers with the Missoula Mavericks … In 2014, named a third-team All-American and first-team West Region All-American by Perfect Game … Also named to the Montana-Alberta American Legion All-State Team and the Montana Super-State Team … Finished the season batting .393 with six home runs, 64 RBI, 17 triples and 44 stolen bases … Led team in runs scored (103), doubles (20), triples (17), home runs (6), extra-base hits (43), walks (40), stolen bases (44) and slugging percentage (.641) … Hit for the cycle, including a walk-off home run, in a 15-4 eight-inning win over Great Falls … One of just nine players in the nation to be named to the American Legion All-Academic Team … In 2013, earned Montana-Alberta American Legion All-State honors as well as being named to the Montana Super-State Team … Hit a team-leading .441 with five home runs, 74 RBI, and 27 stolen bases … Also racked up 19 doubles and 12 triples to lead the team in extra-base hits (36) … Went an astounding 46-for-88 (.523) with runners in scoring position … Led team in runs scored (115), hits (113), triples (12), extra base hits (36), walks (43), stolen bases (27), on-base percentage (.529), slugging (.668) and on-base plus slugging (1.197) … In 2012, earned Montana Super-State honors after hitting .321 with two home runs, 34 RBI, and 18 stolen bases … Recorded 13 doubles and four triples on the season … In three seasons with the Mavericks, struck out just 68 times in 937 plate appearances (7.3%) … Ranked as the top player coming out of the state of Montana by Perfect Game … Coach was Brent Hathaway.
PERSONAL
Major is business administration with a concentration in sports business/marketing … Parents are Jed and Jennifer.
HEGGEN’S CAREER HIGHS
At Bats: 3, 5x, last vs. WSU (5/1/16)
Runs: 2, vs. WSU (5/1/16)
Hits: 2, vs. WSU (5/1/16)
RBI: 2, vs. WSU (5/1/16)
Doubles: 1, 2x, last vs. California (4/10/16)
Triples: 1, vs. USC (4/15/16)
Home Runs: none
Walks: 1, 2x, last at Washington (3/24/16)
Stolen Bases: 1, vs. California (4/9/16)
Hitting Streak: 2
Multiple-Hit Games: 1
Multiple-RBI Games: 1
