USD Baseball 1996

TORERO N EWCOI\IERS #J7.ii TONY BETANCOURT SAN DIEGO, CA

Rancho Bernardo HS: Won Gold Glove award senior season... Se- lected All League First Team mem- ber. .. Coached by Sam Blalock... Also played soccer and was selected to Honorable Mention team. Personal: Chose USD for its aca- demics and close to home... Born May 4, 1977 in San Diego, CA.

#40J JOHN MCNAMARA V ENTURA, CA Noteworthy: Attended Rice Uni- ve rsi ty and played for two seasons...Owls placed second in those two seasons in the Southwest Conference.

St. Bonaventure HS: All League and All County selection three years... Batted .369 during senior campaign... Hit six home runs and

drove in 35 runs junior year as well as batting .500... Also an All League selection on the Seraphs basket- ball team. Personal: Also recruited by Rice, USC, Notre Dame, Pepperdine and San Diego State... Transferred to USO be- cause of its location, baseball and academics... Father John played baseball and football at USO... Grandfather Frank played football at Pitt... Born September 7, 1975 in San Diego, CA.

CPressBox ..... ,::::,:,::;:;.::;,;,:-:-·-:-:-··· .. .. . Gonzaga: (509) 328-4220 ext. 4224 Loyola Marymount: (310) 338-3046 Pepperdine: (310) 456-4598 Portland: (503) 283-7253 Saint Mary's : (510) 376-3906 Santa Clara: (408) 554-4752 San Francisco: (415) 666-2919 Toreros: (619) 260-4803 ext. 2055

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