USD Baseball 2004

THE 2004 TOREROS

KeoniRuth Freshman Infielder 5'10" -1901bs R / R Aiea,Hawaii Kamehameha HS

Prep: Named the Hawai ian State Baseba ll Player o f the Yea r as a pre p senior. .. Hit .556 during his final high school season ... I-lit .420 as a prep junio r and was named a First-Tea m All -Sta te playe r... Drafted by the Kansas City Roya ls in the 17 11 ' round o f the 2003 MU3 Fi rst Year Player Draft... Coached by Vern Ramie as a prep baseball player at Kamehameha ... Also honored as an All-State footba ll pe rfo,rner at Kamehameha High. Personal: Undecided on a major at USO .. Chose to attend USO for the academic curriculum and athletic oppo,tunities... Was also recruited by the Unive rsity o f Hawa ii ... Son of Joseph and Lynn Ruth ... Born o n March 21, 1985 in Ho nolulu .

FreddySandoval Junior ThirdBaseman 6'1" -195 Jbs S/ R Tijuana Mexico MarianCatholic HS

Joey Prast is projected to be the 2004 \XICC Player of d1e Year by !3aselx1//Amen(a.

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hit games... Belted three homeruns and hit nine doubles... Began the year by hitting safely in seven straight games allowing the Toreros to set a school record with 10 wins to o pen a season ... \Xlent 2-for-5 with two doubles and five RBI's at Ca l Po ly (2-3-02) ... Went 3-for4 with two RBI 's and a homerun at USF (3-8-02) ... Hit .275 overa ll in 138 at-bats playing in 49 games (39 as a starter). Freshman in 2001: Hit .365 playing in 48 games and starting 41... Tied for a team-high 16 doubles ... Posted a 13-game hitting streak... Had 62 hits in 170 at-bats... Hit 4 homers and scored 34 runs ... Played and started in all 30 WCC games ... Finished league play with the third best batting average in the WCC (.365)... Hit .331 in 20 league games with 3 homers, 9 doubles, and 19 RBI. .. Had a thirteen game hitting streak that included five multi-hit games... Totaled 17 multi-hit games on the season ... Went 4-for-6 with two homers at Gonzaga ( 4-17-01) .. Had a six game stretch where he hit ll -for-24 (.458)... Recorded a .408 on-base-percentage and stole four bases in eight tries. 2000: Redshirt, did not appear in any games for the Toreros. Prep: Played at Poway High School whe re he earned First Team All– Palomar League honors his senior year ... Batted .400 senior campaign ... Batted .378 junior year ... Played for San Diego Crush (club team) that went 25-10. Personal: Double majoring in accounting and economics... Chose USO for academic programs; close to home; and the baseba ll program ... Also recruited by San Francisco... Parents are Ron and Nancee Prast of Poway, California ... Born October 6, 1980 in San Diego.

20 DOUBLES LAST YEAR, 3"" HIGHEST TOTAL IN USD HISTORY H OMERED FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE VS. CAL POLY '03

Sandoval's Collegiate Batting Stats Year G-GS AB R H 2B

RBI

S B 2-3 -,_8 9-11

BA 265 .:\19 .'2:--)6

3B

HR

2002 2003

2B .'l<'l 66

162 216 378

10

2

43 69

0 2 2

50-39 5+5-J

32

201\

9

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Career 104-93

30

112

11

73

Tet1111Leader Al "Sl ):tll-lilllc!op 10

Sophomore in 2003: Followed up a promising freshman year with an outstanding second season ... Hit 20 doubles as a sophomore, whicl_1 was third highest all-time by any Torem in a si ngle-season. 1lomered from both sides of the plate, driving in five runs and scoring three times against Ca l Poly SLO 0 -26-03) ... Down the stretch Sandoval was a big reason USO was able to win 9-of-10 and knock off league favorite Pepperdine in post season play... During the WCC Championship Series, Sandoval went 6-of-13 against the Waves ... Hit safel y in 10 straight games from May 2- May 30... Fin ished the season with a 319 hatting average, whi le hitting .330 in WCC games... Hit 13 doubles in 27 league games and l 09 at-bats.. Scored a career-high fou r runs against St. Ma1y's ( 4-19-03) ... Enjoyed 18 multi-hit games with three or more hits on five different occasions... Had 10 multiple RBI games, hitting in four at Santa Cla ra ( 4-11-03), three at Texas Tech (2-9-03) and three more at USF (3-14-03) ... Homered in NCAA Regional first ro und play aga inst CS Fullerton (5-30-03) ... Tripled agai nst Notre Dame (5-3 1-03) in NCAA Regional pla y... Led th e team with a pair o f triples on the season ... Hit .304 with Rl31 o ppo rtu nities .. Back-to-Back West Coast Conference Champions• 21