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45 Luke Malmanger

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 240
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Janesville, Wis.
  • Highschool Janesville Craig

Biography

2023 (Redshirt Senior):
  • Appearing in 43 games and starting 28, slashed .237/.339/.340 with a home run, 7 doubles, 12 RBI and a stolen base
  • Hit his home run in the April 10 victory over the Rochester University Warriors
  • Recorded 6 multiple-hit games, including each of the final two contests with the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles in Evansville on March 11 and 12
  • Made his first career pitching appearance against the Mid-American Conference’s (MAC) Bowling Green Falcons on April 18, registering the final two outs, both of which were strikeouts
2022 (Redshirt Junior):
- Veteran corner infielder finished the season hitting .270 (31-for-115) - the 9th-best mark on the team - with six doubles, a triple, two home runs, 16 RBI and four stolen bases
- Tallied a career-best four hits, including his lone triple of the campaign, against the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars on March 14
- Both of his home runs came in the May 1 home victory over the Milwaukee Panthers, a game in which he drove in a career-high five runs

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore):
• Started 10 games and appeared in 34 games
• Hit .184 with 10 RBI, nine hits, nine runs, double, triple, and home run with 15 total basses over 49 at-bats
• Posted a .306 slugging and .281 on base percentage with five walks and a stolen base
• Hit .429 going 3-for-7 with five RBI, a three-run home run, double, three runs and seven total bases against NKU (5/7-9)
• In the series opening 9-6 win against NKU, Malmanger made the most of his lone at-bat blasting a three-run home run in the eighth inning for his first in an Oakland uniform
• Hit first career triple at Longwood (2/28)
• Hit .400 going 2-for-5 with three RBI at Wright State (5/14-15)

2019 Madison College:
• Saw action in 25 games with nine starts batting .235 with 12 hits, 13 RBI and 12 runs scored in 51 at-bats
• Helped team to a third-place finish in the 2018 College World Series
 
High School:
• Four-year participant and three-year baseball letterwinner for head coach Victor Herbst
• Also three-year letterwinner in football at tight end and two-year letterwinner in basketball
• Baseball: Two-time First Team Big 8 All-Conference selection as a junior and senior
• Third Team All-State Honorable mention as a senior by the WBCA
• Football: First Team Big 8 All-Conference as a senior, Second Team All-Conference and Honorable Mention as a junior
 
Top Athletic Performance:
• Three touchdown receptions in one game as a junior
 
Personal:
Full name: Luke Jacob Malmanger
Birthdate: 4/5/2000
Parents: Susan and Dennis Malmanger
Siblings: Brother, Jake | Sister, Sara
Major: Wellness and Health Promotion
 
Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1. Coaching staff
2. Good academics
3. Baseball opportunities

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Historical Player Information

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    2021Junior

    INF
    6'2" 242 lbs
    45
  • 45

    2022Senior

    INF
    6'2" 250 lbs
    45
  • 45

    2023Redshirt Senior

    1B/3B
    6'3" 240 lbs
    45