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Updated: June 15, 2016

2016: Started 16 games, all in right, and played in 20 total games … Had four multi-hit games, four multi-RBI games, including a season-high four at Old Dominion (Feb. 27) and four multi-run scoring games … Had a season-best three-game hitting streak and registered a career-high 13-game reached base streak … Batted .250 with 15 hits, including four doubles and two home runs, for 25 total bases and a .417 slugging percentage … Scored 13 runs and added 14 RBIs … Drew 10 walks and was hit by four pitches for a .392 on-base percentage … As a pinch hitter, went 0-for-2 but did draw a walk … Registered two game-winning RBIs and two outfield assists.

2015: Started nine games, all as the DH, and saw action in 21 total games … Had one multi-hit game, one multi-RBI game and one multi-run game, scoring twice in the Hokies’ ACC tournament game versus North Carolina on May 19 … Had a season long three-game hitting streak and a five-game reached base streak … Batted .214 with nine hits, including a double and a triple, for 12 total bases and a .286 slugging percentage … Scored three runs and added six RBIs … Drew four walks and was hit by one pitch for a .298 on-base percentage ... Came to the plate as a pinch hitter 12 times and was 3-for-9 with three RBIs on a single, a double and a walk, while also drawing another walk and being hit by a pitch.

High School: Earned varsity letters all four years while playing for Coach William Wisniewski at Greensburg Salem … Was an all-state and all-conference selection and the WPIAL AAA - section 2 preseason co-player of the year … also played golf for one year and basketball, lettering three out of four seasons.

Personal: Max Joseph Ponzurick … Born January 6, 1996 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania … Son of George Lewark and Diann Ponzurick … Has two older brothers, Mark and Justin … Enrolled in human nutrition, foods and exercise.