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Shadid Among Top 30 Shortstops

D1Baseball.com lists Bradley senior No. 12 among the nation's shortstops in 2020

James Franks

D1Baseball.com Shortstop Power Rankings

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications Baseball 2/7/2020 1:32:00 PM

Bradley senior shortstop Luke Shadid (Peoria, IL/Notre Dame HS) is ranked the No. 12 shortstop in the nation, according to a preseason listing of the top 30 shortstops by D1Baseball.com released Thursday.

Of the 30 shortstops ranked by the premier college baseball website among its preseason features, Shadid is fourth among the players from outside the Power 5 Conferences. He also ranks fourth among the group with a .344 batting average in 2019 and third with both his 10 home runs and .995 OPS last season. He was joined among the Top 30 Shortstops by fellow Missouri Valley Conference players Jimmy Glowenke (Dallas Baptist, ninth) and Joe Butler (Illinois State, 30th).

Shadid started all 50 games at shortstop and hit leadoff in every game for the Braves last season, when he earned All-MVC second-team honors after leading the league in hits per game (1.44), runs scored per game (0.98) and runs produced per game (1.62). A starter in 141 of Bradley's 151 games during his first three seasons (he missed 10 games to injury in 2018), Shadid enters the 2020 season as Bradley's active leader in career batting average (.319), runs scored (117), hits (181), doubles (29), triples (9), home runs (16 co-leader), RBIs (93), total bases (276), hit-by-pitches (25), sacrifice bunts (16) and assists (347).

In addition to the preseason recognition from D1Baseball.com, Shadid was listed as a preseason All-Missouri Valley Conference middle infielder by Perfect Game and he has been nominated for the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award, as well as college baseball's Senior CLASS Award.

Coming off a 31-19 campaign in 2019, the Braves were tabbed to finish third in The Valley, according to preseason conference previews by both D1Baseball.com and Baseball America. Bradley will open its 120th college baseball season next week by visiting Incarnate Word for a 3-game series in San Antonio. The series opener is slated for a 6:30 p.m. start Feb. 14 at UIW's Sullivan Field.

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Players Mentioned

#10 Luke Shadid: IF; 5' 10"; Senior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#10 Luke Shadid
: 5' 10"; Senior; R/R
: IF

Shadid Among Top 30 Shortstops

D1Baseball.com lists Bradley senior No. 12 among the nation's shortstops in 2020

Players Mentioned

#10 Luke Shadid

Players Mentioned

#10 Luke Shadid