2020 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 17
Elijah Dunham
- Weight:
- 213
- Height:
- 6-0
- Position:
- OF
- Year:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Evansville, Ind.
- High School:
- F.J. Reitz
Bio
2020 - JUNIOR
Signed a rookie free agent contract with the New York Yankees ... Ranked No. 39 on D1Baseball's Top 100 Hitter of 2019-20 Seasons List ... Started all 15 games … Batted .390 on the season with a team-best seven doubles, one home run, 11 RBI and 12 runs scored … Led the Hoosiers with an on-base percentage of .493 and also posted a .559 slugging percentage – second-best on the team … totaled seven multi-hit and a team-high four multi-RBI games … Batted 7-for-11 (.636) at South Alabama Invitational (2/21-23) with two doubles, a home run, three RBI and four walks to earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors (2/24) … Drove in four runs in San Diego series (3/7-8) on four hits, including a pair of doubles ... Preseason Big Ten Honors List ... Preseason All-Big Ten by Perfect Game.
2019 – SOPHOMORE
Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates (40th Round, Pick 1204) in the 2019 MLB Draft … Third-Team All-Big Ten … Appeared in 43 games, earning 42 starts … Batted a team-best .310 on the season with 12 doubles, eight home runs, 29 RBI and 44 runs scored … Posted a team-best .434. on-base percentage … Totaled 11 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games on the season … Ended the year on an 18-game reached base streak … In series win at No. 19 Michigan (5/10-12), batted 6-for-12 with four doubles, a homer, two RBI, five runs scored and three walks … Batted 10-for-14 in series sweep over Rutgers (5/16-18), with two doubles, a RBI, seven runs scored and two walks … Had five hits in the NCAA Regional (5/31-6/2) with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored.
2018 - FRESHMAN
Appeared in 36 games for the Hoosiers in 2018, starting in 16 of them at first base and designated hitter … Recorded 17 hits on the season, six of which went for extra bases … Started at designated hitter, and went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in a home win against Purdue (4/8) … Went 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored in an away win at San Diego (3/4) … Went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in the victory at San Diego (3/2) … Tallied two hits including a double and a run scored in a win against Rutgers (2/23) … Recorded two hits including a double, RBI, and a run scored in his first collegiate start in a 5-0 Hoosiers’ victory over Kansas State (2/17).
PREP/PERSONAL
Played for Joe Panlin and Todd DeWesse at F.J. Reitz High School in Evansville...earned all-state honorable mention his senior year and was an all-conference selection 2015-17…hit .386 his senior year with a .541 on base percentage, two home runs, 15 RBI and 26 stolen bases…rated the No. 1 outfielder and No. 6 player overall out of Indiana by PBR and the No. 35 outfielder and No. 222 player nationally…in addition to winning four letters in baseball, also was a four-year letterwinner in basketball and a three-year letterwinner in football…was the only student-athlete to win sectionals in three sports in school history (two in basketball and football, one in baseball)…earned all-state honors his junior and senior year in football…is the son of Paul and Augie Dunham…has three siblings, Isaiah, Moriah and Josiah…Isaiah is committed to play football at Yale…plans on majoring in Sports Management at IU.
Signed a rookie free agent contract with the New York Yankees ... Ranked No. 39 on D1Baseball's Top 100 Hitter of 2019-20 Seasons List ... Started all 15 games … Batted .390 on the season with a team-best seven doubles, one home run, 11 RBI and 12 runs scored … Led the Hoosiers with an on-base percentage of .493 and also posted a .559 slugging percentage – second-best on the team … totaled seven multi-hit and a team-high four multi-RBI games … Batted 7-for-11 (.636) at South Alabama Invitational (2/21-23) with two doubles, a home run, three RBI and four walks to earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors (2/24) … Drove in four runs in San Diego series (3/7-8) on four hits, including a pair of doubles ... Preseason Big Ten Honors List ... Preseason All-Big Ten by Perfect Game.
2019 – SOPHOMORE
Selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates (40th Round, Pick 1204) in the 2019 MLB Draft … Third-Team All-Big Ten … Appeared in 43 games, earning 42 starts … Batted a team-best .310 on the season with 12 doubles, eight home runs, 29 RBI and 44 runs scored … Posted a team-best .434. on-base percentage … Totaled 11 multi-hit and seven multi-RBI games on the season … Ended the year on an 18-game reached base streak … In series win at No. 19 Michigan (5/10-12), batted 6-for-12 with four doubles, a homer, two RBI, five runs scored and three walks … Batted 10-for-14 in series sweep over Rutgers (5/16-18), with two doubles, a RBI, seven runs scored and two walks … Had five hits in the NCAA Regional (5/31-6/2) with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored.
2018 - FRESHMAN
Appeared in 36 games for the Hoosiers in 2018, starting in 16 of them at first base and designated hitter … Recorded 17 hits on the season, six of which went for extra bases … Started at designated hitter, and went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk in a home win against Purdue (4/8) … Went 1-for-2 with a double and a run scored in an away win at San Diego (3/4) … Went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in the victory at San Diego (3/2) … Tallied two hits including a double and a run scored in a win against Rutgers (2/23) … Recorded two hits including a double, RBI, and a run scored in his first collegiate start in a 5-0 Hoosiers’ victory over Kansas State (2/17).
PREP/PERSONAL
Played for Joe Panlin and Todd DeWesse at F.J. Reitz High School in Evansville...earned all-state honorable mention his senior year and was an all-conference selection 2015-17…hit .386 his senior year with a .541 on base percentage, two home runs, 15 RBI and 26 stolen bases…rated the No. 1 outfielder and No. 6 player overall out of Indiana by PBR and the No. 35 outfielder and No. 222 player nationally…in addition to winning four letters in baseball, also was a four-year letterwinner in basketball and a three-year letterwinner in football…was the only student-athlete to win sectionals in three sports in school history (two in basketball and football, one in baseball)…earned all-state honors his junior and senior year in football…is the son of Paul and Augie Dunham…has three siblings, Isaiah, Moriah and Josiah…Isaiah is committed to play football at Yale…plans on majoring in Sports Management at IU.