Honors: Fall 2014 NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Spring 2014 NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Fall 2013 NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Fall 2012 NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... 2012 NE-10 All-Rookie Team ... Spring 2012 NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Fall 2011 NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
As a Junior: Started 30 games ... scored 18 runs with 19 hits, two home runs and eight RBIs ... led team with 18 walks and seven doubles ... swiped two bases ... had five multi-hit games ... enjoyed a 3-for-3 performance with one double and one stolen base in the season opener against Minnesota Duluth on March 16 ... sported a 4-for-8 day with two runs scored in a doubleheader at New Haven on April 5 ... provided a two-run home run against Assumption on April 21 and then clubbed a three-run home run against Saint Anselm on April 24 ... drew three walks and scored one run against Saint Anselm on April 29.
As a Sophomore: Started 38 games ... batted .279 with 21 runs scored on 39 hits, seven doubles, two home runs and 20 RBIs ... drew 19 walks ... swiped four bases ... belted home runs against Caldwell on March 11 and Hillsdale on March 17 ... recorded nine multi-hit games ... had three-hit games against LIU Post on March 10, Caldwell on March 11 and Saint Thomas Aquinas on March 13 ... went 5-for-9 with six runs scored and six RBIs in a two-game series against Caldwell ... went 2-for-4 with two RBIs against Saint Anselm on April 24.
As a Freshman: Started 39 games ... led the team with a .422 slugging percentage, a .402 on-base percentage and 13 extra-base hits ... finished second among teammates with a .281 batting average and 38 hits ... went 1-for-1 and had an RBI in his collegiate debut, a 10-8 win over Concordia (N.Y.) on March 11 ... recorded nine multi-hit games ... notched a season-best four hits, going 4-for-5, including hitting a double and a triple, and picked up an RBI in a 15-4 win at Norwich on April 19 ... had a hit in six consecutive games from March 15 to March 28.
High School: Played four years of baseball, football and basketball at Rice Memorial High School ... awarded the Tom Dion MVP award as a junior and senior ... Rice Outstanding Player Award for baseball as a senior ... All-Metro first team infielder as a junior and senior ... Metro League home run leader as a senior ... served as baseball captain as a senior ... first team All-Metro pitcher as a junior ... second team All-Metro pitcher as a senior ... named defensive MVP and first team all-state defensive back as a senior ... won Coaches Award and was named Division II first team wide receiver as a junior … MVP and captain as a sophomore for baseball ... played on Division II state champion football and Division I state champion basketball teams as a senior ... played on the North/South All-Star football team.
Personal: James Nicholas Elderton ... son of Jim and Susan Elderton ... majoring in business administration and minoring in media studies ... Dean's List qualifier ... a member of the Dream Program at SMC.
