Position: Catcher Height: 5'10" Weight: 200 Bats: R Throws: R Year: Senior Previous school: Taft College Hometown: Taft, Calif
Career Highlights
Pre-Valdosta State: Started all 42 games he played in for Taft College in 2007 ... Batted .270 while hitting a team-best five home runs ... Collected 41 hits in 152 at-bats ... Throughout 9-of-35 opponents that attempted to steal against him ... Recorded 28 runs batted in and 18 runs scored.
2008: Played in and started all 55 games for the Blazers ... Batted .309, third-best on the squad ... Collected 36 runs scored and 41 runs batted in ... Counted nine doubles, one triple and seven home runs among his 50 hits ... Owned a .506 slugging percentage and a .445 on-base percentage ... Was successful on 11-of-15 stolen base attempts ... Was named second team All-Gulf South Conference ... Was recognized as the nation's top defensive catcher by being named to the Rawlings Gold Glove team ... Owned a .990 fielding percentage as he committed just four errors in 418 chances ... Picked off three base runners while throwing out 20-of-62 base runners who tried to steal against him.