Florida Gators

Expected to contend for the starting catcher job in 1999...CAREER NOTES - A 23rd round pick of the Chicago White Sox in the 1998 Major League Baseball draft...Transferred from Pepperdine University after redshirting the 1995 season...1998 - Backup catcher...Saw action in 13 games with one start (Arkansas-Little Rock)...Hit .375 (6-for-16) with three runs scored on the season...Threw out one of two base stealers...Had two hits in only start against Arkansas-Little Rock...1997 - Saw action in seven games with one start (Florida State)...Hit .167 with one hit in six AB...1996 - Saw limited action behind the plate, appearing in 10 games and making four starts [Stetson, Miami, Radford and Florida Atlantic]...Hit .231 with two RBI...First collegiate hit came against Stetson...Finished with two hits, two runs scored and a pair of RBI against the Hatters...1995 - Attended Pepperdine University...Did not see any game action and was redshirted...PREP - A 1994 graduate of Westminster Christian High School where he played for Rich Hoffman...First-team All-Dade County as a senior...Member of 1993 State Champion (Class A) squad that finished in the top 10 nationally...One of the top prep catchers in the state of Florida as a senior in 1994...Starting catcher for "Team Florida" at the 1994 Sunbelt Conference...Member of 1992 AAU national championship team...Earned a silver medal at the 1993 AAU Junior Olympics.