Fresno State: (2000) Appeared in 57 games in his first season as a Bulldog … started 54 games, 33 at shortstop and 21 at designated hitter … named the WAC Player of the Week on Feb. 28 … had a 12-game hitting streak from Feb. 4-27 … went 4-for-5 in the Bulldogs’ 5-3 victory on March 2 against Hawai’i-Hilo and set his career high for hits in a game … had 20 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games … team was 37-17 when he started.
College of the Sequoias: Named first-team All-Central Valley Conference both years and the team’s Rookie of the Year award winner as a freshman … was a junior college All-American as a sophomore … hit .417 with six home runs, 56 RBIs and 16 doubles as a sophomore.
Monache High School: Lettered in four different sports – wrestling, football, soccer and baseball … first-team all-league his last two years and team MVP his final year … had a batting average of .420 his senior year.
Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1979, in Tulare, Calif. … son of Dina and John Labandeira … has a younger sister, Bethany … enjoys hunting, fishing and music … lists his favorite athlete as Craig Biggio.
YEAR G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG.
2000 57-54 223 41 71 11 3 2 36 2 8 25 .318
