USD Baseball 1998

Torero Returners

#4 JEFFPOWERS

SCOTTSDALE, AZ

Junior: Batted .284 in 33 games played with 17 starts at shortstop. Sophomore: Selected to WCC Honor- able Mention team .. . Scholar Athlete... USD's Gold Glove Award winner and team's Most Improved .... Two game winning hits. Freshman: Played in nine- teen games with 16 at-bats... First collegiate hit came against Pepperdine (April 29). Chaparral HS: Helped the Firebirds to a 4A State Championship by batting .417 with 28 RBI and an impressive .567 on-base percentage.. .Named to All- Region first team and all-city honors...Also played varsity soccer at Chaparral. Personal: Communications major... Brother, John, played at Arizona and is in Padres org... Father, Mike,

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played at UC Santa Barbara and spent lime with San Francisco Giants org.. . Uncle, Steve Powers, was MVP at the 1976 College World Series as an Arizona Wildcat... 1997 "Golden Gloves" boxing champion and Western Territory Moi Tai kickboxing runner-up.. . Western Regional Champion in Grappling and Ken Po Ka- rate in '95 and '96... Born March 20, 1976 in Mesa, AZ..

H HR RBI BA SB FD%

R

Year GIGS AB

2 .929 2 .928 0 .926 4 .928

.284 .253 .063 .249

19 0 37 0 1 0 fi1 0

67 8 146 27 16 0 229 35

33117 54152 19/4 106173

1997 1996 1995 Career

6 18 0 24

#7 DAVID WRIGHT

MEDFORD, OR

1997: Did not play. Freshman : Appeared in 38 games with eight starts... Batted .303 with 20 hits and 9 RBI ... Triple against San Jose State (2-12)... Stolen base versus St. Francis (2-16) .. . Went 3-for-4 versus Or-

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egon State (2-15)... Selected to All Tournament Team of Arthur J. Gallagher Classic. South Medford HS: All South- ern Oregon Conference selection for two years... Starting short- stop... Batted .422 with ten home runs during senior year... Pan- ther team reached state playoffs junior and senior years... Also played basketball.

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Personal: Major is Business... Also recruited by Portland, Willamette and Cal Poly... Chose USD for its academic reputation and baseball program... Brother, Rob played basketball and baseball at Pacific Lutheran... Born November 23, 1976 in Medford, OR.

H HR RBI BA SB FD¾

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Year GIGS AB 1997 1996 38/8 66 career 3818 66

-DNP-- 12 20 0

.875 .875

.303 .303

9 9

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12

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