6-1 … 195
… L/R … Outfield … Lowndes High School
DOB: 11-20-75 (Valdosta, VA) … Hometown: Valdosta, GA
Professional Stats
Year Club AVG. G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
1998 St. Paul .386 30 114 27 44 11 2 9 33 8
1997 St. Paul .341 44 170 51 58 6 1 18 50 5
Florida State Stats
1997 Florida St. .455 70 233 110 106 15 5 31 100 32
1996 Florida St. .316 70 241 90 93 17 5 21 94 10
1995 Florida St. .417 60 209 54 68 7 3 17 63 11
60 Yard: 6.4 seconds
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1995 - Baseball America's Freshman All American
Collegiate Baseball's Freshman
All-America
College World Series All-Tournament
1996 - Baseball America First-team All-America
Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American
ABCA First Team ALL-American
National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association All-American
ACC all-conference team.
Finalist for the Golden Spikes Award
Team USA (and was a finalist for the Olympic team roster) and batted
.268 with six homers and nine RBIs in 41 at-bats.
1997 - Northern League's Rookie of the Year
Dick Howser Award
Player of the Year by Baseball America
Player Of the Year by Sporting News
Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball
Atlantic Coast Conference: Player of the Year
First-team All-America by Baseball America
First-team All-American Collegiate Baseball
First-team All-American ABCA
First-team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association
First-team All-American Sporting News
NCAA East Regional All-Tournament team.
Drafted by the San Franciso Giants in the 20th round 1994
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1st round 1997