Harding University Athletics

Awards

• 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District (2nd Team)
• 2008 Academic All-Gulf South Conference

Career

• Ranks 14th at Harding in career batting average (.330).

2008

• Played in 49 games with 42 starts ... hit .329 with one home run and 33 RBI.
• Was the 28th-toughest player to strike out in Division II ... had only eight strikeouts in 143 at-bats, or once ever 17.9 at-bats.
• Ranked second on the team in batting average (.329), hits (47) and RBI (33) ... led the team with 10 hit-by-pitches ... it was his second straight season with more hit-by-pitches than strikeouts.
• Hit .364 vs. left-handers, .354 with runners on and .388 with runners in scoring position ... ranked second on the team with 15 two-out RBI ... had 13 multiple-hit games (four three-hit games) and nine multiple-RBI games, including a four-RBI game against Arkansas-Monticello (4/20).
• Started 29 games at DH and 13 at third base.

2007

• Played in 45 games, starting 44 (37 at 3B, 7 at DH) ... third on the team with a .331 average, 3 HR, 29 RBI.
• Struck out only four times in 145 at-bats to become the only Harding player ever with more than 120 AB and less than 5 Ks ... struck out once every 36.25 at-bats, including a stretch of 20 games and 76 at-bats without a strikeout.
• Hit by a pitch eight times, becoming the first Harding hitter with more HBP (8) than strikeouts (4)
• Hit .397 with runners on base and .407 with runners in scoring position ... third on the team with 13 2-out RBI ... had 11 multi-hit games, including a four-hit game against Williams Baptist (4/3) ... had six multi-RBI games, including a four-RBI effort vs. Waldorf (3/3) ... tied for the team lead with a nine-game hitting streak from 3/27-4/7 (hit .529, 18-for-34 during the streak).

Previous Schools

• Transferred to Harding from St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla. ... played in one game as a freshman ... played four seasons at third base for coach Hoppy Rewes at Sebring (Fla.) HS ... four-time all-county ... earned All-State and Heartland Region MVP as a senior ... also ran cross country.

Personal

• Born: Dec. 27, 1985 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba ... Major: Biology ... Parents: Pedro and Diana Correa ... has one brother.