2008: Played in 53 games, starting 51 of them... Batted .323 with a team-leading 14 home runs... Also led the team with a .615 slugging percentage... Second on the team in RBI (55) and walks (25)... Scored 42 runs while posting a .419 on-base percentage... Recorded 16 multi-hit games, 18 multi-RBI games, and had a hit in 40 of his 53 games played... Had a home run in five straight games from 5/9-5/16... 1-for-3 with a home run, 2 RBI, and two runs scored vs. Southern California (2/23)... 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and a run scored vs. Southern California (2/24)... 5-for-14 with a double, home run, six RBI and five runs scored in series vs. Wagner (3/1-3/2)... 2-for-5 with a double, home run, three RBI, and a run scored vs. Maine (3/5)... 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored at Troy (3/8)... 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (3/14)... 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Northern Colorado (3/23)... 1-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored vs. Middle Tennessee (4/11)... 2-for-3 with a double, home run, two RBI, and a run scored at New Orleans (4/19)... 5-for-12 with a home run, four RBI, and a run scored in series vs. Louisiana-Monroe (4/25-4/27)... 2-for-3 with a double at Arkansas State (5/2)... 5-for-9 with three home runs, eight RBI, and four runs scored in series vs. South Alabama (5/9-5/11)... 9-for-14 with two h2008: Played in 53 games, starting 51 of them... Batted .323 with a team-leading 14 home runs... Also led the team with a .615 slugging percentage... Second on the team in RBI (55) and walks (25)... Scored 42 runs while posting a .419 on-base percentage... Recorded 16 multi-hit games, 18 multi-RBI games, and had a hit in 40 of his 53 games played... Had a home run in five straight games from 5/9-5/16... 1-for-3 with a home run, 2 RBI, and two runs scored vs. Southern California (2/23)... 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI, and a run scored vs. Southern California (2/24)... 5-for-14 with a double, home run, six RBI and five runs scored in series vs. Wagner (3/1-3/2)... 2-for-5 with a double, home run, three RBI, and a run scored vs. Maine (3/5)... 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored at Troy (3/8)... 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs scored vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (3/14)... 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Northern Colorado (3/23)... 1-for-3 with a home run, two RBI, and a run scored vs. Middle Tennessee (4/11)... 2-for-3 with a double, home run, two RBI, and a run scored at New Orleans (4/19)... 5-for-12 with a home run, four RBI, and a run scored in series vs. Louisiana-Monroe (4/25-4/27)... 2-for-3 with a double at Arkansas State (5/2)... 5-for-9 with three home runs, eight RBI, and four runs scored in series vs. South Alabama (5/9-5/11)... 9-for-14 with two home runs, a double, five RBI, and five runs scored in series vs. Florida Atlantic (5/15-5/17)...One of four baseball student-athletes to make the 2007 Fall Honor Roll with a grade-point average above 3.0...member of the 2006-07 Sun Belt Commissioner’s List for maintaining a GPA above 3.5 for the school year.
2007: Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List for maintaining a grade point average above 3.5 for the 2006-07 academic year...selected to the Perfect Game Freshman All-America Team despite battling a shoulder injury the entire season that required surgery in the offseason...led all FIU freshmen hitters and ranked fifth on the team with a .338 average and a team-leading 26 walks...started 39 of the 44 games he appeared in, all as the designated hitter...scored 22 runs, hit nine doubles, five home runs and drove in 32 runs...ranked second on the team in hit by pitches (10) and on-base percentage (.477)...joined Chris Dunn as the only other Golden Panther to hit two home runs in a game with a pair against Rhode Island (2/25)...had 12 multi-hit games and five multiple-RBI games, including six-RBI games against Rhode Island (2/25) and Louisiana-Lafayette (4/1)...collected a career-best four hits against Western Kentucky (3/18)...went 0-for-2 off the bench in his final game of the season at Florida Atlantic (5/17)...hit .125 (1-for-8) in the Middle Tennessee series (5/11-13)...went 2-for-3 with a RBI in each game against Florida A&M (5/7-8)...went 0-for-1 with an intentional walk in two pinch-hit appearances at South Alabama (5/4, 6)...went 2-for-8 with a home run, two runs scored and four walks in the sweep of New Orleans (4/27-29)...led off the third inning of the series opener with a home run and was walked and hit by a pitch...doubled and walked in the series finale against Louisiana at Monroe (4/14)...went 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored in the series opener at Arkansas State (4/6)...tied a career high with six RBI against Louisiana-Lafayette (4/1), going 3-for-6 with a double, walk and run scored...knocked in what proved to be the game-winning runs with a two-run single through the left side in the seventh inning of the 14-13 win...went 1-for-4 with a double and RBI in the series opener against UL (3/30)...went 1-for-4 in two games against Troy (3/23, 25)...went 7-for-12 (.583) with a run scored and an RBI in the Western Kentucky series (3/16-18)...went 4-for-4 in the series finale to bring his season average up to .400...drove in a run and went 3-for-5 against Manhattan (3/14)...went 2-for-14 in the Rutgers series (3/9-11) with three runs scored...hit a solo home run in the first inning of the series finale against the Scarlet Knights...went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI against Boston College (3/6), including a two-run double in the sixth inning and the game-ending RBI single up the middle in the ninth inning...went 5-for-9 (.545) with five runs scored, five RBI, two doubles and six walks against Wagner (3/2-4)...single and scored in the series finale...went 1-for-1 with three walks, three runs scored and an RBI double in the sixth inning of the second game of the series...opened the series going 3-for-4 with a double and four RBI...went 3-for-3 with two home runs, a double, six RBI and three runs scored in the series finale against Rhode Island (2/25)...went 5-for-5 with two doubles, a home run, four runs scored, four walks and three RBI in a doubleheader against Florida A&M (2/17)...went 0-for-5 in two games against Missouri (2/9-10)...collected FIU’s first hit of the season in his first career at bat, a single to right field in the season opener at Central Florida (2/3).
Prior to FIU: Was the 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year and Louisville Slugger Player of the Year for the state of Delaware while playing at Cape Henlopen HS...Baseball America First Team Preseason All-American heading into his senior season...Third Team ABCA All-American and Baseball America First Team All-American after hitting .600 with eight home runs, 34 walks and 32 RBI...selected as one of Perfect Game’s Top 300 Players...two-time all-state and three-time all-conference first team pick...MVP of the Senior Game and American Legion MVP...member of 2005 Orioleander Fall Showcase Team...played four years of baseball and two years of basketball at Cape Henopen HS...chose FIU over Campbell, Delaware State and Towson University.
Personal: Born May 14, 1988...son of Wallace and Cindy Townsend...has an older brother, Scott, an older sister, Brandi, and a younger sister, Paige...majoring in criminal justice with aspirations of going to law school.
ome runs, a double, five RBI, and five runs scored in series vs. Florida Atlantic (5/15-5/17)...One of four baseball student-athletes to make the 2007 Fall Honor Roll with a grade-point average above 3.0...member of the 2006-07 Sun Belt Commissioner’s List for maintaining a GPA above 3.5 for the school year.
