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Career Stats

Major: Economics

2016 Preseason All-American Athletic Conference
2015 Johnny Bench Award semifinalist
2015 Unanimous first-team All-American Athletic Conference
2014 Second-team All-American Athletic Conference

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2018): Did not appear in any games.

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2017): Did not appear in any games due to injury.

AS A SENIOR (2016): Appeared in and made 16 starts (15 at catcher, one at designated hitter) before having his season cut short due to an injury...Posted three multi-run games and three multi-RBI games...Hit safely in the first seven games played of the season, boosting his career-long hitting streak to nine games...Went 3-for-4 with a career-high tying two doubles, two runs scored and two RBIs in an 8-4 win over Eastern Michigan (2/26)...Notched another two runs in another 8-4 win against EMU (2/27)...Hit a home run, scored two runs and totaled two RBIs versus Saint Joseph’s (3/6)...Crushed another home run in the 3-2, 15 inning victory over Holy Cross (3/11)...Tallied his final home run of the year, a three run blast in the 7-5 win over No. 25 Michigan State (3/20).

AS A JUNIOR (2015): Johnny Bench Award semifinalist…Unanimous first-team All-AAC selection …Started all 61 games (catcher)...Hit .291 with 14 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 45 RBIs…Ranked second in the AAC in caught stealing (26), third in hit by pitches (15), fifth in RBIs and eighth in home runs…Led the AAC in conference play in caught stealing (11)…Posted team-high in extra base hits (23) for a .487 slugging percentage…Tallied 17 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games…Scored the game-winning run in the 2-1, season-opening win over #17 Cal State Fullerton (2/13)…Recorded two RBIs against No. 7 Louisville (2/14)…Scored three runs in the 9-2 win against Wagner (2/21)… Finished 2-for-2 with two home runs and six RBIs in the 13-3 win over FAMU (3/13)... Went 4-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs in an 8-5 win over Illinois (3/22)…Tallied three hits with three runs scored, two home runs and three RBIs against Houston (4/25)…Matched career-high with four hits, including two runs and two RBIs against FIU (4/7)…Posted another three hits and six RBI outing in the 10-0 win over East Carolina (4/11)…Caught all 18 innings of a doubleheader with Memphis (4/17).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2014): Second-team All-AAC…Appeared in 55 games, making 54 starts (catcher)…Hit .243 with 11 doubles, a home run and 20 RBIs…Ranked second in the AAC in caught stealing (25)…Led the AAC in conference play in caught stealing (11)…Team-high in doubles and tied for team-best with 12 hit by pitches, while ranking second with 46 hits and 25 runs…Tallied 11 multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games...Posted hits in the first three contests of the season, extending his hitting streak from last season to a new career-best seven consecutive games…Collected three hits, two runs and an RBI in the 11-4 win over Richmond (2/15)…Drove in two RBIs in back to back wins against Rhode Island (3/14, 3/15)…Totaled career-high four hits in a 4-for-5 performance vs. Memphis (4/27)…Crushed his first career home run at Georgia Tech (5/17). 

AS A FRESHMAN (2013): Appeared in 44 games, making 38 starts (catcher, third base, designated hitter)…Hit .248 with seven doubles, two triples, and 14 runs batted in…Notched seven multi-hit games and four multi-RBI games…Hit safely in six straight games (4/2 – 4/14)…Made his collegiate debut against No. 4 Louisville (2/16)…Earned his first career hit, an RBI single, in the 20-2 win over Purdue (2/16)…Tallied first multi-hit and multi-RBI game, with two of each, including a two-run ninth inning double in the come-from-behind 9-8 win over Toledo (3/3)…Set a new career high with three RBIs, all on a first-inning, bases-clearing double in the 9-4 win against Boston College (3/5)…Collected career best three hits, in addition to two runs, a double and an RBI in the 11-3 win over FAMU (3/15)…Matched career high with another three hits, plus a run, and two RBIs in the 10-6 win at Georgetown (3/29)…Went a perfect 3-for-3 and stole his first career base in the 7-3 win against Bethune-Cookman (5/7). 

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letter winner for head coach David Saliba at Winter Haven HS...Hit .373 as a senior with five home runs, five doubles and 18 RBIs…Batted .435 as a sophomore with six home runs and 29 RBIs…Also lettered in football…Threw for 1,809 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior, leading the Blue Devils to a 10-0 regular season and a trip to the Class 6A Regional Quarterfinals.

PERSONAL: Born Levi Borders on Dec. 21, 1992 in Lake Wales, Fla. … Parents are Pat and Kathy...Has two brothers, Luke and Lance, and six sisters, Lindsay, Laura-Beth, Leah, Lily, Livia and Landry Kate...Brother, Luke, played baseball at USF from 2014-17...Father, Pat, played baseball for 17 years at the Major League baseball level (1988-2005), winning two World Series Championships with the Toronto Blue Jays (1992, 1993) and was named the World Series MVP (1992).

BORDERS’ CAREER HIGHS (as of 6/16/16)
At Bats: 6, Rhode Island (3/16/14)
Runs Scored: 4, Stetson (4/15/15)
Hits: 4, 3x, last at FIU (4/7/15)
RBI: 6, 2x, last vs. East Carolina (4/11/15)
Doubles: 2, 2x, last vs. Eastern Michigan (2/26/16)
Triples: 1, 4x, last vs. (4/15/15)
Home Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. Houston (4/25/15)
Walks: 3, Wagner, (2/20/15)
Stolen Bases: 1, 6x, last at Tulane (5/8/15)
Hit Streak: 9 (5/30/15 to 2/28/16)