USD Baseball 2003

2003 University of San Diego Baseball

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2002 at USO: Caple did it all for the Toreros during USD's champi– onship season of2002 .. . H e was honored as an All-West Coast Con– ference First Team player for the second consecutive season ... As San Diego's everyday centerfielder , he hie .318 in 2002, helping USD amass a school record 39 wins... Enjoyed a 12-game hitting streak in which he went 4-for-6 and drove in five runs at San Francisco (3-8-02). Scored 54 rimes, hie 11 doubles and drove in 30 runs... As a pitcher, Caple earned WCC Pitcher of the W eek honors three rimes ... Began the season 6-0 as USD 's Saturday starter ... Posted a USD single-game bes t 11 K 's in just four innings against UC Irvine (l- 25 -02) ... Fanned 95 batters on the year, second only co teammate Ri cky Barrett in the WCC. .. Baseball America tabbed Caple's breaking ball as the bes t in the leag ue entering the 2003 season. On four different occasions Caple fanned LO or more batters, including doing so in bac k-co-back starts against division rivals Portland (3-2 3-02) and Loyola Marymount (3-30-02 ). . . Pi cked up a win in the NCAA Reg ionals, bearing N ew Mexico Scare (6- 1-02) 2-1 after working seven scoreless innings, al– lowing just five hies and striking our four.

tied for fifth in the conference with 25 appearances. 2000 at Texas: Played freshman year with Texas Longhorns. Ap– peared in 5 games, two in reli ef pitching outings. Prep: Played at Rancho Bernardo HS where senior year helped lead Broncos co CIF championship... Selec ted All-Srace and 2nd Team All– Ameri can (Baseball America) .. Junior year earned All-State honors with ream placing 2nd in CIF championships... A two-time Cali fornia State Player of rhe Year and th ree- time All-San Diego County selec– tion .. . Named co the Team USA Junior National Team in 1998 .. Senior year batted .375, and was l 0- 2 on mound with 151 Ks. Personal: Commu ni cations major ... Al so recruited by USC , Florida, Arizona and Pepperdine ... Parents are Jo & Brian Cap le of San Diego, CA ... Born on Aug ust 20, 1980 in Denver, Colorado.

Kyle Collins Junior Pitcher 6'1" - 165 lbs R/R San Jose, CA Westmont HS San Jose CC

College/Prep: N amed a JC All-American in sophomore seaso n at San Jose City College ... Did not even piccl1 as a prep at W es tmont Hig h School... Did play baseball for W es tmont and named a second team all-league player as both a Juni or and se nior ... Ar San Jose CC, Collins led the J aguars co its first p layoff appearance in eig ht seaso ns... First team All-Coas t Conference and first team All-State pick as a sopho– more. Personal: Born on Aug ust 17, 198 1 in San Jose Ca li fornia. Hig hl y recruited out of San Jose CC by Ari zona, California, Santa Clara and Cal Poly SLO ... Chose co attend USD beca use of the coaching staff, weather and academi cs ... Sociology major and business minor.

Matt Coy Senior Pitcher 6'0" - 190 lbs R/R Fountain Valley, CA MaterDei HS

Two-time first rerun All-WCC selection Tom Caple hies for a .316 career average. Caple also owns a 3.33 career ERA.

2001 at USO: Fi rst Team All-West Coast Conference player as a sopho– more... Posted a ream-hi g h 53 runs in 53 games in 2001 ... Hie .3 13 playing and starting in all 53 games ... Hie two homers drove in three runs at Gonzaga (4-7-01 )... Posted a .438 on-base percentage ... Hit 14 doubl es and three trip les ... As the Torero·s closing pitcher, Caple posted a 5-3 record and 2.4 .'3 ERA ... Struck out 77 batters in 85 in– nings of work while walk ing JUSt 2,'\ .. Led the conference and team with 9 saves ... Finished third in the WCC with a 2.43 ERA and was

Coy's Pitching Stats Year GIGS

sv IP 0 18 2 25 2 43

BB

W-L

ER

H

ERA 2.5 0 3 24 2.93

K

200 1 2002

12/0 22/0 34/0

1-l

6

13 30 43

5

9

0-2 l-3

20 29

13 19

9

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