Fresno State: (2000) Sat out the season as a redshirt. (1999) Started in 57 games, making 37 starts at designated hitter and 20 at second base … led the team with seven home runs and six triples … ranked sixth in the WAC in triples … had 15 multi-hit games … had his best day as a Bulldog by going 4-for-6 with four runs and six RBIs against New Mexico … third on the team with 46 RBIs and 93 total bases and fifth with 54 hits … hit two home runs against St. Mary’s in the Bulldogs’ home opener … had three RBIs and three runs scored in the game … was hit by a pitch a team-high 13 times … in back-to-back games against No. 6 Stanford and Saint. Mary’s, went 4-for-8 with six RBIs and five runs scored … member of the fall Dean’s List for having at least a 3.5 grade-point average. (1998) Appeared in 50 games, making 45 starts … the Bulldogs’ regular second baseman, he made the transition after coming to Fresno State as a third baseman … batted .277 with two homers and 21 RBIs … recorded three or more hits in a game three times … was hit by a pitch a team-high 11 times. (1997) Appeared in 46 games for the Bulldogs, with 36 starts ... batted .252 on the season ... had 35 hits, 32 of them singles ... had 12 RBIs ... used primarily as the designated hitter, with three starts at third base … scored 18 runs … had career-best four hits at TCU.
Buchanan High School: Four-year letterwinner, playing third base ... was a second-team All-Northeast Yosemite League choice as both a junior and a senior ... batted .405 as a junior with 16 doubles ... batted .368 with 12 doubles as a senior ... was a two-time winner of the Buchanan ‘Bear’ Award ... played in the City/County All-Star game.
Personal: Born June 2, 1978, in Fresno, Calif. ... son of Karen and Bob Prieto ... has three brothers — Jordan, Brett and Brandon ... his father, Bob, and uncle, Larry, played baseball at Fresno State in the 1970s ... is the grandson of Fresno State head coach Bob Bennett ... favorite athlete is former Bullard High and Fresno State standout Rex Hudler ... biggest athletics thrill was signing letter of intent to play with Fresno State ... chose to attend Fresno State because of family tradition.
YEAR G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG.
1997 46-36 139 18 35 2 1 0 12 2 9 32 .252
1998 50-45 173 24 48 5 1 2 21 0 12 39 .277
1999 58-57 221 36 54 6 6 7 46 1 12 39 .244
2000 REDSHIRTED
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TOTALS 154-138 533 78 137 13 8 9 79 3 33 110 .247
