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Class:
Junior |
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Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo. |
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High School:
St. John Vianney |
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Height / Weight:
6-3 / 220 |
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Position:
C/1B |
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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Will split time between first base and catcher this year. … Expected to spell Yasmani Grandal behind the plate in addition to serving as the team’s regular starting first baseman … Has played in 76 career games and has started 51 games at catcher … Improved his batting average from .195 as a freshman in 2007 to .289 as a sophmore in 2008 … Also saw a big power increase last year, hitting a home run every 17.8 at-bats after not hitting a single homer in 87 at-bats as a freshman … Has a career .985 fielding percentage, committing just seven errors in 481 career chances).
SOPHOMORE SEASON -2008
Played in 41 of UM’s 64 games, starting 37 (28 at catcher, nine at DH)
Ranked sixth on the team in slugging percentage (.514) and tied for sixth in home runs (8)
Recorded a career-high three hits on five occasions
Hit first career grand slam in win over Wake Forest (3/21), setting a new career-high for RBI in a game (4)
Was successful on four of five stolen base attempts
Recorded four hits and three RBI in the NC State series (3/14-16)
Tallied five hits, four runs and one home run in the series win at Georgia Tech (4/12-13)
Led all Hurricanes with a .500 average (4-for-8) in the ACC Tournament (5/21-25), including three hits in the championship game against Virginia (5/25)
Started two games (one at DH and one at C), going 2-for-7 with two RBI during the Coral Gables Regional (5/30-6/1)
Appeared in all three Coral Gables Super Regional (6/6-8) games against Arizona, starting two at DH
Hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning of game two against the Wildcats and finished the series with two hits and three RBI
Hit .305 and slugged .524 in non-conference action (25-for-82)
Hit four home runs in 60 at-bats (one per every 15 at-bats) against ACC opposition
Tied for second on the team with eight RBI in NCAA Tournament play
Hit six of his eight home runs before April 1
Recorded multiple hits in four of UM’s first nine games of `08
Six of his nine starts at DH came in the season’s final 10 games
Committed just two errors in 250 chances (.993)
Caught eight of 30 attempted base-stealers
Hit .400 in February (4-for-10), .294 in March (15-for-51), .238 in April (10-for-42), .318 in May (7-for-22) and .294 in June (5-for-17)
FRESHMAN SEASON – 2007
Started 23 of 35 games for UM as a true freshman and hit .195
Had four multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI games
Had a season-long three-game hitting streak twice, with the first coming in the Maryland series (4/16-18) and second against FIU and Georgia Tech (4/4-7)
Started all three games behind the plate against Georgia Tech (4/6-8), going 2-for-4 in the series opener and 1-for-3 with two walks in game two
Went 2-for-5 with a run against FIU (4/4)
Recorded best series of his freshman campaign as he hit safely in all three games against NC State (3/16-18)
Hit .500 (5-for-10) with two RBI and a double against the Wolfpack in the series, going 2-for-3 with one RBI in the series opener, 2-for-3 with a run scored in game two and 1-for-4 with two RBI in the series finale
Connected on his first career hit against Fordham (3/4), establishing a then-career high with a two-RBI double in a 10-9 UM win
Made first collegiate start for the Hurricanes againstMercer (2/3)
PREP CAREER
Played for Steve Bieser at St. John Vianney
A three-time All-State First Team selection
Named the 2006 Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year
Led team to a conference championship three times and won the Missouri State Championship his sophomore and senior seasons
PERSONAL
Son of Dayna and Tim Hagerty
Has an older sister, Megan
Majoring in Sociology
