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Leif Mahler (2B) University of Michigan
Statistics: Ht: 6'1    Wt: 180    AVG: .242    R: 16    H: 16    FLD%: .911    ERA:     W-L:     HR: 0    RBI: 8   
Classroom:Mahler is majoring in economics, has 3.15 cumulative grade point and will graduate this spring. He was the winner of the Steve Boros Award as the top student-athlete on the U-M baseball team for 2007 despite not playing an inning during the season because of injury. He was an Academic All-Big Ten performer in 2005 and 2006 and was not eligible for 2007 conference honors due to missing season to injury. He is a three-time winner of U-M Athletic Achievement Award (2004-05, 2007), was the recipient of the Ray Fisher Scholarship for Baseball in 2007-08, the Foussianes Family Baseball Scholarship for 2006-07 and the Walter S. Harms Baseball Scholarship for 2005-06.
Character:Was selected by teammates as co-captain in 2007 and 2008. He battled back from injuries that caused him to miss entire 2007 season and allowed him to finish his career as a fifth-year senior who has moved from shortstop to second base to help the team.
Community:Leif organized Michigan baseball’s involvement with Habitat for Humanity in Dec. 2007 and he spent his time helping to build door and window frames. He also volunteered for Habitat for Humanity in Oct. 2005. He has spent over 100 hours tutoring and mentoring at local elementaryschools with underprivileged children and regularly visits Mott Children’s Hospital where he signs autographs and spends time with the children. He organized U-M baseball’s involvement in a sexual assault awareness venue, raising money for emergency telephone booths around campus. He also led and participated in Michigan Baseball’s U-Meet the Athlete in each of the last five years. Mahler has participated in K-grams “Meet the Children” event and in “Trick or Treat in the Dorms” allowing underprivileged children the chance to trick or treat in a safe environment. He has volunteered at the 2005 Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and along with team, helped to decorate a local hospice center with Christmas lights in Dec. 2006. He ran a local middle school baseball practice, signed autographs and gave out posters afterward.
Competition:Has been a member of Big Ten Championship team in 2006 & 2007, the Big Ten Playoff Champions in 2006 and the 2007 NCAA Nashville Regional Champions. He was voted captain by his teammates during fall drills and was selected co-captain by Michigan teammates for 2007 and 2008. He became a starter after taking over regular position early in the Big Ten portion of his freshman season. He enters 2008 with 140 starts (SS-239, 2B-1), has played in 159 games, has 37 career multiple-hit games (10 3-hit games, one four-hit game), has hit .333 (24-for-72) in five post-season series in his last three seasons (2004-05-06) and has 11 hits (11-for-26, .423) in six NCAA regional games in career (2005-06) [all six games in Atlanta Regional action]. He is noted for his slick glove - he led the Wolverines with 143 assists and had career-best total of 101 put outs in 2006.
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