Senior who will be competing for a starting spot in the outfield . . . has good arm strength.

2004 (Junior): Played in 55 games, starting 52 . . . led the team with eight home runs . . . second on the team with 35 RBI . . . went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in game three of series at Troy State . . . 4-for-6 with two doubles, a grand slam and six RBI at UAB . . . collected five hits and two RBI in Toledo series . . . 2-for-4 with a double against Georgia State . . . hit a home run and drove in three runs in 6-0 win at 24th-ranked Mississippi State . . . 3-for-7 with two doubles and an RBI at Birmingham-Southern . . . hit a home run and drove in two runs in home game against Birmingham-Southern . . . 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in game three at Eastern Kentucky . . . 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI against Alabama A&M . . . 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in game one against Tennessee-Martin . . . went 2-for-3 against Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament.

2003 (Sophomore): Played in 35 games, starting 29 . . . batted .188 with a home run and 11 RBI . . . had 19 hits, including six doubles, and scored eight runs on the season . . . went 2-for-3 in against Campbell . . . drove in two runs in a 1-for-4 performance at Middle Tennessee State . . . went 2-for-4 with an RBI in game two of the UCF series . . . drove in three runs, going 1-for-2 in the first game of the Gardner-Webb series . . . had two RBI in a 1-for-5 performance at Mississippi State.

2002 (Redshirt): Saw action in two games before redshirting . . . went 1-for-1 with one RBI against Southeastern Louisiana Feb. 22.

2001 (Freshman): Saw action in 35 games and started in 17 games . . . recorded his first collegiate hit against Southeastern Louisiana and finished the two-game series 2-for-6 with one run scored . . . had at least one hit in four consecutive games from April 24 to April 28 . . . went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored against Mercer April 28.

High School: Played on the Leeds HS football team that won the area championship four consecutive years . . . also played on the Leeds baseball area championship team in 1997 and 1998 . . . earned All-State honors in football and baseball as a senior . . . Jefferson County Player of the Year in 4-A baseball . . . All-Area in football and baseball as a junior and senior . . . baseball team MVP and team captain in football . . . three-sport athlete in baseball, football and basketball.

Personal: Born May 20, 1982 . . . son of Richard and Patti Bishop . . . majoring in business management.