Andrew Eichstaedt changed colors this season at UW-Whitewater. The junior from Appleton North High School played his freshman year at UW-Oshkosh prior to transferring to Whitewater.
Eichstaedt has batted in the No. 2 slot in the batting order for most of the season, starting all 44 games for the Hawks.
Hitting a solid .355, Drew has scored 50 runs in 2011 behind only Danny Putnam’s 58 runs. Eicher is tied for second on the team with 20 doubles and 3 home runs. His 32 runs batted in is third most for the Hawks this season.
Despite starting every game Eichstaedt was a bit of a “nomad” early in the year playing several postions.
Just after returning back to Wisconsin from 2011 spring training Drew told voiceseyeonbaseball.blogspot.com that he was hoping to find regular spot on the infield.
A little past midway through the year head coach John Vodinlich switched up his infield with Eichstaedt moving from third to short stop. Travis Wessels making the jump from short to second, and Jared Fon made the everyday third baseman.
Eichstaedt, who had played mainly second base at Oshkosh, gives UWW a fundamentally sound shortstop with a very accurate arm.
(In the adjacent photo - UWW shotstop Andrew eichstaedt turns a doubleplay at second vs. Hamline on Thursday - phto courtesy of Jeff Seisser, Daily Jefferson County Union)
With freshman Dylan Friend in center field, Eichstaedt and Wessels manning the middle of the infield and Rob Coe catching the Warhawks became a very solid defense up the middle It made Whitewater a better team overall defensively.
When Putnam and Eichstaedt are in a rhythm hitting the baseball the UW-Whitewater offense turns very potent.
They’ll get there opportunity later this afternoon when the Warhawks play rival UW-Stevens Point at 4 p.m. A Warhawk win would propel UWW into tomorrow regioinal title game with an unbeaten record in the double-elimination tournament.
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