Diego Seastrunk Class: Junior Hometown: Channelview High School: Channelview H.S. Height / Weight: 5-10 / 180 Position: c/if Experience: 2L B/T: S/R

Unselfishly opened-up options for the team and himself by volunteering to move to catcher in the fall training sessions... May develop into one of the better catchers in college baseball, with the same switch-hitting talent... Tremendous eye-hand coordination.

Wayne Graham said -- "Diego is one of the better hitters in college baseball who is trying for a position change. So far he has looked very good behind the plate."

At Rice -- 2008: All-Conference USA (First Team)... Houston College Classic All-Tournament team (Most Outstanding Player)... All-Silver Glove Trophy Series team... Raised batting average 49 points from freshman season to lead the team in hitting... Played in every game and started all but one... All 61 starts were at third base... Batted third in the lineup 42 times... Hit safely in all but eight starts... Went 3-for-9 with a home run and four RBI at the College World Series... Collected six hits and a walk and scored five times with seven RBI in seven NCAA Tournament games... Started the year with a career-best 19-game hitting streak that dated back to the 2007 College World Series... Finished among the C-USA's best in batting average (.353), hits (91), doubles (19), RBI (61), total bases (130) and sacrifice flies (6)... Shared the team lead in both multi-hit games (27) and multi-RBI games (16)... Surpassed the century mark in career RBI (103)... Slugged four doubles in a single game vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi that was played at the minor league park in Corpus Christi, Tex... Also collected four hits in the final game of the Houston series... Hit .410 (41-of-100) with 33 RBI in C-USA action... Batted .386 with runners on base and .405 with runners in scoring position... Hit better away from home (.370) than at Reckling Park (.338)... Clubbed a walk-off grand slam to win the final regular season game against UAB... Made his NCAA debut on the mound against Winthrop (Mar. 17)... Did not allow a hit, struck out one and walked one... 2007: All-College World Series team; Freshman All-America (Collegiate Baseball/Third Team)... Conference USA All-Freshman team... Whataburger College Classic All-Tournament team... Worked his way into 66 of 70 games with 50 starts for the No. 1 team in the country... Made 47 starts at third base, two as the designated hitter and one at second base... Platooned at the hot corner with J.P. Padron for much of the season... Batted a steady .304 for the season and did even better at the College World Series... Hit .316 (6-for-19) with five RBI, four runs scored and a double in four CWS games... Collected hits in both Super Regional games against Texas A&M, the first of which tied the score with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning... Doubled-in a run against TCU in the championship game of the Regional... Batted .341 with runners on base and .363 with men in scoring position... Scored 31 runs with 11 doubles, two triples and a home run... Hit .338 and played solid defensively against C-USA competition... Went 5-for-15 at the C-USA Tournament and scored six times in five games... Had 18 multi-hit games, highlighted by a career-best three hits five different times (vs. Cal State Fullerton, North Carolina, Memphis and Marshall)... Drove in two or more runs in a game 10 times, including three against Long Beach State and cross-town rival Houston... Had a seven-game hitting streak in March... Involved in 11 double plays from the hot corner... Played in the Cape Cod League (Yarmouth-Dennis) in the summer of 2007.

High School -- A 2006 graduate of Channelview High School... Four-year starter and letterman... Helped lead the Falcons to the district championship and semifinals of the state tournament... Earned first team all-district for four years, third team all-state as a freshman, and second team all-state as a senior... Coached by Corey Bowyer... Member of the National Honor Society... Ranked in top 10 percent of the class with a 4.68 grade point average.

Personal -- Full Name: Diego Joaquin Seastrunk. Born: Jan. 11, 1988, in Humble. Parents: Gary and Elsa Seastrunk of Humble (one sister and one brother). Major: kinesiology. College: Will Rice.

Rice Statistics

Year	Avg	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB	ATT
2007	.304	66	50	214	31	65	11	2	1	42	83	.388	12	1	22	8	.338	4	5	0	2
2008	.353	62	61	258	58	91	19	1	6	61	130	.504	17	4	20	8	.393	6	6	1	4
Totals	.331	128	111	472	89	156	30	3	7	103	213	.451	29	5	42	16	.368	10	11	1	6

Year	ERA	W	L	App	GS	CG	SHO	CBO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	2B	3B	HR	BF	Avg	WP	HBP
2008	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.000	0	0

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