Riann Spanjer-Furstenburg
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| Height: | 6-2 |
| Weight: | 215 |
| Student Level: | JR |
| Hometown: | Pretoria, Fla. |
| Previous School: | Florida Atlantic Univ. |
AS A JUNIOR (2009)
First team All-Sunshine State Conference performer...Finished the season batting .393 with 15 home runs and a team high 67 runs batted in... Total for RBI's ranks second in the all-time NSU single season record book, tying him with 2007 NSU Hall of Fame inductee Claude Love, who had 67 RBI's in 1995...He was most impressive during conference play; batting .414 with nine home runs and 26 RBI's in just 24 games...Set a single game record, slamming three home runs in a single game at Eckerd College on April 10th...Had four hits in a game twice...Tallied seven RBIs, 13 total bases and three home runs at Eckerd on 4/10/09...Was 4-5 with three runs scored and three RBIs vs. Florida Southern on 5/7/09...Led the team with 24 multi-hit and 17 multi-RBI games... Drafted in the 16th round of the First Year MLB Player Draft with the 478th overall pick by the Atlanta Braves.
CAREER
@ Florida Atlantic University
2008 - Played more positions than any other FAU player...Made starts at first base, third base, as the designated hitter and appeared twice as a pitcher late in the season...Batted .260 with four home runs and 12 RBIs in 50 official at-bats...
2007 - Appeared in 25 games, with 11 starts...Hit a grand slam in his first collegiate at-bat...Hit .271 with one homer and 11 RBIs...Six of 13 hits went for extra bases.
@ Coral Glades High School
As a junior he earned all-county honors, team's hitter of the year and was the Florida Home Run Derby Champion...As a senior he was named the team's pitcher of the year and male scholar-athlete... Two-sport athlete: baseball and football.
PERSONAL
Born in Pretoria, South Africa....Criminal Justice major...Goal is to have a family... Lists his best assets to the team as his power, leadership and energy...Chose to attend NSU to play baseball...Hobby is working out...Son of Nessie and Paul Spanjer-Furstenburg...Has two siblings, Werner (18) and Linda (22).
