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5-8 • 165 • Senior • R/R

Plain City, Ohio

Jonathan Alder High

Josh Page

Career Stats

Career Notes: Retired with the fifth-most career hits (233) in Penguins history... also ranked fourth in career at bats (742)... is the only YSU student-athlete to ever earn academic all-district mentioning three times... earned First-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors as a senior after being a second-team selection as a sophomore and junior... was also a four-time Academic All-Horizon League selection... graduated summa cum laude with a 3.86 GPA in middle childhood education in May 2008.

2008: Named First-Team Academic All-District and Academic-All Horizon League... overcame a slow start to bat .313 with 33 runs, 14 doubles, seven steals and a career-high three home runs... played in 54 games and made 53 starts - all at second base... hit a game-tying, two-run, pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the ninth against UIC the only game he appeared off the bench (April 11)... YSU went on to win in the 10th inning on Eric Marzec's home run... led the Horizon League and ranked 16th in the nation with 15 sacrifice bunts... also ranked ninth in the league with 139 assists... his 67 hits ranked second on the team... set career-highs in doubles (14), total bases (90), walks (18) and slugging (.421)... hit .344 against southpaws and .368 at home... tied for the team lead in multi-hit games with 19 (Sean Lucas)... had a nine-game hitting streak from April 19 to May 2... batted .385 with 11 runs scored over the span... also hit safely in his final six games... batted .407 over that stretch... also homered at Western Kentucky (March 29) and against Niagara (April 15)... went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a career-high four runs scored against IUP (March 25)... also went 4-for-4 against Niagara (April 15)... had three hits on four occasions... doubled twice and had a career-high four RBIs at Toledo (April 8)... had two sacrifice bunts against Valparaiso (April 4) and Akron (April 9)... turned 30 double plays.

2007 Summer:  Was named team MVP of the Staunton Braves of the Valley League ... hit .277, scored 19 runs, stole 15 bases and turned 25 double plays in 42 games ... also led the Braves in sacrifice bunts with six ... played with teammate Adam Kalafos.

2007:
Earned Second-Team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors for the second consecutive season ... also named Second-Team All-Horizon League as a utility player after hitting .317 with 25 runs scored and 25 RBIs ... ranked first on the team in sacrifice bunts (7) and triples (2), second in steals (5), third in average, hits (63) and doubles (10), fourth in total bases (77) and fifth in slugging (.387) on-base percentage (.348) and RBIs (25) ... turned 32 double plays and a triple play in 53 games as a middle infielder ... batted .339 in Horizon League games, which ranked second-best on the team ... named the Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Week on April 3 ... started 23 games at shortstop and 23 at second base ... posted 16 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games ... recorded a career-high four hits three different times ... hit safely in YSU’s final eight games of the year ... also hit safely in 12 out of 13 games from March 27 to April 15 ... had four of YSU’s six hits in a 4-for-4 effort at UIC (3/31) ... also had four hits in back-to-back games at Butler (4/28) and Notre Dame College (5/2) ... went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBIs against NDC ... went 3-for-6 with two runs scored and an RBI against Cleveland State in the Horizon League Tournament (5/25).

2006:
As the leadoff hitter for most of the season, he was one of the Horizon League’s most-improved players ... after hitting .252 as a freshman, Page hit .346 and banged out 74 hits, which is the sixth most in school history ... became the second baseball player in YSU history to earn Second-Team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors ... also earned Academic All-Horizon League honors ... ranked 10th in the Horizon League in batting average, seventh in hits and eighth in stolen bases ... posted a team-best 24 multi-hit games ... a consistent performer all season, he kept his batting average above .340 every game after March 15 .... also a standout fielder, he committed just four errors in 262 chances at second base ... hit .323 in Horizon League games ... played in all 55 games and started 53 ... recorded hits in 45 games and reached base in 51 ... had six three-hit games, including a 3-for-6 performance against Butler on April 29 that sparked a season-long nine-game hitting streak ... hit .381 and scored eight runs over that span ... also hit safely in eight straight games twice ... hit his first career home run against Butler (4/29) ... drove in a career-high three runs at Ohio (3/29).

2005:
Appeared in 45 games and started 33 ... was outstanding defensively, committing only five errors in 193 chances for a fielding percentage of .974 ... only two errors were committed in 183 chances while at second base for a fielding percentage of .989 ... had his first career three-hit game against Akron, going 3-for-3 with two runs scored (4/13) ... also went 2-for-5 with two RBIs against UW-Milwaukee (5/22) ... added a 2-for-4 game with a run scored and an RBI against the Panthers in the Horizon League Tournament (5/26) ... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against IPFW (4/3) ... turned in a 2-for-4 performance and knocked in two runs against Toledo (4/19).

2004:
Redshirted.

High School:
Was a four-year letterwinner and team captain one year ... received first-team all-state honors and was a two-time all-district selection ... named Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Division III Player of the Year ... team was league champs his sophomore year and district champs his senior year ... was a member of National Honor Society.

Personal:
Awarded the Lester Donnell Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year ... son of Donald and Lesley Page ... has one brother and one sister ... major is middle childhood education ... born Aug. 25, 1984.

Team Information
Horizon League Championship
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