| Michael Campbell |
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OUTLOOK - Over the last three years has played more games than any player in Division I Baseball (200) with 193 consecutive starts in the outfield for Carolina ... Currently 13th on the career list for games played at South Carolina ... One of 19 players in South Carolina history to record over 200 hits ... Heads into 2006 season seventh on the school career list for at-bats (741) and 12th for hits at South Carolina with 223 ... Preseason All-American candidate, named to Wallace List, award given to nation's top player.
2005 - Started all 64 games in the outfield ... Batted .315 (79-251) with eight home runs, 16 doubles, five triples, 42 RBI and eight stolen bases ... His five triples tied him for the second highest single season total by a Gamecock ... Named to 2005 NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament Team ... Hit a three-run HR in 8-3 win over Georgia Tech at NCAA Regional (6/5/05) ... Tied with Steve Pearce for team lead in multi-hit games in 2005 with 25 on the year including five games with three hits ... Collected two-out RBI single in ninth inning of a 3-2 come-from-behind win vs. Auburn (4/30/05) ... Went 2-for-5 with game-winning HR in 13-6 win over Minnesota (3/5/05).
2004 - Started all 70 games, 65 in left field, five in center field ... Batted .312 (84-269) with 14 home runs, 14 doubles, two triples, 52 RBI, seven stolen bases ... Tied a single-game school record with three homers at Wofford (3/23/04) and tied another single-game record with two triples vs. Florida (4/9/04) ... Won the Tom Price Award for improvement, dedication and work ethic ... Committed only one error for .992 FA ... Led outfielders second consecutive year in assists with six ... Hit three-run HR to help lift USC to 12-8 win and sweep vs. Tennessee (5/16/04) ... Batted 4-for-4 in 6-3 win over Alabama (4/23/04) ... Played with Brewster Whitecaps in the Cape Cog League, where he was named to the all-star team... Batted .285, two homers, 25 RBI.
2003 - Appeared in 66 of 67 games as a freshman with 59 starts, mostly in left field ... Batted .271 (60-221) with five homers, 32 RBI, six stolen bases in six attempts ... Defensively led team in outfield assists with nine, one short of the school record ... Drove in the tying and game-winning runs in 5-4 NCAA Super Regional win against North Carolina (6/6/03) ... Tallied three hits and scored twice in 7-2 win over Stetson at NCAA Regional in Atlanta (5/31/03) ... Three-run homer broke a 1-1 tie and led Carolina to 8-5 win at LSU (4/5/03) ... Hit first career home run in first career at bat in 11-2 win over Charleston Southern (2/15/03) ... Played with the Winchester Royals of the Shenandoah Valley League ... Had better than a 3.0 grade point average in the fall 2002 semester and named to fall 2002 Dean's List.
HIGH SCHOOL - Played four years at John Handley High School under Coach Eddie Simmons ... Batted .480 with three HR and had 1.67 pitching ERA as a sophomore, .425, four homers, 1.07 as a junior, and .460, five HR, 26 RBI, 1.09 as a senior ... Pitching record was 10-0 ... Named Virginia High School Player of the Year ... Also played two seasons in wood bat league and two seasons of American Legion baseball ... Also played football and basketball.
PERSONAL - Born Michael Lyn Campbell 11/14/83 ... Parents are Paul and Donna Campbell ... Father attended Virginia Tech where he played football ... Father played high school football and basketball ... Mother attended Shenandoah University ... Has an older brother, Tim, who attended Palm Beach Atlantic University ... Chose Carolina because of the great baseball program, great coaching staff and academics ... Hobbies are working out, watching TV and hanging out with friends ... Favorite food is Yamato's Japanese Steak House ... Favorite Actress is Britney Spears ... Favorite actor is Denzel Washington.