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  Michael Marseco

Michael Marseco

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas HS

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 145

Position:
Shortstop

** 2006 and 2007 First-Team All-OVC**
** 2007 All-OVC Tournament Team**
** 2006 Freshman All-American**

A switch-hitting shortstop with surprising power for his size and ­incredible arm strength across the field . . . enters the spring as the starter at shortstop.

2007 (Sophomore): Started all 60 games at shortstop . . . led the team with a .350 batting average, 84 hits, two triples and 47 runs scored . . . tied for second on the team with 13 doubles . . . had 26 muli-hit games and seven multi-RBI games . . . named first-team All-OVC and named to All-OVC Tournament team . . . went 2-for-5 with an RBI in game three against Arkansas State . . . went 8-for-14 with a double and an RBI in the Kennesaw State series . . . 2-for-2 with a double in game two of the Mercer series . . . 2-for-4 in game two against Memphis . . . combined 5-for-14 with a double, a triple and two RBI in three games at UNC Asheville . . . went a combine 6-for-13 in three games against Purdue . . . went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Mississippi State . . . went 2-for-4 in game three against Murray State . . . went 2-for-4 in home game against UAB . . . 2-for-4 in game one against Jacksonville State . . . 5-for-7 with an RBI in games two and three of the Austin Peay series . . . went 2-for-4 with a double in game one against Southeast Missouri . . . 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI at Alabama . . . 2-for-4 with an RBI in game one against Eastern Kentucky . . . went 2-for-4 with a double at Troy . . . went 4-for-6 with five RBI in game one against Tennessee Tech and 3-for-5 with three RBI in game two of the series . . . 4-for-9 with four RBI in last two games of the Tennessee-Martin series . . . went 2-for-4 against Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament . . . 2-for-4 with two RBI against Eastern Kentucky in the OVC Tournament.

2006 (Freshman): Started all 59 games . . . named Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball . . . named first-team All-Conference for the OVC . . . also named to the league's All-Freshman team . . . batted .294 with 12 doubles and a team-high four triples . . . had 22 multihit games, the second-­highest total on the team . . . drove in two runs in the first game at Ole Miss . . . went two for four against Montevallo . . . went three for five with four RBI in a win at UAB . . . went two for four with an RBI in the final game of the Longwood series . . . went three for six with an RBI in the final game of the Arkansas State series . . . went three for four with an RBI in the second game at Murray State . . . went two for six with a double and two RBI in the first game at Jacksonville State . . . went two for four in a win over Auburn . . . went six for 12 in the Austin Peay series . . . went three for five with a double, a home run and two RBI in game one at Southeast Missouri . . . collected seven hits and four RBI in three games against Eastern Illinois . . . went four for 11 in the series at Eastern Kentucky . . . went two for five with an RBI at Birmingham-Southern . . . went two for five with an RBI in game three against Morehead State . . . went two for four in the second game of the Tennessee Tech series . . . went two for five against Southeast Missouri in the OVC Tournament . . . went two for seven against Eastern Kentucky in the OVC Tournament . . . went three for five with an RBI against Jacksonville State in the championship round of the OVC Tournament.

High School: Hit just under .450 with seven home runs as a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas High School . . . considered one of the top defensive infielders in Florida.

Personal: Born Jan. 7, 1987 . . . son of Ron and Helen Marseco . . .­ ­majoring in sociology.



 

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