2008 First Team All-Horizon League
2008 Horizon League All-Newcomer Team

Honors and Awards: Named 2008 First Team All-Horizon League at Designated Hitter...garnered Horizon League All-Newcomer Team honors in 2008...was a two-time Horizon League Player of the Week (3/3 and 4/7).

2008: Started 49 games...appeared in games at catcher, first base, third base and designated hitter...collected 18 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games...posted three game winning hits - all against Cleveland State - on 4/5, 4/6 and 5/23...opened the season with a 13-game hitting streak...opened the season with a single and runs scored at Arkansas (2/22)...collected seven hits, five runs scored and six RBI's with two home runs in a series at Washington State (2/29-3/2)...drove in an RBI at The Citadel (3/8), versus Evansville (3/9), at Louisville (3/12) and versus Eastern Michigan (3/15)...scored three runs against UIC (3/29)...homered, scored twice and drove in three RBI's at Xavier (4/1)...was two-for-four with a double and four RBI's at Cleveland State (4/5)...doubled, homered and collected two RBI's against Urbana...drove in three RBI's, collected five hits and scored a run in a three game series at Butler (4/11-4/12)...was three-for-five at Dayton (4/16)...homered, drove in four RBI's, scored three times at UIC (4/20)...collected six hits - including two doubles - and drove in five RBI's in a three game series against Milwaukee (4/25-4/26)...drove in an RBI and scored a run against Dayton (4/30)...collected two hits in each game of a three game series at Youngstown State (5/2-5/4)...drove in three RBI's and homered versus Youngstown State (5/9)...homered in the second game of a series against NJIT (5/17)...collected a hit in the Horizon Leauge Tournament opener with Milwaukee (5/22)...tripled and drove in two RBI's agaisnt Cleveland State (5/23) in the Horizon League Tournament...singled, walked and drove in an RBI agaisnt Valparaiso (5/23) at the Horizon League Tournament.

University of Dayton: Attended Dayton for the past three years as a member of their baseball program...appeared in 33 games during his freshman season...made 16 starts at first base for the Flyers...posted a .279 batting average with four doubles and 11 RBI's as a rookie...Redshirted during his sophomore season at Dayton...as a redshirt-sophomore appeared in 51 games with 50 starts for the Flyers...led the club with nine home runs, 40 RBI's, 339 putouts and a .505 slugging percentage...boasted a .317 batting average with 20 extra base hits and 31 runs scored...owns a career batting average of .307 with the Flyers...totaled 51 RBI's and 24 extra base hits during his time at UD.

Prep: Lettered all four years for the Grizzly Cubs...was selected as the team captain during his junior and senior seasons...garnered team MVP honors during his final two seasons with FCHS...named All-Johnson County and All-Mid State Conference during his junior and senior seasons...was honored with All-City, All-District, All-Region and All-State accolades during his senior season...played in the Indiana North/South All-State game as a senior...helped the Grizzly Cubs to back-to-back conference crowns and a 19-5 record his senior season...played for head coach Brian Luse and Jeff Mercer while at FCHS...also lettered three times in football.

Personal: Born Jeffery Daniel Mercer on July 29, 1985...the son of Jeff and Pam Mercer...has three brothers, Anthony, Daniel and Joe.