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2002 Torero Baseball

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.Joe LIMA 6-1 S1·. OF H/1.t

San Diego, CA Mi1·a Mesa HS 2001 Seeond Team Alt-Wee 200 I AII-Aeademie wee

Noteworthy: Named to the 2001 All-WCC second team.. . Named to 2000 and 2001 WCC All -Academic Team ... Selected 1999 WCC Honorable Mention ... Expected to play right field in 2002. 2001 at USO: Started in 5 1 of the Toreros 52 games as a junior. . . Named to the All-West Coast Conference second team .. . Hit .315 and tied for a team-best 8 homeruns in WCC play ... Finished the conference season ranked third in RBI with 54 . .. Totaled 9 homers overall and I06 RBI. .. Tied for a team-best 16 doubles while hitting for a .544 slugging percentage overall. .. Had 17 multi -hit games in 2001 ... Hit two homers at Gonzaga (4-7- 0 I) .. . Went 3-for-5 with a homer and double at St. Mary's (3-1 7-0 I) . . . Recorded a six game hitting streak where he hit 12-for-22 with a homer and three doubles ... Stole five bases in seven tries .. . Hit two triples . 2000 at USO: Started all 62 games with team-best 250 at bats and 5 triples .. . Batted .312 and ranked second with 8 homers and 50 RBI... 23 multi -hit games with 6 games of 3 or more hits ... 4-for-5 with 3 RBI (Hawaii-Hi lo)... Knocked in 6 RBI going 2-for-5 with double & homer against Kansas State... 3-for-4 with 4 RBI and homer against St. Mary 's... Went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI & 2 homers at LMU. .. Batted .293 in WCC play with 22 RBI.

t 999 at USO: Started all 55 games he played in as a sophomore ... Batted .309 with 35 runs , 19 doubl es, and 40 RBI... 9 stolen bases in 13 attempts ... Batted .279 in WCC play with 12 doubles , 19 runs and 16 RBI... 17 multi -hit games, including a 4-5 game vs. Michigan where he pounded 2 homers and drove in 7 runs.

1998 at USO: Played in just nine games with two starts.. . Hit .250 with two hits in eight plate appearances before suffering a season-ending injury... Granted medical hardshi p and rece ived add itional year of eligib ili ty. Prep: Hi t .426 in senior season at Mira Mesa High School and earned All – Eastern League First Team honors.. . As a j uni or, hit .390 for the Marauders and was named Eastern League Player of the Year. Personal: Doubl e majoring in Economi cs and Business Administration ... Chose USO for the location, academi cs and the baseball program... Also recruited by Chapman Coll ege... Parents are Wo lfgang and Rachelle Lima.. . Born Aug. 16, 1979 in La Jolla, CA.

Li ma's US O Hittin g Stats Yea r G I GS A B R

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2B 16

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3B

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FD% .896 .9 I 5 .928 1.000

2001 2000 1999 1998

52-51 62 /62 55 /55

195 250 207

45 34 35

59 78 64

2 5 2 0

9 8 4 0

54 50 40

.303 .3 I 2 .309 .250 .307

5 7 9

13 19

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