USD Baseball 2009

#21 ► Jose VALERIO 6- 7 ► 2 70 ► Sr. ► R/R ► 78 Chula Vista, Calif. Castle Park High School

#25 ► Samm SOLIS 6-5 ► 220 ► So. ► IL ► LHP Litchfield Park, Ariz. Agua Frio High School

JUNIOR (2008): Played in 55 games with 38 starts at first base... hit .336 with 50 hits, nine doubles, five home runs and 26 RBI ... helped the team win the WCC regu lar-season championship and advance to the championship game of the Long Beach Re- gional...was named AII-WCC Honorable Mention...helped the team post a program-best 16-game winning streak...went 2-for- 6 with two home runs, one of wh ich was a grand slam, and had six RBI against Loyola Marymount (4/ 27/ 08)...went 3-for-4 with two RBI, one home run and two RBI aga inst Gonzaga (4/ 5/ 08)... went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI against UC Riv– erside (4/ 8/ 08)...went 3-for-5 with two doubles and one RBI agai nst Portland (4/ 11 / 08)...went 2-for-4 with one home run and three RBI against UC Riverside (4/9/ 08) ...went 3-for-5 with one double and t hree RBI against Hawaii - Hilo (3/ 16/ 08). SOPHOMORE (2007): Played in eight games with one start... played a ro le in helping USD win the regular-seasonWCC Cham- pionship...helped team achieve a program-best No. 4 national ranking...posted a .200 batting average recording one hit in five at bats...his lone hit of the season came in a loss to Texas (2/ 3/07). FRESHMAN (2006): Played in seven games, starting in four... posted a .267 batting average reg istering four hits on the sea– son ...came up big in t he Toreros come-from-beh ind win against Santa Clara as he had a huge hit in the bottom of the ninth to keep t he ra lly al ive for USD (S/5/ 06)...went 2-for-4 during his first start of the season against Santa Clara (5/6/06). HIGH SCHOOL: Posted outstand ing numbers as a prep third baseman and first baseman at nearby Castle Park High School... Was named the South Bay Player of the Year in 2004 after bat– ting .423 and leading the Trojans into postseason play... Also honored as a First Team All-South Bay performer as a senior and junior...Hit .483 as during hisjun ior campaign ... Led all South Bay players in a number of offensive categories during his prep ca– reer spann ing three award-winning seasons... Coached by Joa– quin Sosa at Castle Park. PERSONAL: Born May 30, 1986 in Chula Vista, Ca lifornia to par– ents Jose and Yolanda ... Was also recruited by Hawaii and San Diego State... Chose to attend USD because of the academics, baseba ll team and location close to home. FRESHMAN (2005): Redsh irted at the University of San Diego.

FRESHMAN (2008): Made 17 appearances with seven starts on the mound...posted a 3-1 record with a 3.83 ERA in 49.1 innings of work... helped the team win the WCC regular-season cham– pionship and advance to the championsh ip game of the Long Beach Regional...was named to the AI I-WCC Freshman team... helped the team post a program-best 16-game winning streak... al lowed two runs on eight hits, while striking out a career– high seven batters in 6.0 inn ings of work aga inst UC Riverside (4/9/ 08)...allowed one run on six hits, while striking out six in 6.0 innings of work aga inst Saint Mary's (4/ 20/08). HIGH SCHOOL: Earned fo ur varsity letters playing baseball at Agua Fria High School in Avondale, Ariz....had a career record of 25-8, whi le recording 398 strikeouts, second most in state his– tory at the 4A division...was named a Rawlings preseason All– American as a senior and was 3-0 in three career starts at the Connie Mack World Series, incl uding throwing a comp lete came four- hit shutout in t he 2006 Nationa l Championship game...was named second-team All-State as a sophomore and took home first-team All-State honors as a senior...was named to the Na– tiona l American Leg ion team at the Joplin Tournament of Stars in 2006...was drafted in the 18th-round of the MLB draft by t he Arizona Diamondbacks. PERSONAL: Sammy Solis was born on Aug. 10, 1988 in Litchfield Park, Ariz....he is the son of Bob and Sallie Solis...was heavily re– cruited by Notre Dame, Oregon State and Arizona State...chose to attend USD because it is a catholic school, the outstanding basebal l program, the coach ing staff and because of the excel– lent academic reputation...his father Bob played baseba ll at Notre Dame...he notes that his family owns an AIDS orphanage in South Africa.

Solis' Collegiate Pitching Record year g-gs era w-1 SY

ip

er 21 21

h

bb 12 12

50 42 42

17-7

2008

3-1

3.83

0 0

49. 1 49.1

52 52

career 17-7

3.83 3-1

0

Valeria's Collegiate Batting Record year g-gs ab r h 2b

3b hr

rbi so 26 26

bb sb-a

ba

55-36149 28 50

2008 2007 2006

5 0 0

0 0 0 0

9 0 0 9

0-1 0-0 0-0

8 0 0

.336 .200 .267 .325

8-1 5 7-4 15

0

0

3 3

1

4

1

career 70-41169 29 55

5

0-1

27 32

8