USD Baseball 2004

THE 2004 TOREROS

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Collinscont... against Po rtland (5-9-03)... Averaged six plus innings pe r start .. Limited opponents to a baning average of .253. College/ Prep: Named a JCAll-American in sophomore season at San j ose City College... Did not even pitch as a prep at Westmont High School. Did play baseball for Westmont and named a second team all-league player as both a junior and senior... At San Jose CC. Coll ins led the Jaguars to its first playoff appearance in eight seasons... First team All-Coast Conference and first team All-State pick as a sophomore. Personal: Born on August 17. 1981 in San.Jose California ... Highly re– cruited out of San Jose CC by Arizona, Ca lifornia, Santa Clara and Cal Poly SLO ... Chose to attend USD because of the coaching staff, weather and academics... Majo,ing in Sociology.

Senior Pitcher 6'1" -1651hs R/ R SanJose,CA SanJoseCC WestmontHS

2003 wee LEAGUE LEADER WITH 9 WINS USD TEAM LEADER IN WINS, ERA, STARTS, INNINGS & K's NAMED THE wee PITCHER OF THE WEEK (3-4-03)

Ran

Curtis

junior Infielder/Outfielder 5'11"-185 Jhs L/L

Collins' USD Pitching Stats Year GI GS

W-L sv IP

ER

BB ERA

H

K

16/ 16 16/ 16

1021 102.1

2003

9-5 9-5

98 98

0 0

42 42

43 43

369 369

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Calabasas,CA L.A. Pierce CC Calabasas HS

Junior in 2003: San Diego's No. 1 starter, tying for the league lead in wins (9) .. . Led the team in wins, ERA (3.69), starts (16), innings (102.1) & K's (73) ... Won critical games down the stretch as the ace of the Torero staff. . Won three-straight starts from May 2-May 23, including game one of the WCC Championship Series at Pepperdine (5-23-03) ... In two post season starts, Col lins went 15 strong innings and struck out 11 against both Pepperdine (5-23-03) and national runner-up CS Fullerton (5-30-03) .. Pitched two complete games, shuning out Washington (2-28-03) on three hits, earning WCC Player of the Week honors (3-4-03) ... Also threw a complete game against Portland (3-21-03), allowing seven hits and three runs while striking out six ... Fanned a career-high eight later in the year

2003: Took a medical hardship year after suffering a season ending inju,y against Texas Tech (2-8-03) ... Started in four of five games, all in left field ... Posted a batting average of .385 in 13 at-bats... Banged out two doubles, going 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run against Cal Poly SLO Cl-26- 03) Prep/College: Came to USD from L.A. Pierce College in Los Angeles .. Named second te-am All-Western State Conference player as a sophomore.. Prepped at Calabasas High School. .. Named Calabasas team /VNP for three consecutive seasons... Played for Rick Nathanson as a prep. Personal: Sociology major. .. Born October 24, 1982 in Los Angeles, Cali– fornia ... Chose USD for the academic and athletic opportunities... Son of Billy and Karen Curtis.

Tristan Gale Freshman Outfielder 6'0" - 180 lbs R/ L RanchoBernardo, CA RanchoBernardoHS

Prep: Prepped at Rancho Bernardo High School in the San Diego area .. Helped RB reach the CIF Championship game for three consecutive sea– sons... Won the CIF title as a sophomore... As a senior, played centerfield and hit in the hean of the o rde r... 13elted 10 homeruns as a prep junior. Personal: Business Admin istration major at USD ... Chose to attend USD for the strong academic programs and location ... Born on March 19, 1985 in Boynton Beach, Fl o rida ... Son of Mark and Bonnie Ga le ... Also re– cruited by UC Irvine.

Kyle Collins led the wee in 2003 " ·ith 9 wins.

Back-to-Back West Coast Conference Champions • 15