GENERAL
●Extremely talented infielder who can play all four positions
●One of the strongest arms on the team
●Solid with the glove and constantly improving his offensive game
●Is expected to see time on the mound

2009/REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE
●Started all 46 games and led the team with a .347 batting average
●Finished the season with 13 doubles, a triple and three home runs
●Scored 31 runs while driving in 36 RBI
●Had a four-hit game against Fordham (3/8)
●Drove in a season-high three runs against Fordham (3/8) and VMI (3/31)
●Went 3-for-4, scored twice and drove in a pair of runs against Western Kentucky (3/28)
●Also went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI against James Madison (4/12)
●Went 5-for-10 at the plate with a run and two RBI in the season-ending series against Delaware (5/14-16)
●Had multi-hit performances in six of the Rams’ first seven games to start the year
●Logged 3.0 innings on the mound with six strikeouts

2008/REDSHIRT-FRESHMAN
●Saw action in 43 games, starting 40 of those contests
●Finished the year with .275 average with 10 doubles, a triple and three home runs
●Scored 18 runs while driving in 24 RBI
●Had multi-hit performances against nationally-ranked Texas, Virginia and North Carolina
●Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base in home win over Seton Hall (2/29)
●Launched game-winning double into left-field gap in home win over Longwood (3/18)
●Scored two runs in a 2-for-4 outing against Northeastern (4/11)
●Drove in three runs, scored two more in 2-for-4 performance against Towson (5/4)

2007/FRESHMAN (Arizona State)
●Redshirted at Arizona State

HIGH SCHOOL
●Two-sport standout athlete at St. Dominic High School in Oyster Bay, N.Y.
●Lettered in both baseball and basketball for the BayHawks
●Twice earned All-League honors on the diamond (2005, 2006)
●Played for the Long Island Baymen in summer ball, New York’s #1 ranked travel team
●Was the number five ranked player at the Perfect Game Northeast Top Prospect event
●Rated by Baseball America as the number one high school shortstop in New York

PERSONAL
●Son of Bruce and Ellen Van Meter of Farmingdale, New York
●Born October 18, 1988
●Major is sociology at VCU
●Grandfather, Joseph Sullivan, was a New York State Appellate Division 1st Department judge