Highlights2007 team co-captain.
2006Appeared in 53 games (50 starts), hitting .242 with two home runs and 16 RBI (.227 with two home runs and eight RBI in MAC contests) ... Collected seven multi-hit and three multi-RBI contests ... Third on the team in sacrifice bunts (5) and tied for third in stolen bases (5) ... Scored season-best three runs at IPFW (May 8) ... Hit team-best .714 (5-for-7) in three-game series vs. Western Michigan with three runs scored (Apr. 21-23) ... Went 2-for-2, including solo home run, in series finale vs. WMU (Apr. 23) ... Tallied game-winning RBI in 10th inning at Michigan (Apr. 12) ... Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a RBI vs. Wayne State (Apr. 11) ... Hit clutch RBI single in eighth frame to ignite come-from-behind victory at Xavier (Apr. 5) ... Belted first home run of season against Bobcats (Apr. 1) ... Hit 3-for-5 with two RBI vs. Villanova (Mar. 8) ... Went 3-for-5 at Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 25).
2005Started 53 games and hit .241 with two home runs and team-leading 35 RBI (.241 with 14 RBI in MAC contests) ... Collected 13 multi-hit and team-leading 10 multi-RBI contests ... Tied for fifth in MAC in triples (3) ... First on team in RBI (35) and triples (3) and third in stolen bases (5) and walks (18) ... Hit 2-for-4 with run scored vs. Northern Illinois (May 21) ... Went 3-for-3 in in Game One of doubleheader at Dayton (May 11) ... Went 2-for-4 and collected game-winning RBI in series finale vs. Buffalo (May 8) ... Finished 2-for-4 with RBI and run scored in series opener at Miami (Apr. 29) ... Hit 2-for-5 with RBI vs. Butler (Apr. 16) ... Batted 2-for-5 with two runs scored and two RBI vs. Butler (Apr. 15) ... Batted 2-for-4 with career-high three runs scored and two RBI against Wayne State, including solo home run (Apr. 6) ... Went 2-for-5 with a RBI at Notre Dame (Apr. 5) ... Batted 2-for-4 with four RBI versus Michigan State, including a home run (Mar. 29).
Junior CollegeHit .300 as a freshman at Triton Community College in River Grove, IL in 2004.
High SchoolA 2003 graduate of Rockford High School ... Three-year letterwinner in football, basketball and baseball ... Batted .400 with 20 stolen bases as a senior, en route to earning Team MVP honors ... Garnered all-region and all-district honors during junior and senior years ... Member of 2003 state championship basketball team ... Named high school's 2003 Senior and Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Member of National Honor Society.
PersonalBorn Joel Gordon Visser on December 21, 1984 ... Parents are Thomas and Bonnie Visser ... Has two brothers, Jon and Jason ... Enjoys golfing and waterskiing ... Majoring in individualized studies in University College.
Visser's Career Statistics |
2005 | .241 | 53 | 203 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 5 |
2006 | .242 | 53 | 186 | 32 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
Totals | .242 | 106 | 389 | 58 | 94 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 28 | 10 | |