Northern Illinois University Athletics

NIU baseball's hit king, Scott Simon is the Huskie baseball career leader in numerous categories, including hits (318), runs batted in (193) and doubles (69).

Simon made an immediate impact during his first season in DeKalb as he led the Huskies, and MAC freshmen, with a .376 batting average during his rookie season in 2003. Simon, who was second among MAC rookies with 40 RBI, was named to the All-MAC Second Team and earned First Team Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball. 

The following season, Simon continued to rank among the conference's elite hitting, batting .374 while hitting safely in 52-of-59 games. He led the MAC in both RBI (71) and doubles (24), setting single-season school records in both categories. Following his sophomore season, Simon was named a Baseball America Summer League All-American after leading the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaska League to the National Baseball Congress World Series, where he was named MVP. 

After missing the 2005 season, Simon was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List prior to his junior year in 2006. Playing in all 55 games, Simon hit .329 with 70 hits, seven home runs and 38 RBI. Simon collected the 245th hit of his Huskie career in the final game of his junior year against Toledo. 

As a senior, Simon was again named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List for National Player of the Year, and he led the Huskies with 73 hits while starting 57 of NIU's 58 games, as he hit .329.