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Bechina, Marty
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Jersey Number 2
Marty Bechina
- Position:
- INF
- Height:
- 6-null
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- St. Rita
Bio
CAREER NOTES: Finished career with 45 doubles, ranking tied for fifth on MSU’s career doubles list ... With 35 career stolen bases, ranks No. 9 on the Spartans’ career stolen base list, teaming with junior teammates Bryce Kelley (No. 2 with 64 stolen bases) and Danny Gleaves (No. 10 with 34) for the only three active teammates in the country this season to be on their respective school’s top 10 career stolen base list.
2019 (SENIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... MSU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner ... Voted to receive the MSU team award for the John Kobs Most Valuable Player Award, while also earning the Kirk Gibson Offensive Player of the Year Award ... Played in all 54 games, one of three Spartans to do so, and made 52 starts ... Led MSU with 17 doubles, ranking fourth in the B1G ... With a .260 average, was fourth on the team in average, adding five home runs to rank second on the team, including a three-run blast over the scoreboard to boost MSU to the 5-2 win over No. 23 Illinois on May 17 ... Along with leading the team in runs scored with 25 and total bases with 83, also ended with a .423 slugging percentage and a .342 on-base percentage ... Was also second on the team and tied for seventh in the B1G with 13 stolen bases ... Also tied for third in the B1G in sacrifice flies with five ... In the field, was sixth in the B1G in assists with 124, as well as 16th in the B1G with 25 fielding double plays, teaming with keystone corner mate senior infielder Royce Ando for three of the four Spartan season-high four twin-killings vs. Illinois on May 17, tying the most in a game in the league this season ... In B1G only action, was tied for 10th with 54 assists.
2018 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Played in 49 games, making 47 starts, after recovering from a broken leg in the fall ... Led MSU with nine doubles and shared team lead with six home runs on way to hitting .247 with 25 hits, adding one triple to team-best doubles and HR ... Posted 23 RBI to rank third on team ... Topped team with .418 slugging percentage and third on team with .340 on-base percentage ... Added five stolen bases ... Recorded a .950 fielding percentage ... Had season-long five game hitting streak (May 5-12) ... Registered nine multi-hit outings including three games with career-best tying three hits, with two coming in Big Ten action, vs. Nebraska (April 7) and vs. Ohio State (May 17), along with at Western Michigan (April 18) ... Also had streak of three-straight games with multi-hits (May 5-11) ... Posted six multi-RBI games, boosted by career-high tying four RBI vs. Nebraska (April 7) ... Hit .329 (23-for-70) overall last 22 games played ... Ended season with at least one his in 10 of last 13 games and 13 of last 17 games ... Had season-long six-game reached base streak and ended season with five-game streak of reaching base safely.
2017 (SOPHOMORE): Started all 52 games at third base ... posted a .263 average, rapping out 50 hits, including eight doubles, one triple and seven HR, ranking tied for second on the team in round-trippers ... ranked fourth on the team in both RBI and stolen bases, driving in 29, while swiping 11 bases ... led MSU and ranked tied for 12th in the B1G with 31 walks ... ranked second on the team and ranked tied for eighth in the B1G, getting hit by pitch 12 times ... had the sixth-longest hitting streak on the team with eight games, which was in first eight games of season ... belted two home runs at Abilene Christian (Feb. 18), a day after a homer in season-opener, giving him three home runs in first three games of 2017 season, exceeding 2016's total of two round-trippers, and one of two games with multiple HRs, also homering twice at Illinois (March 26), part of MSU's eight HR in the game ... was third on team with 16 multiple hit outings, posting three hits in two games, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored vs. UNCG (Feb. 25) and 3-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored vs. Fresno State (April 8) ... had eight games with multi-RBI.
2016 (FRESHMAN): Named to All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... started and played in 55 of the 56 games ... hit .260 with 56 hits, 11 doubles and two HR, driving in 23 RBI and scoring 30 runs ... added six stolen bases ... had a .912 fielding percentage and was part of four double plays ... posted 15 multi-hit games, including one three-game outing and a pair of four-hit games, going 4-for-5 vs. Furman (Feb. 20), adding three runs, and going 4-for-4 vs. Nebraska (May 8), with one run and one RBI ... had season-long six-game hitting streak (Apr. 24-May 8) ... made smashing Spartan debut, going 3-for-5 with first HR of MSU career as part of driving in season-high four RBI vs. Presbyterian (Feb. 19), one of six multi-RBI games ... had three-game streak of two RBI (March 9-12) ... also homered vs. Rutgers (March 27).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner for coach Mike Zunica at Saint Rita High School ... Named the Catholic League Blue Lawless Award winner after hitting .398 with 13 doubles, three triples and 32 RBI as a senior ... Named co-MVP of the Catholic League/Public League All-Star Game in June 2015 after hitting a two-run homer ... Hit .355 with 42 RBIs, 11 doubles and four triples while also swiping 20 bases as a junior ... Helped the Mustangs to a 38-4 record as a junior in 2014 ... All-league honoree in both football and baseball ... Three-time football team captain and was an All-Catholic League selection, finishing his senior season with 69 tackles and five interceptions ... Outstanding student as he is a six-time Heeney Award Winner for earning straight A's in a semester ... Winner of the team's Bajensky Award for "playing the game the right way" ... Played summer baseball for the Illinois Sparks in 2014, hitting .401 with 12 extra-base hits and 14 stolen bases, and helping the Sparks to a 29-6 record.
2019 (SENIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... MSU’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner ... Voted to receive the MSU team award for the John Kobs Most Valuable Player Award, while also earning the Kirk Gibson Offensive Player of the Year Award ... Played in all 54 games, one of three Spartans to do so, and made 52 starts ... Led MSU with 17 doubles, ranking fourth in the B1G ... With a .260 average, was fourth on the team in average, adding five home runs to rank second on the team, including a three-run blast over the scoreboard to boost MSU to the 5-2 win over No. 23 Illinois on May 17 ... Along with leading the team in runs scored with 25 and total bases with 83, also ended with a .423 slugging percentage and a .342 on-base percentage ... Was also second on the team and tied for seventh in the B1G with 13 stolen bases ... Also tied for third in the B1G in sacrifice flies with five ... In the field, was sixth in the B1G in assists with 124, as well as 16th in the B1G with 25 fielding double plays, teaming with keystone corner mate senior infielder Royce Ando for three of the four Spartan season-high four twin-killings vs. Illinois on May 17, tying the most in a game in the league this season ... In B1G only action, was tied for 10th with 54 assists.
2018 (JUNIOR): Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... Played in 49 games, making 47 starts, after recovering from a broken leg in the fall ... Led MSU with nine doubles and shared team lead with six home runs on way to hitting .247 with 25 hits, adding one triple to team-best doubles and HR ... Posted 23 RBI to rank third on team ... Topped team with .418 slugging percentage and third on team with .340 on-base percentage ... Added five stolen bases ... Recorded a .950 fielding percentage ... Had season-long five game hitting streak (May 5-12) ... Registered nine multi-hit outings including three games with career-best tying three hits, with two coming in Big Ten action, vs. Nebraska (April 7) and vs. Ohio State (May 17), along with at Western Michigan (April 18) ... Also had streak of three-straight games with multi-hits (May 5-11) ... Posted six multi-RBI games, boosted by career-high tying four RBI vs. Nebraska (April 7) ... Hit .329 (23-for-70) overall last 22 games played ... Ended season with at least one his in 10 of last 13 games and 13 of last 17 games ... Had season-long six-game reached base streak and ended season with five-game streak of reaching base safely.
2017 (SOPHOMORE): Started all 52 games at third base ... posted a .263 average, rapping out 50 hits, including eight doubles, one triple and seven HR, ranking tied for second on the team in round-trippers ... ranked fourth on the team in both RBI and stolen bases, driving in 29, while swiping 11 bases ... led MSU and ranked tied for 12th in the B1G with 31 walks ... ranked second on the team and ranked tied for eighth in the B1G, getting hit by pitch 12 times ... had the sixth-longest hitting streak on the team with eight games, which was in first eight games of season ... belted two home runs at Abilene Christian (Feb. 18), a day after a homer in season-opener, giving him three home runs in first three games of 2017 season, exceeding 2016's total of two round-trippers, and one of two games with multiple HRs, also homering twice at Illinois (March 26), part of MSU's eight HR in the game ... was third on team with 16 multiple hit outings, posting three hits in two games, going 3-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored vs. UNCG (Feb. 25) and 3-for-5 with two RBI and one run scored vs. Fresno State (April 8) ... had eight games with multi-RBI.
2016 (FRESHMAN): Named to All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... started and played in 55 of the 56 games ... hit .260 with 56 hits, 11 doubles and two HR, driving in 23 RBI and scoring 30 runs ... added six stolen bases ... had a .912 fielding percentage and was part of four double plays ... posted 15 multi-hit games, including one three-game outing and a pair of four-hit games, going 4-for-5 vs. Furman (Feb. 20), adding three runs, and going 4-for-4 vs. Nebraska (May 8), with one run and one RBI ... had season-long six-game hitting streak (Apr. 24-May 8) ... made smashing Spartan debut, going 3-for-5 with first HR of MSU career as part of driving in season-high four RBI vs. Presbyterian (Feb. 19), one of six multi-RBI games ... had three-game streak of two RBI (March 9-12) ... also homered vs. Rutgers (March 27).
HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner for coach Mike Zunica at Saint Rita High School ... Named the Catholic League Blue Lawless Award winner after hitting .398 with 13 doubles, three triples and 32 RBI as a senior ... Named co-MVP of the Catholic League/Public League All-Star Game in June 2015 after hitting a two-run homer ... Hit .355 with 42 RBIs, 11 doubles and four triples while also swiping 20 bases as a junior ... Helped the Mustangs to a 38-4 record as a junior in 2014 ... All-league honoree in both football and baseball ... Three-time football team captain and was an All-Catholic League selection, finishing his senior season with 69 tackles and five interceptions ... Outstanding student as he is a six-time Heeney Award Winner for earning straight A's in a semester ... Winner of the team's Bajensky Award for "playing the game the right way" ... Played summer baseball for the Illinois Sparks in 2014, hitting .401 with 12 extra-base hits and 14 stolen bases, and helping the Sparks to a 29-6 record.
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