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2019 Baseball Roster

Jennifer Shephard
Russell James

11 Justin Bardwell

  • Position Catcher
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 180
  • Custom1 R/R
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chino Hills, Calif.
  • Highschool Chino Hills

Biography

278382019: Named to the Buster Posey Award, formerly Johnny Bench Award, Watch List for the third straight year... Finished his career tied for first in team history in doubles (55), while being second in games played (213), fifth in at bats (735), and 13th in RBI (120)... Goes down as one of the top defensive catchers in Fordham history with a career .991 fielding percentage, while throwing about 40 % of potential base stealers... Played in a career-high 60 games as a senior, starting 57... Batted .223 with 23 runs scored, 13 doubles, three home runs, and 32 RBI... Set personal bests with 22 walks and five stolen bases... Registered seven multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI performances... Got off to a good start with a nine-game hit streak in early March, while hitting safely in 11 of 12 games... Had a home run and three RBI in game three at North Florida (2/23), while going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI in the series finale (2/24)... Totaled four hits and three RBI in the Maryland Eastern Shore series... Had a pair of RBI in games against Iona (3/8) and Hofstra (3/10)... Was 2-for-4 with three RBI against Sacred Heart (3/12)... Went 3-for-6 with a double, a home run, two RBI, and two runs scored in the series finale at Rhode Island (3/31)... Hit a walk-off solo home run against Siena (4/3)... Had a pair of doubles and an RBI in an extra-inning win at Saint Peter's (4/24)... Was 2-for-4 with three RBI in the series opener against La Salle (5/10)... Tied the career record for doubles in the final game of the regular season at Dayton (5/18)... Was 2-fro-3 with an RBI and a stolen base in Fordham's opening win at the Atlantic 10 Championship over Richmond (5/22)... Provided the game-winning RBI in the Atlantic 10 Championship game against Dayton, drawing a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 12th inning to give Fordham its first Atlantic 10 title in two decades (5/25)... Was 1-for-3 in the Rams' NCAA game against Texas A&M (6/1)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2018: Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List for the second straight year... Set career-best marks in batting average (.284), runs (28), hits (57), doubles (20), RBI (36), walks (18), and stolen bases (4)... Atlantic 10 leader in doubles... Became the fifth Ram to have 20 doubles in a single season to lead the squad... Was second on the team in hits and RBI, while being third in batting average, multi-hit games (14), and multi-RBI games (8)... Solid contributor in Atlantic 10 play, batting .271 with 13 runs scored, 10 doubles, and 13 RBI... Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week once on April 30th after collecting 10 hits, six doubles, and six RBI in the Rams' series at Saint Joseph's... Was 3-for-5 with two RBI in the opener (4/27), while going 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI in game two (4/28)... Finished the series going 4-for-4 with a career-high three doubles and an RBI (4/29)... Drove in a career-high four runs to go with two hits and two runs at James Madison (3/3)... Was 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored, and three RBI against Wagner (3/14)... Capped off a career-long 11-game hit streak with two hits against Hofstra, which included the game-winning RBI-single in extra innings (5/1)... Drove in a pair of runs in games against Dayton (5/5) and Richmond (5/17)... Was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI, and the game-winning hit in Fordham's Atlantic 10 championship opening round win over VCU (5/23)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and the ECAC Academic Honor Roll.

2017: Named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List... Served as the Rams' starting catcher for the second straight season... Started 42 of 46 games he appeared in... Hit .258 with 19 runs scored, 13 doubles, a home run, and 26 RBI... Had nine multi-hit games... Ranked second on the team in doubles, RBI, and multi-RBI games (6)... Was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored at Houston Baptist (2/19)... Had a pair of two-hit games at #21 Long Beach State (2/24 & 2/26)... Also had two multi-hit games against Sacred Heart (3/17 & 3/19)... Had two RBI in game against George Mason (3/25) and Saint Peter's (4/5)... Went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI, and a run scored at Saint Louis (4/9)... Hit his lone home run of the season at Fairfield (4/18)... Was 3-for-5 with a double and a run scored vs. VCU (4/23)... Combined for four hits and two RBI in the Rams' series with Massachusetts (5/12-14)... Totaled four RBI in the Rams' series at St. Bonaventure (5/18-20).

2016: Named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team as an excellent freshmen campaign... Started 49 of 53 games at catcher... Batted .266 with 19 runs scored, nine doubles, two triples, a home run, and 26 RBI... Also stole three bases... Batted .275 in conference action and tied for the team-lead in RBI with 14... Had nine multi-hit game overall to go with four multi-RBI contests... Was 2-for-3 with a home run against Villanova (3/11)... Had a combined three hits and two RBI in a doubleheader at Wagner (3/19)... Was 5-for-5 with a double and an RBI in game one of a doubleheader against Richmond, and followed with two hits and two runs scored in game two (4/2)... Had three hits, including two doubles, in Fordham's series with Rhode Island (4/15-17)... Was 3-for-4 with an RBI in the series finale at Davidson (4/24)... Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBI against George Washington (5/6)... Had two hits and two RBI versus Dayton (5/19).

Before Fordham: Three-year starter for the varsity baseball team at Chino Hills High School in California... Team captain... Helped Chino Hills capture the Baseline League Championship as a senior... Named All-Baseline League after hitting .348 with eight doubles and a .405 on-base percentage... Selected to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune High School All-Star Game... Was an All-Sierra League selection as a junior after hitting .353 with ten doubles, two home runs, and 21 RBI... Ranked fourth in the league in RBI, while his .614 slugging percentage finished sixth in the league, as he helped lead Chino Hills to the 2014 Sierra League Championship... Three-time Perfect Game All-American Honorable Mention selection (2013-15)...  Played with SGV Arsenal for four seasons, while playing for the Arroyo Seco Saints in 2015... Served as the starting catcher for the USA 15U Junior Olympic Championship Team with SGV Arsenal, which ended in a team championship... Graduated with Academic Honors... Member of the honor roll.

Major: General Science.
 
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Hits: 5, vs. Richmond (4/2/16)
Runs: 2, 12x, last at Fairleigh Dickinson (4/23/19)
Doubles: 3, at Saint Joseph's (4/29/18)
RBI: 4, at James Madison (3/3/18)
Walks: 2, 7x, last at UMass Lowell (4/27/19)
Hit Streak: 11 games (4/14 - 5/1/18)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    Catcher
    5'10" 185 lbs
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    2017Sophomore

    Catcher
    5'10" 180 lbs
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    2018Junior

    Catcher
    5'10" 180 lbs
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    2019Senior

    Catcher
    5'10" 180 lbs
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