Notre Dame College Athletics

Career: Heads into the 2012 season on a number of program top-10 lists despite having logged just two seasons in a Notre Dame uniform … .467 career on-base percentage is tops in NDC history and his career batting average (.359, 111-for-309), walks (57) and runs scored (88) rank third all-time … has 26 stolen bases in 30 attempts (87 percent success rate).
 
2011 (sophomore): Tabbed as an All-American Mideast Conference honorable mention after batting .304 (45-for-148) and posting a .423 on-base percentage (OBP tops on the team) … had 12 multi-hit games, including a 4-for-6 performance against Gannon (Pa.) on March 1 … hit .395 (20-for-43) over the team’s first 12 games before going into a mid-March slump … batted .424 (14-for-33) over the final two weeks of the season to raise his season average from .270 to .304 … led the Falcons in walks (29) and stolen bases (11) and had a solid year against left-handers (.419 BA, 13-for-31) … sported a .434 OBP when leading off an inning; batted leadoff in all 44 of NDC’s games … became the fifth Falcon to log 100 career base hits with a single on April 16.
 
2010 (freshman): Burst onto the scene with a stellar first season which resulted a First-Team All-AMC nod … batted .410 (66-for-161) with 11 doubles, two triples and three home runs … walked 28 times in posting a .508 OBP (led the team in OBP and BA) … stole 15 bases in 17 attempts … had two four-hit games (March 23 and April 15) and six three-hit efforts on his way to an NDC single-season record 66-hit campaign … also set a new Falcon single-season mark with 52 runs scored as well as in BA and OBP) … went 4-of-5 with a round-tripper and six RBIs in the back half of a doubleheader at Malone on April 15 … posted a .561 OBP when leading off innings and batted .372 (16-of-43) with runners in scoring position.
 
Prior to NDC: A 2009 graduate of Gahanna Lincoln High School … earned three letters for Head Coach Mike Shade and also played two years of basketball for the Lions … hit a school-record .436 over his three-year prep career … batted a school-record .510 with a record 17 doubles as a senior in 2009 … named First Team All-Ohio Capital Conference as a senior … selected as an All-OCC Second Teamer in 2008 after a season comprised of a .410 average and 15 doubles … named Third Team All-Columbus Dispatch as a junior and Second Team All-Dispatch as a senior … batted .400 and was named the team’s most improved player in 2007.
 
Personal: John Fitzpatrick Ross … born Oct. 3, 1990 … son of Don and Beth Ross.