Goetz Chosen As One Of <i>Sports Illustrated</i>'s Faces in the Crowd

May 2, 2006

Milwaukee, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee baseball player Mike Goetz is starting to gain even more national attention.

The Panthers' leadoff hitter, who has been leading the nation in batting average for more than a month, has been chosen as one of the "Faces in the Crowd" in the May 1 issue of Sports Illustrated that hit newsstands today.

The magazine cited Goetz for leading "NCAA Division I with a .516 batting average and has a .607 on-base percentage. He has hit safely in 47 of his last 48 games and is currently working on a 20-game hitting streak. He has been named Horizon League player of the week twice this season."

Goetz is in the midst of one of the most prolific seasons in UWM history. He is on pace to set season records for batting average, hits, doubles, total bases, walks and on-base percentage. He already broke the Milwaukee school record for longest hitting streak (22 games) earlier this season when he had a 27-game streak.

The six athletes chosen by SI this week can also be seen at www.si.com/faces.

This marks just the third time a UW-Milwaukee athlete has appeared in the weekly feature, joining women's swimmer Lindsay Caldwell from January of this year and men's soccer player Antou Jallow, who was chosen in December of 2004.

Story provided by UW-Milwaukee Office of Sports Information