USD Baseball 1999

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1999 Torero Bas-ebal l

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David WATERS

Mark VALLECORSA 6-1 Sr. LHP L/L

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Scottsdale, AZ Horizon HS 1998: Made IO re li ef appearances and recorded four strike outs in 9,2 innings of work. Prep: Hori zon Hi gh School was state champi ons for two years and league champs for three years... Ranked # I in state... All - Desert Valley Conference pitcher.. . Second Team All-Region . Personal: Business Administration maj or. .. Also recruited by Grand Canyon, Pepperdine, and Utah.. . Chose USD because of locati on and sc hoo l's reputation.. . Brother currentl y attends USD and sister graduated from USD .. . Parents are Ken and Linda Waters.. . Born April 25, 1979 in Stockton, CA. Hill on Waters: Waters is another guy just starting to scratch the surface of hi s ability. He improves every time he goes to the mound . 16 Sean SKINNER 6-3 Jr. INF R/R Phoenix, AZ Horizon HS Sophomore: Turned in solid sophomore campaign hitting ,258 with 2 1 RBI... Hit .247 with 10 RBI in 27 West Coas t Confer– ence games for the Toreros in 1998 . Freshman: Hit .299 during fres hman campaign and ranked sixth on the team .. . Pl ayed in 38 games with 29 starts... Re– corded eight mu lti-hit games.. . Named to San Diego Baseba ll Class ic All -Tourn ament Team. Prep : Selected to All-Arizona State team as well as Super Nine, All -Reg ion and All-City during seni or season... Hori zon Hi gh School went 30-2 and was ranked number one in the state and 5th in the country .. . Hu ski es won three Desert Vall ey League tit les and two state titles during hi s prep career. .. Also earned two letters in bas ketbal I. Personal: Communi catio ns maj or with a minor in Urban Stud– ies .. . A lso rec ruited by Arizona and Utah... Chose US D for its academi cs a nd baseball program ... Fa th e r, M ike, played at Potomi c State and for the Pittsburgh Pirates... Parents are Michae l and Lynn Skinner.. . Born June 13, 1978 in Phoeni x, AZ. Hill on Skinner: Skinner continu es to impress us. He gets the most out of hi s ability.

San Dimas, CA Damien HS

1998 West Coast Conference Second Team Junior: Posted a 7-4 record in 16 starts fo r USD in 1998 ... Led Toreros with a 4.18 ERA and went the distance in six games - second on the team... T ied for team lead with 68 strikeouts... Went 6-2 during West Coast Conference campai gn with a 3.84 ERA in IO starts... Also earned two shutouts during WCC play... Named USD' s Most Valuabl e Pitcher. Sophomore: Led the team with a 2.86 ERA in 14 appearances... Started in e ight games and posted a 3-4 record .. . Struck out 32 batters, rank ing fourth o n the team... Strongest o uting came against St. Mary's, going 7 1/.1 without all owing a run in 2-0 win. Pitched fiv e-hit complete game at USF (5- 10). Freshman: Scho lar Ath lete... Appeared in 15 games with fo ur starts, compiling a 1-2 record .. . 18 strikeouts... Pitched 5 1/3 innings with three K's in 6-3 victory ove r USF (5- 12)... Struck out five in 4+ innings of re li ef against UNLV (3- 15 ). Noteworthy: Se lected in the 1995 draft by the Los Ange les Dodge rs. Prep : 50 strike outs in 49 innings pitched during seni or season at Dam ie n Hi gh School. .. Named Most Valuabl e Pitcher for the Spartans... Selected as a Inland Valley All-Star. .. Junior year pitched 45 innings with 30 strike outs. Personal: Accounting major... Recruited by Cornel l, UC Santa Barbara and Gonzaga... Se lec ted USD becau se of its qu ality edu cation ... Last name is pronounced Vall ey-kors-uh .. . Parents are Joseph and Marie Va ll ecorsa... Born October 4, 1976 in Cov ina, CA. Hill on Vallecorsa: Vallecorsa is our staff ace. He has good command of three pitches. He ' s a great competitor and has a tremendous fee l for the game. Va llccorsa's USOStatistics Year GIGS w L SY IP H K BB ERA 1998 16/1 6 7 4 0 112.0 129 68 34 4. 18 1997 1418 3 4 0 63.0 65 32 16 2.86 1996 1514 I 2 0 29.3 36 18 20 5.52 Caree,· 45128 II 10 0 204.3 230 /1 8 70 4. 19

Skinner's USOStatistics Year GIGS AB

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H

BA

HR

SB

RBI

FD%

1998 1997

151

19 15 34

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54146 38129 92/75

39 29 68

.258 .299 .279

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.966 .963 . 964

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II

97

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Career

248

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