Slippery Rock University Athletics

Will push Dan Hudeck for starting first baseman spot and/or serve as right-handed designated hitter after missing most of 2007 season due to injury ... Possesses good power ... Will bat in middle of The Rock batting order ... 2007: Played in 11 games and started 10 at first base before being sidelined by injury ... Hit .286 with one RBI ... Before The Rock: Named to all-tournament honors at National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division II national tournament ... Led Allegany College of Maryland to 51-11 record and fourth-place finish in national tournament ... Hit .533 and had .933 slugging percentage in national tournament ... Earned first-team All-Maryland Junior College Conference honors in 2006 ... Led Allegany to MJCC title in 2006 ... Smacked 10 home runs and collected 56 RBIs (No. 4 in MJCC) in 2006 ... Began his collegiate career at Pitt-Bradford ... High school: Earned second-team all-state honors as a shortstop in his senior season ... Named as the Progressland MVP ... Earned first-team All-Central Penn League honors ... Criminal justice major.