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Zach Koukos continued Personal: Business Admini strati on major with a minor in Inter– nati onal Business... Chose US O fo r its strong academi c reputa– ti on, athl etic traditi on, locati on and sc hoo l size... Also rec ruited by Tul ane, West Virg ini a and UC Dav is... Parents are Loui s and Elle n Koucos ... Born September I0, 1977 in Salt Lake City, UT. Hill on Koucos: Kouk os prov ides another le ft handed bat off the be nch. 25 Eric Jorgensen 5-10 Sr. LHP South Lake Tahoe San Diego State L/L San Diego State: Aztecs pl aced second in the WAC. Mount Hood CC: First Team NWAAC outfi elder as a sopho– more , second team cho ice as a freshman... Saints won bac k-to– bac k NWAAC So uthern Di vision titl es . Prep: Hit .375 and sto le 20 bases as a se ni or at Sunset High Schoo l and he lped Apo ll os to the Oregon State Champi onship... Won Metro League batting titl e with a .475 batting average. Personal: Communi cation s maj o r, with a minor in Po liti ca l Sc ie nce... Chose USO fo r its grea t academic traditi o n, good fac ilities and the baseball team... Al so rec ruited by San Diego State, Lewi s and Clark State, Nevada-Reno, and San Francisco.. Son o f Gale Jorge nson... Born June 17, 1977 in Logan, UT. Hill on Jorgensen: Jorgensen was the surpri se of the fa ll. He could be the le ft hander out o f the pen th at we need. 26 5-10 Jr. Brian BARDEN INF R/R Novato, CA College of Marin College of Marin: Pl ayed two seasons fo r the Mariners in the Bay Vall ey Conference. Prep: Twi ce named to the All-Marin County Athletic League... Mu stangs MVP in baseball and bas ketball as a sophomore. Personal: Communi cati ons maj or with a minor in business ad– mini strati on... Chose USO fo r the exce ll ent educati on and the great baseball program .. . Parents are James and Carolyn Barden... Born March 4, 1978 in San Franc isco, CA . Hill on Barden: A scrappy pl ayer who wi II provide depth at all three infield pos iti o ns. 28 5-10 Sr. Reno, NV Chris KAHL OF R/R Reno HSI Nevada-Reno Nevada-Reno: Pl ayed three seasons fo r the Wolfpack in the Bi g West Confe rence.

Prep: Batted .500 and was named MVP of the A ll -North League as a seni o r... Recorded 62 hi ts , 6 1 run s with IO home run s as a seni or. .. Al so played soccer. Personal: Bu siness Admini strati on maj or. .. Chose USO to com– pl ete hi s degree and hi s coll eg iate baseball career... Also re– cruited by Nevada-Reno... Parents are Bill and Bridget Kahl. .. Born Janu ary, 2, 1976 in Daly C ity , CA. Hill on Kahl: Kahl co ul d be the key to our success in 1999. He should be at the to p of our lineup. 31 Tyler SPORRER 5-10 Fr. OF R/R Prep: Hit .380 and won All- Empire League honors as a seni or... Propell ed El Dorado Hi gh School to 22-3 reco rd as a junior, whil e hitting .387 . Personal: Pl ans to maj or in Acco unt ing... Chose USO fo r its stron g academi c reputati on... Brother, Scott, pl ayed football at USO .. . Parents are Bob and Sall y Sporrer. .. Born March 3, 1980 in Fullerton, CA. Hill on Sporrer: Sporrer is a hard- working fres hman outfi e lder who will provide depth at the corn er spots. He has a good approac h to the game. 32 Ryan HAMILTON 6-3 Jr. INF R/R College of Marin: Pl ayed two seasons fo r the Mariners in the Bay Vall ey Confe rence... Was named team MV P in 1997 and establi shed the sing le-season steal s reco rd with 35 . Prep: Compl eted career at Redwood Hi gh Schoo l with an unde– fe ated 11 -0 record as a starting hurl er. .. Was team MVP during seni or season where he posted a .360 ba tting average along with 32 stolen bases ... Led the Giants to three co nsec uti ve Marin Athl eti c League champi onships and was league MVP as a se– nior. .. Al so played bas ketball. Personal: Intern ati onal Relati ons maj or.. Chose USO fo r its promi sing baseball team and strong academi cs .. . Also rec ruited by Cal , Ca l Po ly, Nevada-Reno and San Francisco... Enj oys re laxing to opera... Parent s are Nancy and Ri chard Hamilton... Born Janu ary , 5, 1978 in Gree nbrae , CA. Hill on Hamilton: An exce ll ent two-way pl aye r. He prov ides so lid de fe nse at shortstop. He ' s o ur c lose r and w ill surpri se peopl e offensively. Placentia, CA El Dorado HS Corte Madera, CA College of Marin