2008 Season
Appeared in 44 games, making 22 starts ... Batted .279 with five doubles, two triples, two home runs, 14 RBIs and 14 runs scored ... at No. 15 Baylor (Feb. 22-24): Appeared in all three games of the series, making two starts ... at Western Kentucky (Feb. 29-March 2): Saw action in two of the three games in the series, including one start ... at No. 4 Kentucky (March 9-10): Started on game of the three-game set ... at Ohio (March 15-16): Started two of the four games of the series ... Western Illinois (March 22-23): Batted .333 (3 for 9) with a triple, three RBIs and three runs scored ... Northwestern (March 28-30): Appeared in three of the four games, including one start ... Batted .500 (4 for 8) with a double, two RBIs and a run scored ... at Iowa (April 4-6): Made on start and appeared in two other games as a replacement ... Went 1 for 4 (.250) with an RBI ... Penn State (April 11-13): Appeared in three of four games in the series with one start ... at Miami (Ohio) (April 15): Went 1 for 2 with a run scored ... at Ohio State (April 18-20): Appeared in two games as a defensive replacement ... Went 0 for 2 with an RBI at the plate ... Minnesota (April 25-27): Appeared in one game as a reserve and went finished 1 for 2 with an RBI and a run scored ... at Indiana (May 3-5): Hit .429 (3 for 7) and clubbed his first home run of the season in the series ... Michigan State (May 9-10): Went 1 for 4 (.250) with an RBI in two appearances, including one start ... at Illinois (May 16-17): Started all four games of the series and batted .500 (7 for 14) with two doubles, a triple, his second home run of the season, four RBIs and five runs scored ... Big Ten Championship (May 22-24): Appeared in all four games at the league tournament, starting three of them ... Hit .250 (2 for 8) with a double and two runs scored.
2007 Season
Appeared in 44 games, making 36 starts ... Batted .285 with six doubles, two triples, a home run, 24 RBIs and 20 runs scored ... at Georgia (Feb. 23-25): Started all three games and drove in a run on a sacrifice fly ... at Western Kentucky (March 2-4): Went 3 for 10 (.300) with a triple, five RBIs and two runs scored in three starts ... at No. 13 Auburn (March 9-11): Appeared in all three games, making two starts ... Went 1 for 9 (.111) with an RBI and a run scored ... at Alabama-Birmingham (March 13-14): Made one start and went 1 for 5 (.200) with an RBI ... at Western Illinois (March 24-25): Batted .556 (5 for 9) with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored in two starts ... Illinois (March 30-April 1): Opened Big Ten play 6 for 15 (.400) with a triple, four RBIs and three runs scored ... at Michigan State (April 8-9): Made three starts and went 1 for 9 (.111) ... Indiana (April 13-15): Hit his first collegiate home run and batted .250 (3 for 12) with a double, two RBIs and two run scored ... at No. 17 Michigan (April 20-22): Appeared in all four games of the series, making three starts ... Hit .400 (4 for 10) with three RBIs ... Ohio State (April 27-29): Went 3 for 13 (.231) with an RBI in four starts ... at Penn State (May 5-6): Appeared in all four games, making three starts ... Batted .200 (2 for 10) with two RBIs and a run scored ... Iowa (May 11-13): Appeared in two games as a reserve and went 2 for 2 (1.000) with a double and two runs scored ... at Northwestern (May 18-20): Appeared in three of the four games, making one start ... Went 2 for 5 (.400) with a double, an RBI and three runs scored.
2006 Season
Appeared in 33 games, making 18 starts ... Batted .274 with two doubles, a triple, eight RBIs and 10 runs scored ... vs. Kansas State (Feb. 26): Made his first collegiate start ... at No. 2 North Carolina (March 3-5): Appeared in one game as a reserve ... at #18 Missouri (March 10-12): Came on as a reserve in one game ... at Missouri State (March 14-15): Appeared in both games as a reserve ... at Saint Louis (March 17-19): Appeared in all three games, making one start ... Recorded his first collegiate hit and drove in two runs ... Chicago State (March 25-26): Appeared in two of three games as a reserve and went 1 for 2 (.500) with two runs scored ... at Illinois (March 31-April 2): Started one game in the four-game series and went 2 for 3 with a double ... at Indiana State (April 5): Started and went 0 for 3 with a run scored ... Michigan State (April 7-9): Drove in the game-winning run in the series finale on a bases-loaded pinch-hit single in the bottom of the ninth ... at Indiana (April 14-16): Started two of the four games and batted .286 (2 for 7) with an RBI and two runs scored ... Michigan (April 21-23): Started all four games and went 5 for 14 (.357) ... Valparaiso (April 26): Went 2 for 4 (.500) with a double, a bases-loaded triple, four RBIs and two runs scored ... at Ohio State (April 28-30): Hit .250 (3 for 12) with a run scored in four starts ... Penn State (May 6-8): Appeared in two of the four games in the series, making one start ... Went 1 for 4 (.250) with a run scored ... at Iowa (May 12-14): Appeared in two games as a reserve ... at Western Michigan (May 16-17): Appeared in one game as a reserve and went 1 for 2 with a run scored ... Northwestern (May 19-21): Appeared in two games as a reserve.
High School
Four-year letterwinner at Terre Haute North High School ... Batted .461 as senior, earning all-conference and all-county honors while being named Wabash Valley Player of the Year ... played in the IHSBCA North/South All-Star Game ... Named all-conference and all-county as a junior, batting .460 with a .678 slugging percentage ... Was an all-county selection during sophomore year, hitting .325 ... Batted .460 as a member of the 16-U Indiana Bulls and hit .640 at the NABF World Series, winning the batting title.
Personal
Full name is John Thomas Cummins ... Born on Sept. 9, 1986, in Terre Haute, Ind. ... Son of Tom and Nancy Cummins ... Has two sisters, Ellie and Katie ... Majoring in building construction management.