Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2009 (JUNIOR): Started a majority of the games behind the plate for the Colonels in his first season at EKU … batted .248 with three home runs and 34 RBI … batted 2-for-3 with a run scored and four RBI against IPFW (2/27) … the very next day, he went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored against Buffalo (2/28) … delivered one of the most important hits of the game, an opposite field two-run home run, in the Colonels’ upset of No. 25 Louisville (3/3) … went 3-for-6 with two RBI, including the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the ninth, in EKU’s near upset of No. 29 Kentucky one day later … batted 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in a late-season win over conference opponent Southeast Missouri (5/8).

2008 (SOPHOMORE): Batted .315 with 12 doubles and two home runs his sophomore season at Pensacola ... threw out 81 percent of baserunners attempting to steal ... named academic all-state and an academic all-american ... graduated from PJC magna cum laude. 

2007 (FRESHMAN): Hit .351 with eight home runs and 15 doubles during his freshman year at Pensacola Junior College ... named first team All-Panhandle Conference ... led conference with 25 extra base hits ... named an NJCAA National All Star ... drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 32nd round of the MLB Draft.

HIGH SCHOOL: Carried a .418 batting average with 15 doubles and three home runs his senior year at Trinty Christian Academy ... named the Class 3A, seventh district Player of the Year ... named a Northeast Floria All-Star.

PERSONAL: Born January 17, 1988 ... son of Robert and Lindy Stevens ... majoring in financial planning.

Get to Know Joey Stevens ...

What is currently playing on your iPod: Los Lonely Boy, Darius Rucker, Zack Brown Band and Jimmy Buff et.

What is your favorite inspirational quote: “The windshield is bigger than the rearview mirror for a reason”

If you could have dinner with three people, they would be: Warren Buffet, Jimmy Buffet, at Ryan’s Buffet

Pick an actor to play you in the upcoming movie about you: Dennis Quaid, Harrison Ford or Tom Berenger.

Favorite food: Seafood

Three things on your “bucket list” are: Dive the Great Barrier Reef, sail around the world and retire to a home on the beach with a boat in the water.

What song gets you pumped before games: “Toes in the Sand” by Zack Brown Band ... I like to relax pre-game.

What are your pregame superstitions: Clean shoes and a double knot.

Plans after baseball: Play professionally and get married.

What has been the biggest highlight of your EKU career: Two-run home run in win over Louisville last year.

What do you want to accomplish before your career at EKU is over: Have a positive effect on my teammates.