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Ht: 6-4
Wt: 215
Bats: R
Throws: R
| Date of Birth: |
02/12/1986 |
| Birthplace: |
Toms River,
NJ
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| Biography: |
| 2005: Earned Freshman All-American honors by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball… Also earned Third Team All-BIG EAST laurels and First Team All-State accolades by the NJCBA…One of two Scarlet Knights to start all 53 games… Led the team in runs (61), home runs (9), total bases (34), stolen bases (19), at bats (220) and sacrifice flies (6)… Ranked in the top-5 in the BIG EAST in runs (3rd), at bats (T-4th), sacrifice flies (T-5th) and stolen bases (T-5th), and was sixth in walks… Tied for fourth in the BIG EAST in stolen bases (7) and fifth in runs scored (22) in league play… Set the Rutgers single-season home run record for home runs by a leadoff hitter with nine… Tied for eighth on the Rutgers all-time single-season runs list… Posted a .295 batting average and a .392 on-base percentage… Started 11 games at third base and 42 at shortstop, combining for just 11 errors the entire season… Hit safely in all but 12 games and reached base safely in 50 of 53 contests… Owned a 14-game hitting streak during the season… RU's top base-runner with 19 steals in 21 attempts, including three in a game against Notre Dame (4/4)… Recorded three triples on the season… Had a season-high four hits against Columbia (4/13)… Drove in a season-best four runs each against Georgia Tech (2/25) and West Virginia (4/9).
Before Rutgers: Regarded as one of the top high school players in NJ each of his final three seasons… Drafted by the Colorado Rockies... Hit .521 as a senior and finished his career with a .443 average in four varsity seasons… Holds the school record for average, hits (121) and stolen bases (78)... Set the school single-season (12) and career home run record (26)... Was a three-time All-State, All-County and All-Shore selection at Toms River South… Member of two-time State Champions… Also starred in basketball as a four-year starter and three-time All-County pick… Owns the Toms River South record for rebounds in game with 27… Member of National Honor Society… Played with the Pt. Pleasant Merchants during the summer… Born 2/12/86… Brother, Jeff, plays in the Detroit Tigers organization and brother, Charlie, plays in the Florida Marlins system… Born 2/12/86. |
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