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Fresno State: (2000) Played in 33 games, starting 23 ... hit a pair of home runs to push his career total to 22 ... moved into 10th place on the in school's all-time home run chart ...walked a career-high four times April 4 at Cal Poly ...was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs in the Bulldogs' 12-0 win on March 9 against Southern Illinois ... had three two-hit games. (1999) Played despite battling Hodgkin's disease for most of the previous summer ... joined the team in December ... missed most of the season with a severe hamstring pull and was awarded a medical redshirt ... went 2-for-4 with two runs scored against Saint. Mary's in the Bulldogs' home opener ... recorded 10 putouts during his one start at first base against No. 6 Stanford ... had three multi-hit games ... went 2-for-4 with two RBIs against California. (1998) Bulldogs' first baseman and outfielder who turned into the Bulldogs' primary power threat toward the end of the season ... finished the season with a .289 batting average with 16 home runs -- the sixth-best single season total in school history -- and 47 RBIs ... hit 11 homers in the final 20 games of the season ... hit .323 and had 33 RBIs over that span as well ... hit two home runs in a game twice ... drove in a career-high five runs twice. (1997) Was pressed into starting outfield duty due to injuries to Derek Feramisco and Josh Hannah ... responded with .265 batting average, four homers and 19 RBIs ... twice hit key late-inning homers ... hit a game-winning two-run home run in the top of the 10th inning against Arizona State and had another two-run shot in the top of the ninth to force extra-innings against Air Force ... drove in four runs against the Sun Devils ... had three assists from the outfield ... also made two pitching appearances.
Pittsburg High School: A tremendous two-sport athlete at Pittsburg High School ... played the outfield, first base and pitched ... holds the school record with three home runs in one game ... first-team All-Bay Valley Athletics Conference choice in 1995 and 1996 ... hit .360 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs as a senior .... was 5-1 with 54 strikeouts his final season ... was drafted by Florida in the 16th round of the 1996 amateur draft ... was his school's quarterback in addition to his diamond work ... holds the school record with five touchdown passes in one game ... was a Blue Chip preseason football All-American in 1996 ... served as his football team captain as a junior and senior ... two-time All-BVAC selection at quarterback.
Personal: Born April 5, 1978, in Martinez, Calif. ... son of Mary Lou and Gene Tafoya ... enjoys listening to music and hanging out with friends in his spare time ... chose to attend Fresno State because the community supports the team and Fresno's family-oriented atmosphere ... biggest athletics thrill to date was hitting three home runs in one game in high school ... the people he admires most are his parents.
CAREER STATISTICS -- HITTING
YEAR G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG.
1997 38-20 87 20 23 4 1 4 16 0 8 25 .264
1998 57-47 204 43 59 6 0 16 47 4 21 60 .289
1999* 14-12 43 4 12 0 1 0 5 0 4 16 .279
2000 33-23 80 9 16 4 0 2 14 1 9 35 .200
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TOTALS 142-102 414 76 110 14 2 22 82 5 42 136 .266
* Medical redshirt
CAREER STATISTICS -- PITCHING
YEAR G-GS W-L ERA SV CG IP H R ER BB K
1997 2-0 0-0 10.80 0 0 3.1 8 5 4 2 2
2000 1-0 0-0 99.99 0 0 0.0 0 1 1 1 0
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TOTALS 3-0 0-0 13.51 0 0 3.1 8 6 5 3 2
