Had four multi-hit games, including three-hit performance vs. Xavier (3/13).
Junior College: Played one year each at Grand Rapids Community College
and Triton Community College ... named a junior college All-American at GRCC ...
a two-year all-conference selection ... named to the junior college World Series
all-tournament team in 2003 ... set school and conference records for batting
average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage at Grand Rapids ... led GRCC
to a national championship as a freshman ... selected in the 38th round of the
2003 MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians.
High School: Helped St. Ignatius High to a state championship as a
senior ... team was runner-up during sophomore year ... was an all-conference,
all-area and all-county selection as a prep.
Personal: Born Aug. 5, 1983 ... son of Barry and Mary Ellen French ...
grandfather, Jack, played football at Purdue; father played football at William
and Mary; brother, Barry, played baseball at William and Mary.
Academic Major: Criminal justice.
Honors: Bearcat Scholar (2005).
