Sophomore University of Northwestern Ohio (UNOH) transfer Jordan Crowell is enjoying this season thus far simply because of the mere fact that his new team is winning.“He’s never been on a team that’s won anything,” said Ryan Crowell, Jordan’s father and one of his biggest supporters.  “This 16 game winning streak they had [was] amazing for him.  The smiles were unbelievable.”Ryan Crowell rarely takes a seat during his son’s games.  He spends most of the time chirping at the playing field and pacing its outskirts.  The Milford, Ohio, native could not be more pleased with his son’s progression as a young third baseman, and the fact that head coach Loren Torres has appointed him to the position. “He’s played shortstop on every team he’s been on.  I want him to be on a team where he is the third baseman or something other than a shortstop because I know we’re on a good team that way,” Ryan Crowell said.“I feel like maybe at the next level, I could potentially move to first, but I feel like third is my spot,” said Jordan Crowell.As the team’s everyday third baseman and third hitter, Jordan Crowell wound up finishing the 2013 regular season with a number of individual achievements under his belt.Crowell earned Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) Player of the Week on March 17, as he hit safely in all four games, going 8-14 (.571) from the plate with a homerun and five RBIs.The 6-foot-3-inch slugger is also currently tied for ninth out of 1,402 listed National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) position players in overall batting average (.341) and of the list’s first 25, Crowell is the only underclassman. This did not shock Crowell’s father. “I saw this coming when he was 12,” Ryan Crowell said.  “And I don’t think he’s done.  He belongs at this level.  We’ve always thought that and we’ve had a hard time making other folks believe that.  Jordan has always had supreme confidence in himself.”Point Park catcher Yale Sanford said the fact that Jordan Crowell’s confidence has made lasting impressions on others too. “In practice, he’s always the one encouraging his teammates and not afraid to spark a fire under someone,” said Sanford, a sophomore.  “My teammates and I have become better players because of that.”Jordan began the 2011 season at UNOH hot from the plate, hitting what his father believed to be around .450 through half the season before finishing the season at the .318 mark. When Jordan got the call in 2013 that he had received KIAC Player of the Week honors, he also received another call from his father, who reminded him of 2012’s freshman stumble.“He said, ‘dad, you don’t have to worry about it.  I was down in the gym working out for three hours, then I went down to the tunnel and hit for an hour and now I’m on my way to the library to study,’” Ryan Crowell said.  “So, he’s all in.  That’s his strongest thing.”For Jordan Crowell, there is no limit to what can be accomplished. “Hopefully, I can sign a contract to play professional ball,” Crowell said of his career-goal.  “I’m going to do everything I can to pursue my dream that I’ve had ever since I was a kid.  Whatever that path is that I have to go down to take me there, I’m willing to take it.”Doing so will not be easy, because according to both Crowell and his father, there are always facets of the game that he can work on.  “He’s become so adept to hitting the ball to the right side.  I think an area he needs to work on is pulling the ball more for power,” Ryan Crowell said.   Jordan added aspects to the list such as speed, base-running, building sharper fielding mechanics and, he said you can always hit better. “I want to go to the league,” Jordan Crowell said.Crowell’s father has faith in his son’s athletic abilities. “He definitely has the game and we believe in him.”