2006 CAPE COD LEAGUE OUTLOOK - Preseason second team All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball ... Listed as the No. 25 top college prospect in the nation by Baseball America ... Has elevated his game since his freshman year ... Improved offensively and defensively ... A middle of the order hitter, one of the better third basemen in the country. 2007 - Earned second team All-SEC honors at third base ... Competed in 64 games with 64 starts ... The team's leading hitter with a .331 (79-for-239) batting average ... Collected 19 HR and 63 RBI along with 61 runs scored ... Went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in NCAA Super Regional game vs. North Carolina (6/8) ... 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored in 13-3 win over Georgia (5/17) ... Homered and went 2-for-4 with three runs scored in 13-6 win over Kentucky (5/6) ... Hit solo home run in 4-1 win at Alabama (4/28) ... Homered for four consecutive games in the middle of April, all four Gamecock victories over Clemson (4/18), Wofford (4/17), Auburn (4/15, 4/14) ... Hit a three-run homer and tied a career-high with four RBI in 18-4 win over Auburn (4/15) ... Homered and tallied two hits in 8-6 win at Florida (4/8) ... Went 2-for-4 with a homer, double, two runs and three RBI in 8-2 win over Vanderbilt (4/1) ... 3-for-7 with a home run, three runs and four RBI in 20-3 win at Mississippi State (3/24) ... Was 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBI in 12-0 win at Clemson (3/4) ... Homered in three consecutive games at the Crab House Shootout in Charleston, S.C. (vs. The Citadel, Richmond, Liberty, 2/16-18) ... Played in the summer and earned All-Star honors for the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League ... 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll member. 2006 - Competed in 51 games with 29 starts, finishing with a .239 batting average, three home runs and 18 RBI ... Played several positions including second base, shortstop, third base and the outfield ... Started in right field for the Gamecocks in the postseason ... Went 1-for-4 with two runs scored in 8-2 win over Virginia at NCAA Regional (6/3) ... 2-for-4 performance with a bases loaded double and two RBI in 15-12 win over Furman (5/16) ... Had a 3-for-4 game with two runs in 6-3 victory over Ole Miss (4/15) ... Went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI in first career start of an 8-3 win over Elon (2/12) ... Played in the summer with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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