Major: Anthropology

 

AS A FRESHMAN (2012): Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll…Appeared in 50 games, with 44 starts (41-LF, 2-RF, 1-DH), and batted .284 with 27 RBI, 13 walks, 11 runs, eight doubles and eight sacrifice flies…Reached base in his final 14 games last season, the third-longest stretch to end the campaign behind All-Americans Mike Zunino (16) and Preston Tucker (15)…Also made six relief appearances totaling six innings and was 0-0 with a 4.50 earned run average…Notched seven strikeouts and issued one walk…Started 20 of the 24 SEC games he played in and hit .264 with eight walks, six runs and five RBI…Ranked second behind Tucker (.393) with a .360 (9-for-25) batting average in seven NCAA Tournament contests…Led the Gators in Omaha with a .444 (4-for-9) clip and a .778 slugging percentage…Roped a pair of doubles and went 2-for-5 against No. 9 Kent State…Began the NCAA College World Series by going 2-for-4 with a double and scored a run versus No. 4 South Carolina…Went 3-for-7 (.429) in the Gainesville Super Regional sweep of No. 11 NC State, with two RBI in the second game on a sacrifice fly and a single…Drove in a pair of runs in the Gainesville Regional final against No. 24 Georgia Tech with a two-run single up the middle in the first stanza…Had a poked an RBI single in the first meeting with the Yellow Jackets…Member of the 2012 SEC All-Tournament squad after hitting .294 (5-for-17) and having at least one hit in all four of Florida’s games in Hoover, Ala…Had a two-run single that opened the scoring in the first round against Auburn and added an RBI single in the sixth inning…Went 2-for-4 in the second matchup with No. 25 Mississippi State…Delivered a run-scoring double and was 2-for-3 in the 11-inning win over North Florida…Set a career best with three hits in the finale at No. 3 Kentucky…Provided the Gators with an insurance run by driving in Connor Mitchell in the ninth inning with a base-hit into center field during the 5-3 triumph…Had a career-high six at bats and was 1-for-6 in the 16-inning tussle with Georgia…Had a pair of singles in the win over Georgia Southern...Went 2-for-4 and scored a run in the second game at Tennessee…Hit .500 (3-for-6) in the series at No. 16 Ole Miss and drove in a couple of runs…Established a career best with six RBI in the 15-2 victory over Florida A&M…Finished 1-for-2 with three sacrifice flies that drove in four runs, added a two-run double as part of a four-run seventh and also struck out the side in the ninth against the Rattlers…Doubled down the left-field line in the conquest of Florida Atlantic…Was 2-for-2 and ripped a two-run single in the fourth inning that helped to complete a weekend sweep of William & Mary…Debuted on the mound by pitching two-thirds of an inning versus No. 16 Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 19…Had recorded his first career RBI with a sacrifice fly against the Titans the previous day.

 

SUMMER: Played for the Yarmouth-Dennis (Mass.) Red Sox of the Cape Cod League last summer with Gator teammate Josh Tobias…Batted .315 with 16 RBI, 13 runs, four doubles and a pair of homers in 29 regular-season games as the Red Sox finished as the runner-up in the Eastern Division and were third overall in the regular-season standings before advancing to the CCBL Championship Series…Hit .273 (6-for-22) in seven playoff games, with seven RBI, four runs, three doubles and a couple of walks…Started all three contests of the Championship Series versus Wareham and contributed two RBI as the Gatemen won the title…Doubled and scored in the decisive third game but Wareham rallied with three runs in the ninth to forge a tie and plated three more runs in the 10th to seize the trophy by an 8-6 count…Helped his team even the series with a squeeze play with the bases loaded in the eighth that resulted an insurance run…Provided the Red Sox with a 2-0 lead in game one with an infield single and was 1-for-3 with a walk…Wareham rallied from a 4-2 deficit with single runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth inning to notch a 5-4 victory…Batted .333 (2-for-6) as Y-D swept its first-round playoff series against the Chatham Anglers…Went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in game two…Homered to lead off the third inning in the first meeting and was 1-for-2 with a walk.

 

HIGH SCHOOL: Outfielder/right-handed pitcher from Lake Wales High School who played for head coach Jasone DeWitt…Earned all-state recognition in both baseball and football for the Highlanders...Co-recipient of the 2011 Polk County Male Amateur Athlete of the Year Award…Ranked No. 37 in the state of Florida according to Perfect Game…Was the PolkPreps.com 2011 Baseball Hitter of the Year…Posted a .535 batting average with 35 RBI, 26 stolen bases and a pair of homers and helped his squad to the regional finals…As a pitcher, the righty turned in a 6-2 record with a 1.98 ERA…Participated in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Baseball Classic…Led Lake Wales to the regional finals for the second year in a row as a junior…Batted .472 with 49 RBI and nine homers and was the 2010 Baseball Hitter of the Year…On the mound, he went 10-1 with a 1.03 ERA and had 90 strikeouts in 67.2 innings…Hurled a no-hitter against Winter Haven, one the top-hitting teams in the county…Was also the starting quarterback for the Highlanders’ football team…Named the 2010 News Chief’s Football Player of the Year after leading the county in passing with over 2,000 yards and 17 touchdowns…Led Lake Wales to the state semifinals in 2009 with 2,361 passing yards and 21 touchdowns…Named second-team all -state in Class 3A and was first-team All-Polk County.

 

SHAFER’S CAREER STATISTICS

Overall Season Statistics

YEAR	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.284	50-44	162	11	46	8	0	0	27	13	26	3-6
CAREER	.284	50-44	162	11	46	8	0	0	27	13	26	3-6

 

YEAR	ERA	W	L	APP	GS	CG	SHO	CBO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2012	4.50	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	6.0	9	3	3	1	7
CAREER	4.50	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	6.0	9	3	3	1	7

 

SEC Regular-Season Statistics

YEAR	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.264	24-20	72	6	19	2	0	0	5	8	15	1-2
CAREER	.264	24-20	72	6	19	2	0	0	5	8	15	1-2

 

YEAR	ERA	W	L	APP	GS	CG	SHO	CBO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2012	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	2
CAREER	0.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	2

 

SEC Tournament Statistics

YEAR	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.294	4-4	17	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	3	0-1
CAREER	.294	4-4	17	0	5	0	0	0	3	0	3	0-1

 

NCAA Tournament Statistics

YEAR	AVG.	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB-ATT
2012	.360	7-7	25	1	9	3	0	0	6	3	3	0-0
CAREER	.360	7-7	25	1	9	3	0	0	6	3	3	0-0

 

SHAFER'S CAREER HIGHS

At Bats: 6 vs. Georgia (4/20/12)

Runs Scored: 1, 11x, last vs. South Carolina (6/16/12)

Hits: 3 vs. Kentucky (5/5/12)

RBI: 6 vs. Florida A&M (3/7/12)

Doubles: 2 vs. Kent State (6/18/12)

Triples: None

Home Runs: None

Walks: 3 vs. Bethune-Cookman (6/1/12)

Stolen Bases: 1, 3x, last vs. Auburn (5/18/12)

Hit Streak: 5 games (2/26-3/10/12)

 

Innings (Starter): None

Innings (Reliever): 1.2 vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/21/12)

Strikeouts: 3 vs. Florida A&M (3/7/12)

Hits Allowed: 4 vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/21/12)

Runs: 2 vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/21/12)

Earned Runs: 2 vs. Bethune-Cookman (2/21/12)

Walks: 1 vs. North Florida (4/3/12)