Gram Selected to All-Midwest Region Third Team

For Immediate Release: Monday, June 2, 2008

La Crosse, Wis. – University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior centerfielder Storm Gram of Woodbury, Minn. (H.S.) has been named to the 2008 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA Division III All-Midwest Region Third Team. It marks his first career all-region recognition.

Gram was selected to the 2008 All-Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) First Team in a vote by the league coaches in May. It marked the second straight season he was named to the all-conference first team. An All-WIAC First Team selection at second base in 2007, Gram became the third player in school history (Jack Gurholt, Scott Mihalovic) to earn all-conference first team honors at two different positions.

Gram started all 39 games in 2008, leading UW-L with a .378 batting average. He also led the Eagles in hits (54), runs (51), doubles (16), walks (29), total bases (84) and stolen bases (16). Gram tied for the team lead in at-bats (143) while ranking third in RBI (35) and tied for third in home runs (4). His 51 runs ranks second in single-season school history while his 16 doubles are tied for second-most.

He led UW-L with 17 multi-hit games this year, including eight contests with three hits. Gram, who had a team-best 12-game hitting streak during the season, recorded at least one hit in 29 of 39 games. His 54 hits are tied for 13th in school history. Gram scored at least one run in 28 of 39 contests this year, including 16 games with at least two runs.

A career .391 hitter at UW-L, which currently ranks third in school history, Gram tied for the team lead in multi-RBI games with nine in 2008. He is also 15th in UW-L history with 90 career runs.

He led the WIAC in doubles (16) and walks (29) in 2008 while finishing second in on-base percentage (.497). Gram was also tied for second in the league in stolen bases (16) whie tying for third in runs (51). He was seventh in batting average (.378) and eighth in slugging percentage (.587).

UW-L finished 19-20 overall and 12-12 in the WIAC this season.