2009 Baseball Roster

8 Ford Eisenman

  • Position Outfielder
  • Ht./Wt. 5-7 / 160
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Erie, Pa.
  • High School Villa Maria Academy
  • Major R/R

Biography

Eisenman returns as a starting outfielder and can play any of the three outfield positions ... enters the season sixth all-time at Gannon in stolen bases (46), needing 23 to break the school record.

2008:
Played in 34 games, all starts … had seven multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI games ... hit .359 (14-39) with runners on base ... reached base 34 percent (11-32) of the time when leading off an inning ... opened the season with a team-high seven-game hitting streak ... hit .423 (11-26) with six runs during the first seven games of Gannon's spring trip ... stole 13 bases in 14 attempts … second on team with .976 fielding percentage, beginning the season with 25 errorless fielding chances in the first 28 games … recorded four hits and scored two runs against University of the Sciences March 2.

2007:
Played in 44 games, all starts ... stole 21 bases, the sixth-highest single-season total in school history ... ranked second among GLIAC players in stolen bases ... had 10 multiple-hit games ... produced a seven-game hitting streak ... hit .345 (19-55) with runners on base, .361 (13-36) with runners in scoring position, and .311 (14-45) with two outs ... had back-to-back four-hit games against Wheeling Jesuit and Stonehill during Gannon’s spring trip.

2006:
Saw action in 43 games, starting 16 ... produced a .309 on-base percentage ... ranked second on the team in stolen bases (12) ... recorded first career hit as a pinch hitter against Wheeling Jesuit ... went 2-for-3 against nationally-ranked Ohio Valley.

High School:
Played for head coach Joe Lunger at Villa Maria (Pa.) Academy ... named to the All-Metro first team as a senior second baseman and the honorable-mention squad as a junior outfielder ... finished fifth among Metro League players with a .484 average as a senior ... was a four-sport athlete, playing baseball, football, basketball, and soccer ... named team captain for the baseball, basketball, and soccer teams as a senior ... was a place kicker for the District 10 champion Strong Vincent Colonels, earning All-Northwest Conference honorable-mention accolades ... named to the All-Metro and All-Northwest Conference first teams in soccer as a senior ... earned All-State soccer accolades as a senior ... broke Villa Maria’s single-season (22 goals) and career (60 goals) scoring records ... received the Ron Costello Memorial Scholarship.

Personal:
English major ... son of Nancy Eisenman-Elwell and former Gannon Director of Athletics Howard “Bud” Elwell ... has one brother.

Year

G

AB

R

H

RBI

2B

3B

HR

SB

BA

2006

43

57

15

10

3

1

1

0

12

.175

2007

44

143

21

37

16

2

0

0

21

.259

2008

34

99

14

27

7

1

0

0

13

.273

Career

121

299

50

74

26

4

1

0

46

.247

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2008Junior

    Outfielder
    5'7" 160 lbs
    11
  • 8

    2009Senior

    Outfielder
    5'7" 160 lbs
    8