2013 (Junior): An All-MEAC second team choice, his second straight year earning all-conference honors … was 15th in the MEAC with a .318 batting average … scored a team-high 26 runs and also led the Spartans with 16 extra-base hits, 176 at-bats and 79 total bases … tied with Zach Markel for team-high honors with 56 hits and two home runs … also tallied five outfield assists, tied with Mikey Bruno for most on the team … started off the season by going 5-for-6 in the doubleheader with Navy … had two doubles and went 2-for-3 in game 1, then scored a career-high four runs and went 3-for-3 in the nightcap … went a combined 5-for-15 in the four games against Fairleigh Dickinson and Savannah State in SSU’s tournament … went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and a two-run homer, his first of the year, in the series-clinching win over Wagner … also had two RBI in a 2-for-4 day, including a double, in the first game with UMES … went 4-for-12 with a double and three RBI in the first three-game series with Coppin State … hit his second homer of the season, another two-run blast, in the loss to William & Mary … had a huge series in the second conference meeting with UMES, going a combined 8-for-12 with three doubles, three runs scored and two RBI … was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two doubles in the series opener … had a career-best four hits, going a perfect 4-for-4 with a double, triple and two RBI in the series finale … that was the highlight of Day’s 14-game hit streak that spanned March 29-April 24 … tallied a season-best three RBI, matching his career high, during a 2-for-5 day to lead the Spartans to a win over DSU in the teams’ final matchup of the season … batted 5-for-12 with two RBI and two triples in the MEAC Tournament, including two-hit games against both Savannah State and N.C. Central … member of the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic team and the NSU Athletics Directors’ Honor Roll for both 2012-13 semesters … invited to play for the Cooperstown Hawkeyes of the New York-based Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League over the summer … batted .338 with five doubles and 21 RBI in the wooden-bat summer collegiate league.
2012 (Sophomore): An All-MEAC first team outfielder in his first year as a full-time starter … led the Spartans with a .356 average, four triples, 52 hits, 24 RBI and 70 total bases … finished the season ranked fourth in the MEAC in batting … second on the team with nine stolen bases (9-of-11) … had 16 games with at least two hits, including six with a season-best three hits … had four straight multi-hit games in mid-March, going 8-for-11 (.727) in the three-game sweep of UMES and 2-for-4 with two RBI in the win over ODU … also knocked in a season-best three runs in the middle game of the UMES series … was 3-for-5 with a double in the second game of the initial doubleheader with Coppin State … earned MEAC Player of the Week accolades after leading NSU to a 3-1 week against ODU and Coppin State in late April … was 2-for-2 with two runs scored in the ODU loss … went 5-for-12 (.417) in the Coppin State series … started the CSU series with a 3-for-5 day, including a triple, three runs scored and two RBI … was 2-for-4 with a double and matched his career best with three RBI in the second game of the series … recorded a 3-for-4 day with two RBI in the win over N.C. Central … enjoyed another 3-for-4 day with three runs and two RBI in the second game of the final Coppin State series … also swiped two bases in that contest … named to the MEAC Commissioner’s Academic Team and NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll.
2011 (Freshman): Played in seven games … split time between the outfield and designated hitter positions … both of his starts came at DH, vs. Longwood (3-8-11) and Penn State (3-12-11) … had two hits in nine at-bats for a .222 average on the year … singled in the start against Longwood … had a pinch-hit double in the win over Longwood at the end of the year (5-13-11) … scored two runs on the year, one each against Savannah State (2-26-11) and Virginia State (4-12-11) … named to the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2010 semester.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in baseball … also competed two years each in track and football … All-Beach District second-team selection in baseball as a senior … named to the all-district and All-Eastern Region first team and to the All-Tidewater second team as junior, when he batted .452.
Personal: John Cameron Day was born on Sept. 14, 1992 … prefers to be called Cameron … son of John and Pat Day … majoring in electronics engineering.
Day's Career Hitting Stats
YEAR
|
AVG
|
GP-GS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
3B
|
HR
|
RBI
|
TB
|
BB
|
SO
|
SB-ATT
|
2011 |
.222 |
7-2 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0-0 |
2012 |
.356 |
43-41 |
146 |
30 |
52 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
24 |
70 |
15 |
26 |
9-11 |
2013 |
.318 |
48-47 |
176 |
26 |
56 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
30 |
79 |
22 |
23 |
6-8 |
Totals
|
.332
|
98-90
|
331
|
58
|
110
|
19
|
7
|
3
|
54
|
152
|
39
|
50
|
15-19
|
Hoggard's Career Hitting Stats
Hoggard's Career Hitting Stats