• 43rd round draft pick in 2009 (Red Sox) • 78th-best prospect available in 2012 MLB Draft (Perfect Game, 2010 preseason) • SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll (2010)
Outlook Former highly recruited high school All-America, excepts to be an everyday force in the lineup and function as a leader of the team from behind the plate ... Has the ability to serve as UK's everyday catcher and play first base or designated hitter, along with UK junior catcher Michael Williams ... Has tremendous leadership abilities and a highly competitive makeup ... Became UK's primary backup catcher to fifth-year senior starter Marcus Nidiffer midway through the season, performing well when given the opportunity ... Has an excellent approach at the plate, translating into a high on-base percentage as a freshman, with an ability to draw walks and get hit by pitches.
Summer Had a breakout summer in leading the Amsterdam Mohawks to the New York Collegiate Baseball League championship ... Teamed with UK's Sam Kidd on the Mohawks ... Batted .318 (21-for-66) in 23 games and 19 starts ... Totaled eight doubles and 10 RBI, drawing 10 walks and striking out 10 times ... Stole one base and fielded .994 with just one error.
2010 Emerged as UK's backup catcher and the future of the position midway through freshman season ... Played in 26 games with 12 starts, batting .200 (7-for-35) with six runs, three homers and six RBI ... Drew 11 walks and struck out 12 times, getting hit by six pitches and owning a .457 on-base percentage ... Slugged .462 and stole 2-of-2 bases ... Made seven starts in SEC play, playing in 11 games in conference action total ... Batted .143 (3-for-21) with one homer and three RBI in SEC play, drawing five walks, getting hit by two pitches and striking out nine times ... Homer came against defending NCAA Champion LSU ... Started 11 games at catcher and got one start as the designated hitter at Auburn ... Hit sixth (once), seventh (twice) and eighth (nine times) in the order ... In his first career collegiate at bat, was inserted as a late-inning replacement and worked the count to 2-2 before belting a no-doubt blast over the leftfield fence for his first career homer ... In a return to his hometown region at Cincinnati, UK gave him the start behind the plate with family and friends in attendance ... Responded to hometown start, batting 1-for-1 with two runs scored, a homer, a walk, a stolen base and a staggering three hit by pitches ... Had a career-high 2-for-4 game against No. 20 LSU, hitting a homer and driving in two RBI ... After establishing himself as a regular weekend starter late in the season, had four two-walk games.
Luke Maile
High School Kentucky Mr. Baseball in 2009 and first-team High School All-American by MaxPreps.com ... First-team All-State in 2008 and 2009 ... Owner of every offensive record in the history of Covington Catholic, with the expectation of at bats, ranking second ... Hit .514 with 12 homers as a senior ... Three-time Northern Kentucky Player of the Year ... A four-year baseball letterwinner for coach Bill Krumpelbeck ... Played basketball for four seasons and golf for two ... Member of the 1,000 point club in basketball ... Led baseball team to district championship 2007-09, finishing as region runner up in 2009 ... Hit .554 with seven homers and 40 RBI as a junior ... Batted .486 with eight homers and 66 RBI ... Has earned the Mt. St. Joseph College writing award and the Northern Kentucky University writing award ... Drafted in the 43rd round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox.
Personal Full name is Luke Richard Maile... Son of Rich and Laurie Maile ... Has two brothers, Ben (16) and Jack (10), and two sisters, Abby (17) and Caroline (13) ... Father, Rich, played football at UK and grandfather, Dick, was an All-American basketball player at LSU.
