Proven to be one of the premier offensive players in NCAA Div. III – three-time All-American … Will be the team’s clean-up hitter again … Can hit for average and power.
2016: Earned second-team All-American honors from the ABCA … Earned first-team ABCA All-Mideast Region honors for the second straight year … Second-team D3baseball.com all-region honoree … Earned first-team all-conference laurels … Featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd and on NCAA.com for streak of consecutive games reaching base safely … Extended that streak to 94 straight games – the second-longest known streak in Div. III – before stretch ended against La Roche (May 21) … Reached base safely in every game of 2015 and the first 49 of 2016 … Led Div. III with 44 walks, and ranked third with a .560 on-base percentage … Tops in the NCAC and 18th in Div. III in hits (74) … 23rd in Div. III in RBI (54) … .560 on-base percentage ranks as the third-highest in program history … Led the team in average (.430, 74-for-172), hits (74), and RBI (54) … Started the season as the third baseman, and shifted back to natural position of first base midway through the spring trip … MVP of the NCAC Tournament … Went 10-for-16 with eight RBI, six runs scored, and two homers at the NCAC Tournament … Second on the team with 24 multi-hit games, including eight with three or more hits.
2015: Earned first-team All-American honors from the ABCA and second-team from D3baseball.com … ABCA Mideast Region Player of the Year … Also a consensus first-team all-region and first-team all-conference pick … Led the nation in home runs (17), RBI (69), and total bases (143), … Also topped the NCAC in all of those categories, plus slugging percentage (.813) … Sixth nationally in slugging, third in runs scored (59), 11th in hits (74), 15th in on-base percentage (.532), and 44th in batting average (.420) … Second in the NCAC in all of the previous categories, and tied for fourth in doubles (16) and tied for third in walks (26) … Hit over .500 the last month of the season (.506; 45-for-89) to finish as Wooster’s leading hitter … Successfully reached base at least once in all 45 games … All-NCAC Tournament Team honoree after batting .667 (14-for-21) with six doubles and eight RBI … Went perfect 5-for-5 with two doubles during one game vs. Oberlin (May 8) at NCAC tourney … Drove in career-high six runs twice, once during 3-for-6, two-homer performance against Wabash (May 3) and the other coming against regional rival Marietta (April 1) when he went 2-for-4 with two home runs … Belted out three homers during Scots’ home debut against Muskingum (March 25) … Tied a school record when issued four walks vs. Wabash (May 2).
2014: Saw the most action outside of the regular starting nine with 27 games played, including eight starts as a freshman … Batted .333 with 12 of his hits going for extra bases – four doubles and one homer … Drove in 12 runs … Entered two NCAC Tournament games (May 9-10), going 1-for-2 with an RBI … Had three two-hit outings during the Hiram series (April 12-13), combining for a 6-for-15 line (.400) with seven runs scored, three doubles, and five RBI … First collegiate home run came against Baldwin Wallace (April 10) … Notched a three-RBI game vs. Wis.-Platteville (March 17).
Prior to Wooster: Twice an all-league award winner at Westlake High School … Key part of the Demons’ state runner-up finish as a junior … Lettered in three sports – baseball (2), basketball (3), and soccer (2).
Personal: Born Dec. 27, 1994 … Son of Ernie and Karen Lackner, and older brother of freshman pitcher Max Lackner … Majoring in business economics with a minor in communication studies.
