Career Stats

2008: Played in 25 games, starting 10 at first base and one at designated hitter... hit .178 with five runs, five RBIs and a homer... started against Cleveland State in the Horizon League Tournament, which was his first time in the starting lineup since April 26... responded by hitting a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to cut the margin to 5-2... it was his fifth career home run and fourth in seven career games in the league tournament... had a season-high two hits and drove in a season-best two RBIs against Niagara (April 15)...  scored one run five times.

2007: Hit .266 overall, but batted .287 in April and May after becoming an everyday starter ... set career highs for games played (48), at bats (124), runs (18), hits (33), doubles (4), home runs (3) and RBIs (19) ... had five hits in 12 at bats as a pinch-hitter ... hit .400 against lefties ... was strong defensively with only three errors in 328 chances ... posted eight multi-hit games ... became the 11th player in Horizon League history to hit two home runs in a tournament game when he went deep twice against Butler (5/24) ... also homered at UIC (3/30) ... drove in a career-high four runs against UIC (5/5) ... and scored a career-high three runs against Butler in the league tournament (5/24).

2006: Appeared in 37 contests and made 16 starts at first base ... posted three multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games ... had just one error in 176 chances ... went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBIs against West Liberty (3/23) ... went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs at Cleveland State (5/20) ... also posted two hits at Austin Peay (3/11).

2005: Made his first start on April 17 against Ashland and started every game but two for the rest of the season ... finished the season with a .269 average and tied for the team lead with three triples ... ended the regular season on a tear, hitting.462 with a triple and four RBIs in six games ... also slugged .615 and had an on-base percentage of .632 during the final week ... hit a two-run blast to right for his first career homer against UW-Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament as part of a 2-for-4 performance (5/28) ... went 2-for-4 with an RBI against Ashland (4/17) ... posted two hits in four at bats against Ohio (5/4) ... also had two hits and two RBIs against Kent State (5/17) ... was also solid in the field, committing only one error in 178 chances for a fielding percentage of .994.

2004: Redshirted.

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner and team captain one year ... holds the school record for most home runs in a game with three ... received second-team all-conference honors ... team was MAC champs his junior year.

Personal: Awarded the Willard Webster Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year ... son of Joseph and Nancy Turjanica ... has one brother and one sister ... major is biology ... born Aug. 21, 1984.