Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A JUNIOR IN 2015
Started 38 games in five different positions (first base, second base, left field, right field, and designated hitter) … tallied 36 hits, 10 doubles and four home runs … had a .364 on base percentage … stole bases successfully six out of seven times … had eight multiple hit games and is one of only two on the team to have five in a game … longest reached base streak was 11 games … went 3-for-4 at Morehead State with two runs, four RBIs, one double and one home run (March 27) … hit 2-for-3 against Morehead, both were doubles with one RBI (April 15) … went 5-for-5 against Tennessee Tech with one double, one home run, and three RBIs … Chi Alpha Sigma (national student-athlete honor society) inductee … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar.
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2014
Started 52 games between second base, third base and shortstop … had eight doubles and four home runs … had seven multi-RBI games … batted .207 with 23 RBIs … led the team and was fourth in the OVC in hit-by-pitch with 17 … fourth on the team in runs scored with 34 … had a .337 slugging percentage … scored three runs and had a double against Eastern Illinois (May 4) … had a home run and two RBIs against Youngstown State (March 12) … went 2-for-4 with three runs at UNC Asheville (March 1) … 2013-14 Bratzke Award for Excellence (given to the team member with the highest GPA) … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2013-14 Colonel Scholar.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2013
Selected to Ohio Valley Conference All-Freshman Team … named to OVC All-Tournament Team … started 30 games, 21 at shortstop … also saw time at first and second base … hit .312 on the season … drove in 31 runs … knocked five home runs … recorded seven multiple hit and multiple RBI games … hit .438 with six RBIs in OVC Tournament … played for the Hamilton Joes in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League during the summer of 2013, finishing with 16 runs, 10 RBIs and 10 stolen bases in 37 games … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2012-13 Colonel Scholar.

HIGH SCHOOL
Team captain at Stephen T. Badin High School in Ross, Ohio … most valuable defensive player and second team all-league performer.

PERSONAL
Full name is Luke Martin Wurzelbacher … son of Dale and Julie Wurzelbacher … majoring in construction management.