Northwest Missouri State Bearcats Baseball Report: Summer Update

Summer Update - Steven Garber will be entering the 2012-2013 academic year as a Sophomore at Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats Baseball Program. Steven played mostly 1B or DH during his Freshman season in the 2012.

Cameron Bedard will be entering his senior and final year at Northwest Missouri State University. Cameron played 3B and 2B for the Bearcats during the 2012 NCAA season. Throughout Cam's career at Northwest, he has been Mr. Reliable and played 3B, SS, and 2B.

Both Cameron and Steven played for the Long Beach Legends of the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League during the 2012 summer season. Both Cameron and Steven had remarkable seasons for the Legends. First, let's look at Steven Garber:

In the summer 2012 season, Steven had a remarkable .351 batting average, started every game he played in totaling 47, scored 38 runs, smashed 60 hits, 13 doubles, 1 triple, and 0 home runs, 32 RBIs, .439 slugging percentage, 36 walks, got hit by 2 pitches, 24 strike-outs, had a remarkable on-base percentage of .467, was 2 for 3 in stolen bases, and fielding a remarkable .991 percentage.

Cameron also had a remarkable summer 2012 season, batted .288, started every game he played in (43), scored 32 runs, smashed 46 hits, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 0 home runs, 20 RBIs, had a slugging percentage of .319, 26 walks, got hit by 4 pitches, 29 strike-outs, had a remarkable .400 on-base percentage, and was 15 for 19 in stolen bases.

During the 2012 NCAA season, Cameron had a break-out offensive year. In total , Cameron had a .339 batting average, started every game he played in (only missed 1 game)(49), scored 39 runs, smashed 59 hits, 7 doubles, 1 home run, 26 RBIs, had a .397 slugging percentage, 31 walks, 5 hit by pitches, 34 strike-outs, on-base percentage of .448, and 8 of 11 in stolen bases. Cameron played either 2B or 3B in 2012.

In a true definition, Cameron is a professional. He goes about his business with a workman-like, lunch-pale, and hard hat mentality. Cameron doesn't let his emotions out, but make no mistake, he is watching every move his opponent makes, analyzing tendencies, tips, and looking for the unusual. He is very analytical in his approach, a student of the game, plays all-out all the time, and respects the game.

During the 2012 NCAA season, Steven made a significant first-year impact in the MIAA on behalf of the Bearcats. Steven appeared in all but 2 games during the 2012 season playing either 1B or DH. Steven scored 24 runs, smashed 37 hits, 8 doubles, 6 home runs, 35 RBIs, had a slugging % of .525, 21 walks, 4 hit by pitches, 20 strike-outs, .413 on-base percentage, 1 of 2 in stolen bases, and a .987 fielding percentage.

Steven is a soft-spoken guy. Doesn't say a lot. Very nice. Unassuming. But he has one of the smoothest strokes I have seen swinging the bat. Steven's swing looks near effortless. Steven keeps his emotions in check...doesn't get too high or too low. If you look at him, you probably couldn't guess if he just struck out or hit a home run. Steven is a hard working kid: the B2R has seen him working security at the NWMSU basketball games to help raise funds for the baseball team. Steven handles adversity extremely well. One of the B2R's missions in 2013 is to get Steven to open up ... now extreme measures may have to be used such as drenching Steven's meal from the B2R chow line with hot sauce then withholding the water bottles until information is adduced. Some people may consider that mean, I call it breaking the ice. All kidding aside, Steven is a heckuva baseball player. So is Cameron. Both represent their hometowns and the Bearcat Nation very well. Northwest is blessed to have them. Look for good things from Cameron and Steven in the 2013 NCAA season.

The B2R's crack investigative team found this video of Steven and Cameron from the summer 2012 Long Beach Legends time. Both are prominently featured.