USD Baseball 1998

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#35 JUAN GARCIA

BARCELONA, SPAIN

Sophomore: Played in all but five games and re- ceived 38 starts... Batted .266 with 16 RBIs... Lone home run came on Feb. 25 at Cal State Northridge.. Perfect 3-for-3 in stolen bases during league play. Freshman: Recorded game winning hit versus San Francisco (5-11 )... Stole five bases to rank fourth on the team... Played in 44 games... Knocked in ten runs... Triple came against St. Francis (2-16)... Seven game hitting streak in mid-March.. . Made four appearances on the mound with one victory before moving to the outfield. USD HS: Compiled a 9-1 record and was named All Western League. Spain : Has played on the Spanish National and Junior

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National Teams... Will play on '98 World Cup team .. . Team won Spanish National Championship in 1993. Personal : Also recruited by North Caro- lina, Wyoming and Cal State Northridge.. Chose USO because of the baseball pro- gram and the city... Born July 11, 1976 in Barcelona, Spain .

Year GIGS AB R H HR RBI BA lB FD¾ 1997 49/38 128 25 1996 44/36 11 0 16 41 #36 TONY BETANCOURT SAN DIEGO, CA JR Sophomore: Led the team with seven home runs and tied for team lead in RBIs (34).. Batted .293 while playing in 49 games. Freshman: West Coast Confer- ence Freshman of the Year... Second Team All wee .. 34 1 29 0 63 1 16 .266 4 10 .264 5 26 .264 9 .962 .943 .951 Career 93174 238

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USO co-MVP... Mizuno All Ameri- can .. Ranked seventh in the league in batting, fifth in hits and seventh in RBl's... Ninth player in USO history to record 70 hits in one season.. Two- time West Coast Conference Player of the Week (4/16, 5/14)... 22 multiple- hit games. Rancho Bernardo HS : Won Gold Glove award senior season... Se-

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lected All League First Team member... Coached by Sam Blalock... Also played soccer and was selected to Honorable Mention team. Personal : Undeclared major... Chose USO for its aca- demics and close to home... Born May 4, 1977 in San Diego, CA. Year GIGS AB R H HR RBI BA lB FD¾ 1997 49/45 174 30 1996 55/53 208 31 Career 104198 382 61 51 7 70 6 121 13 34 .293 3 43 .337 3 T1 .317 6 .972 .961 .967

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