David Geary's Career Stats
2016: 2016 CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American...finished the year hitting .320 with six home runs and 31 RBI...named to the SoCon Spring All-Academic Team and Honor Roll...finished fourth in the SoCon with 21 doubles despite missing multiple games due to a foot injury...2016 VMI Almond Award winner...tallied his 20th double of the year 5/13 vs. Furman, becoming the fourth Keydet to ever hit that plateau in a season...hit his sixth home run of the season 5/11 against Radford...saw streak of 91 straight games played end 4/24 against Wofford - Went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and a home run April 23 against Wofford...went 7 for 15 with six RBI and a home run over three-game span April 5-10...drove in three runs in DH opener against WCU April 10, and homered in both ends of the twinbill...3 for 5 with three RBI April 5 at Radford...2 for 4 with a triple April 2 at UNCG, tied him for second-most triples in a single season in VMI history...3 for 4 with three RBI and four runs scored in win over UMES March 13...hit his fourth triple of the year March 11, tying him for third-most triples in a single season in program history...2 for 5 with two runs scored, a double and a triple in win over UMES March 11...went 4 for 6 with two walks, a home run and seven runs scored (also reached via HBP) in double-header 3/5 against Binghamton...opened year on eight-game hitting streak, snapped 3/1 at UR...homered in loss to Wake Forest 2/20...become first Keydet in nine years to hit two triples in a game 2/19 against UMBC.
2015: Hit .285 with three home runs in his junior year, mostly spent at third base...played in 50 of VMI's 51 games...earned Athletic Director Honor Society honors and was named to the SoCon Spring All-Academic Team...3 for 4 with three RBI in doubleheader opener 3/8 against Binghamton...2 for 3 with two walks in 3/22 win at Wofford, VMI's first SoCon win since returning to the league...hit safely in 8 of 9 games 3/25-4/4, including 2 for 5, two RBI effort in doubleheader opener at Furman 4/4...2 for 5 with a double and a run scored 4/10 against ETSU...hit his first career home run 4/12 in the series finale against ETSU...back to back two-hit games against Gardner-Webb 4/17-18...2 for 4 with a double and three runs scored in 4/24 win at The Citadel, a series in which he went 5 for 13...4 for 6 in finale of Mercer series (5/3) with two runs scored and two driven in...saw career-long seven-game hitting streak snapped in opener of UNCG series, rebounded with two hits in game two...2 for 5 with game-tying ninth-inning double in game one 5/15 at WCU...homered in SoCon Tournament loss to Mercer.
2014: VMI's regular third baseman during his sophomore season...played in 43 games, starting 39...hit .248 on the season with eight runs batted in...made the Big South's All-Academic Team...had his average as high as .306 with an on-base percentage over .400 before a late-season slump...had his first career three-hit game March 9 vs. Binghamton and also scored three runs...3 for 3 with two RBI in 3/22 win vs. Presbyterian...3 for 6 with three spectacular defensive plays in 4/2 win at VCU...tied a school record with four walks in 16-inning win over High Point 4/13...2 for 3 with a RBI and a run scored in 4/22 win at Jams Madison...briefly tied the 4/27 finale of the Winthrop series with a pinch-hit opposite field double...led off for the first time in his career 5/10 and 5/11 vs. Campbell...went 2 for 4 with two runs scored 5/16 vs. Charleston Southern.
2013: Played in 15 games as a true freshman, seeing action at both first and third base...made his first collegiate start March 3 against Binghamton...after going 0 for his first 10 at the plate, closed out the year 5 for his last 16, including a 2 for 4 game in the season finale against High Point...had his first collegiate hit April 24 at Norfolk State...wound up hitting .192 on the year.
High School/Personal: Four-year letterwinner at Benedictine HS...all-state as a senior...also played for the RBA West Elite and American Legion 125 teams...was a teammate of fellow freshman Micah Gorman at Legion 125...played both third base and shortstop during his time at Benedictine.....a member of the National Honor Society and was the President of his school's chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes...son of Cory and Daniel Geary...majoring in applied mathematics.
Career Highs
AB - 6 (3x), Last vs. Mercer, 5/3/15
R - 4 (2x), Last vs. UMES, 3/13/16
H - 4 (2x), Last vs. George Mason, 3/16/16
2B - 2, vs. George Mason, 3/16/16
3B - 2, vs. UMBC, 2/19/16
HR - 1 (9x), Last vs. Radford, 5/11/16
BB - 4, at High Point, 4/13/14
RBI - 5, vs. George Mason, 3/16/16
SB - 1 (15x), Last vs. #8 The Citadel, 5/24/16
Hit Streak - 8, 2/19 - 3/1/16
