Career Honors: NFCA/Louisville Slugger All-American third team in 2007 and 2008 … Easton All-American second team in 2007 and first team in 2008 … NFCA All-Southeast Region second team in 2007 and 2008 … All-SEC first team in 2007 and 2008 … All-SEC second team in 2006 … SEC All-Defensive Team in 2007 … SEC All-Tournament team in 2007 … SEC All-Freshman team in 2006 … SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2007 and 2008 … SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll in 2006 … SEC Player of the Week on April 4, 2007 … Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week (3/27/06 and 4/3/06).
College:
Florida's first All-American position player … Second-best career batting average in school history with .342 over three seasons … First in all-time runs scored (148) most stolen bases (60) and career triples (13) … Third in career on-base percentage (.405) and hits (243) … Sixth in career total bases (319), eighth in all-time slugging percentage (.449) and career at bats (710), and 10th all-time with 15 career double plays turned … Graces UF’s highest single-season batting average list twice, ranking third in 2007 (.365) and fifth in 2008 (.349) … Set or tied single-season records for at bats (249 in 2008), most runs scored (62 in 2008), hits (88 in 2007), triples (five in 2007 and 2008) and stolen bases (24 in 2007 and 2008) …Recorded nine total bases against UCF in 2008 for the second-most in a single game.
As a Junior (2008): Selected as a NFCA/Louisville Slugger Third-Team All-American and Easton First-Team All-American … Named First-Team All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive Team … Named to the NFCA All-Southeast Region second team for second straight year … Started in all 75 games in center and led off for the Gators … Batted .349, second-best on team … Led the team in at bats (249), runs (62), triples (5) and stolen bases (24) and was second in hits (87) … Finished second in the SEC in runs scored as well … Reached base in all but 10 games in the entire season, including a 17-game run from April 6 at Mississippi State to May 4 at Tennessee … Second on team with 24 multi-hit games … Was one of only two players to have a double-digit hit streak, hitting in 10 straight games from April 16 to May 3 ... Also tallied two nine-game hitting streaks … Recorded 34 bunt singles on the season … Had 24 multi-hit and six multi-RBI games … Recorded 17 extra-base hits … Scored the game-winning run a team-high 15 times and nailed the winning RBI three times … Tallied three hits in a single game six times …Stole two bases in the same game three times…Recorded a .978 fielding percentage … Went 3-for-4 four times on the year … Went 7-for-14 in NCAA Regional play, including a 2-for-4 performance against Georgia Tech and a perfect 3-for-3 performance in the championship against UCF … Hit two home runs and had a career-high four RBI against UCF on May 18 … Hit 4-for-7 with six runs scored in the series with Longwood on March 22 and March 23 … Earned a hit in every game of the Arkansas series from March 14 and 15 … Hit first triple of the season to break the all-time school record at USF on Feb. 10 … Opened the season with a 2-for-2 performance with two runs scored, including the gamewinner, a walk and a stolen base against Bethune-Cookman on Feb. 8.
As a Sophomore (2007): Named NFCA/Lousiville Slugger Third-Team All-America Infielder … Named Easton Second-Team All-America Infielder ... Earned All-SEC first-team, SEC All-Tournament Team and NFCA All-Southeast Region second-team honors ... Started all 72 games at second base and was Florida’s lead-off batter in all but one game ... Led the team in batting average (.365), at bats (241), runs (46), hits (88), doubles (15), triples (5), total bases (122), stolen bases (24), and on-base percentage (.420) ... Went on a season-high nine-game hit streak from April 24 to May 10 and ended the season on a seven-game hit streak … Had 26 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI games on the season ... Recorded five game-winning RBI and a team-leading 16 game-winning runs ... Was 2-for-4 in the SEC Tournament Championship game vs. LSU ... Grabbed a hit in each game of the Regionals in Gainesville … Went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases in the final game against Texas A&M … Named SEC Athlete of the Week for April 22-29 after games against South Carolina and Mississippi State … Had a game-winning double in the extra-inning win over Mississippi State on April 28 ... Went 4-for-7 in the doubleheader against South Carolina with a home run, triple, six RBI, and two runs scored ... Had seven hits, five runs scored, and six RBI in the series against Georgia ... Went 3-for-4 with a stolen base, and scored the game-winning run against Long Beach State on March 2 ... Had a career performance against Marshall on Feb. 18 with a season-high three runs scored and hit first home run of the season .
High School:
A 2005 graduate of Fontana High School … Coached by Mike Southworth … Led Fontana High in runs scored, hits, extra base hits, RBI, stolen bases and career batting average (.459) … High school team won the league championship all four years of career … Named First-Team Citrus Belt League four years…As a senior was named First-Team All-California Interscholastic Federation, all-county and all-state … Earned All-CIF first-team honors, named County Player of the Year and Second-Team all-state as a junior … As a sophomore was named All-CIF second team and first-team all-country …Named League MVP junior and senior years…Played travel ball for the Norco Fillys… Coached by Pat Kelly … Member of the 2000 Corona Angel’s National Championship team … Placed fifth in 2003 at Nationals with the Case Batbusters … Placed fourth at the 2002 14-and-Under Nationals … Participated in 18-and-Under Gold Nationals three years … In 2002 was a 12-and-under champion … Also played high school volleyball … Graduated in the top-10 percent of class.
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