Summer 2006: Hit .292 with 42 hits, 28 runs scored, 25 RBI and seven stolen bases for the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Mavericks of the Western Major Basebal League ... Totaled six doubles, two triples, one home run and had six sacrifice hits on the season ... Helped lead team to league[apos]s championship series and collected five RBI with six sacrifice hits in six postseason games.
2006: Started 50 of 51 games played ... Led team with 10 sacrifice hits ... Stole nine bases ... Tied school[apos]s single-game hit record ... Made season debut in start at 2B vs. Eastern Illinois (2/24) ... Had single, RBI, and stolen base at Evansville (2/25) ... Went 2-for-3 with RBI vs. UW-Milwaukee (2/26) ... Went 2-for-4 at Southern Illinois (3/3) ... Had third-consecutive multi-hit game in 2-for-5 performance with RBI and run scored at SIU (3/4) ... Had single and RBI at San Jose State (3/13) ... Delivered RBI single and scored run at Nevada (3/16) ... Earned recognition from Baseball Canada after tying school-record with five hits at Nevada (3/17) ... Went 2-for-6 with run scored at Nevada (3/18) ... Singled and scored in game two at Ohio (3/25) ... Doubled and scored twice at Ohio (3/26) ... Went 2-for-4 with run scored and stolen base in game two vs. Bradley (3/28) ... Stole base and scored run vs. Akron (3/31) ... Collected single, steal and run scored vs. UA (4/1) ... Had two hits, including double, and two runs scored vs. Illinois State (4/4) ... Went 2-for-3 with RBI and run scored vs. Kent State (4/7) ... Had hit and two RBI, including go-ahead run on suicide squeeze vs. KSU (4/9) ... Had hit, RBI, and run scored at Northern Iowa (4/12) ... Doubled twice at Miami (4/16) ... Had RBI vs. Chicago State (4/19) ... Had RBI vs. Central Michigan (4/23) ... Singled twice and had RBI vs. UIC (4/25) ... Doubled, scored, and had RBI vs. Chicago State (4/26) ... Singled with RBI at Eastern Michigan (4/28) ... Had two hits with run scored and stolen base vs. Northwestern (5/3) ... Singled with run scored and RBI at Western Michigan (5/5) ... Had RBI at WMU (5/7) ... Singled and scored vs. Ball State (5/13) ... Singled and scored vs. Toledo (5/19).
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2005: Started 26 of 38 games and hit .221 in 104 at-bats with 13 RBI and five sacrifice hits ... Had two hits, including double at Southern Illinois (3/6) ... Had three hits, scored twice, and had one RBI at Eastern Kentucky (3/18) ... Scored twice vs. Valparaiso (3/22) ... Went 2-for-2 with one run scored and one stolen base in second game of doubleheader against Ball State (4/2) ... Was 2-for-3 with one RBI at Western Michigan (4/10) ... Had two RBI in game one and scored a run in game two of doubleheader against Central Michigan (4/23) ... Went season-best 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored at Toledo (5/21).
Junior College: Played one season at North Central Community College in Texas ... Hit .310 with eight doubles and led team with .590 on-base percentage ... Was recruited by Northern Illinois out of high school.
High School: Prepped at Holy Trinity ... Played baseball at club level for Team Ontario and the Canadian Junior National Team ... Hit .305 in five seasons for Team Ontario, playing from age 14 through first season of junior college ... Made spring training roster for Junior National team ... Also played volleyball and basketball.
Personal: Son of Albert and Maureen Besteman ... Born Jan. 4, 1985 in Toronto, Ontario ... Majoring in Physical Education and minoring in History ... Coordinates free baseball clinics in hometown of Bradford during the offseason.
