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Solid offensive and defensive first baseman who moved into a starting role as a junior last season...Considered one of SDSU's top defensive athletes...Academic standout who is a four-time winner of the Jim Malik Award for the highest grade point average among student-athletes at San Diego State...Highly-honored high school athlete who walked on for the 2001 season...Saw action in 50 games last year and 32 games as a freshman in 2001...Played during summer 2001 with the Barona Stars in San Diego. SDSU 2003: Made 44 starts at first base...Led the Aztecs in home runs with eight and tied for second on the team in RBI with 38...Had eight multiple-hit games during the year...Hit a two-out game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth vs. Brigham Young in a game SDSU went on to win in 11 innings...Named conference player of the week after the BYU home series (April 3-5)...In the three games against the Cougars that weekend, went 5-for-9 with a double, two home runs, two runs scored and four RBI...During the season, hit .308 (4-for-13) in a designated hitter role and was 2-for-6 as a pinch hitter...Batted .298 in conference play...Season personal-best nine game hitting streak (April 22-May 9)...Batted .471 during that streak (16-for-34) with 10 runs scored, 12 runs batted in, two doubles and three home runs...Had a two home run game vs. Air Force on April 25...Best day at the plate came at Brigham Young on May 9 when he went 5-for-5 with a double, homer and six RBI in the first game of a doubleheader...Named a District 8 Academic All-American...Member of the Mountain West Conference all-academic team... SDSU 2002: Made 30 appearances as a designated hitter and played first base in 18 games as a sophomore...Named to the Mountain West Conference All-Academic Team for the second straight year after recording the highest grade point average in the league (3.98 cumulative)...Named the MWC Player of the Week on April 23 after SDSU's three-game home series vs. Brigham Young...Over those three contests, went 6-for-13 (.462) with four runs scored, three doubles, two walks and six runs batted in...Hit an inside-the-park homer vs. Air Force on March 17, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored in that contest...Went 2-for-5 as a pinch hitter during the season...Did not commit an error in 103 chances at first base...Batted .333 (29-for-87) in league play with 21 runs scored, eight doubles and 17 RBI in 25 contests. SDSU 2001: Walk-on who split time at first base with three others as a true freshman...An injured thumb forced him to miss significant playing time over the final third of the season...Did his best work with the bat in league play, compiling a .458 average against Mountain West Conference opposition...Had a .519 on-base percentage in league contests...Eight of his nine RBIs came against MWC teams...Hit his first collegiate home run on April 8 against Air Force in Colorado Springs...Went 9-for-14 (.643 avg.) with five runs batted in and seven runs scored during a four-game span against Air Force, UCLA and UNLV from April 7-14...Recorded his first collegiate hit against Oklahoma State on Feb. 3...Best day at the plate was a 4-for-5 effort with an RBI and three runs scored vs. UNLV on April 14...Batted .389 with runners in scoring position...Average of .333 in a pinch-hitting role...Fielding percentage of .962...His lone stolen base of the year came against Miami...Received Aztec scholar-athlete award...Dean's list and honor roll student both semesters as a freshman...Named to the Mountain West Conference all-academic team...His 3.96 grade point average was highest among baseball players in the Mountain West Conference. High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner at Poway High School, where he played for former Aztec Bob Parry...A first-team all-Palomar League selection after his senior season...Had five home runs and 28 RBI...Second-team all-CIF honoree in 2000...Also named to the all-county academic team...First-team all-North County selection after his senior season...1999-2000 Poway High School athlete of the year and the school's scholar-athlete of the year...Voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by senior class... Played three seasons as a shooting guard for the Titans basketball team, where he was an all-league, all-CIF and all-North County selection... Basketball team MVP for the 1999-2000 season...Graduated high school with a 4.21 grade point average. Personal: Rielly Mark Embrey was born on Aug. 31, 1981, in Escondido, Calif...Son of Mark and Patti Embrey...Hobbies include fishing, going to the beach and watching movies...Lists Tony Gwynn as his favorite athlete...Kinesiology major with an emphasis in physical education...Career plans include becoming high school teacher and coach. Embrey's SDSU Career Statistics Year G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-A AVG 2001 32-14 57 12 17 2 0 1 9 7 14 1-1 .298 2002 50-35 138 27 35 9 0 1 21 16 30 2-2 .254 2003 54-44 176 29 50 5 2 8 38 18 40 1-1 .284 Tot 136-93 371 68 102 16 2 10 68 41 84 4-4 .275 |
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