Baseball

Honors and Awards

• 2011, NAIA First team All-American
• 2011, MCAC Player of the Year
• 2011, First team all-MCAC
• 2011, MCAC Gold Glove team
• 2011, MCAC all-tournament team
• 2011, MCAC Player of the Week (March 21, April 18, April 25)
• 2011, NAIA all-Nebraska (Honorary captain)
• 2010-11, Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete
• 2010-11, MCAC Scholar-Athlete
• 2010-11, Bellevue University's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2009-10, MCAC Scholar-Athlete
• 2009-10, Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete

2011 Season (Senior)

: Earned first team NAIA All-American accolades ... Named the MCAC Player of the Year after batting .432 with 59 runs scored, 12 doubles, five triples, eight home runs and 57 RBIs ... Led the team with a .681 slugging percentage and an on-base percentage of .495 ... Starting center fielder in all 53 games ... Ranked third on the team with 29 stolen bases ... Earned the MCAC Baseball Player of the Week three times (March 21, April 18 and April 25) ... Posted a .970 fielding percentage to be named to the MCAC Gold Glove team ... Batted .444 (8-for-18) in MCAC Tournament with six runs, one double, two home runs, two stolen bases and five RBIs to earn all-tournament honors ... Went 7-for 12 with three home runs and eight RBIs in the Bruins' tripleheader sweep at Central Christian College (April 16) ... Stole a career-high four bases against the University of Sioux Falls on April 13 ... Batted .583 with 11 runs, two stolen bases, two doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs in Bellevue's four-game series at Peru State College ... Registered 25 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games ... Named a MCAC Scholar-Athlete for the second straight season ... Named the honorary captain of the NAIA all-Nebraska team by the Omaha World-Herald.

2011 game-by-game statistics

2010 Season (Senior): Played in the first four games of the year before sustaining a season-ending hand injury … Received a medical redshirt for the 2010 season … Earned MCAC and Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors ... Named to the Dean’s List.

2010 game-by-game statistics

2009 Season (Junior): Saw action in 40 games, starting in six ... Batted .333 with two doubles, one home run and seven RBIs ... Went 8-for-10 in stolen base attempts.

2009 game-by-game statistics

At Central College: Started all 43 games for the Dutch during the 2008 season ... Batted .314 with nine doubles, four triples, six stolen bases, and 25 RBIs ... Appeared in 33 games during his freshman season in 2007 ... Registered a .280 batting average with four doubles, 11 RBIs and six stolen bases.

High School: Played baseball for coach Marty Santoni at Ralston High School ... Batted .365 with three home runs and 10 triples during his senior season ... Also lettered in basketball and football ... Played summer baseball for the Omaha Diamond Spirit under coach Arden Rakosky ... Set the club’s record for most triples and most stolen bases in a season.

Personal: Son of Fred and Valerie Hiykel ... Has a younger sister, Megan ... Born on Aug. 25, 1988 ... Majoring in biology.