Aggie Baseball
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Career Highlights
A
versatile player for the Aggies, rotating between right field and
catcher…Had 16 career hits going into the 2005 season…Recorded 41 hits
in 2005…Has 34 assists career assists and just 10 errors in 289 fielding
attempts…Has made 63 starts as an Aggie…Shared time at catcher with Neil
Rosser...Added power to the bottom of the Aggies lineup.
2005
Season
Played
in 48 of the Aggies 54 games, starting 44 of them…Made 15 starts behind
the plate, and entered the game as catcher on four occasions…Batted. 238
with four homers, eight doubles and 20 RBI…Runners tried to steal
against him 39 times, he caught nine of them for a 23.1 percent success
rate…Made just six errors in a 160 fielding attempts…Allowed just three
passed balls…Went 3-for-5 with a run scored and a RBI double in the
Aggies MEAC Championship Game against Norfolk State…Had a huge series
against Coppin State to end the regular season…Was a combined 4-for-11
with seven RBI, three runs scored and two home runs, including a grand
slam home run…His seven RBI in the series between April 23-24 made up
for 35 percent of his RBI total on the season as the Aggies swept the
series…Had two hits, including a double and added a run scored and RBI
in a 14-5 win over Albany on March 5…Had a two-run RBI double, helping
the Aggies defeat Norfolk State 12-6 on March 24…Had a home run, double,
a RBI and two runs scored in a 7-4 loss to Ball State…Nailed a two-run
homer against UNC-Greensboro in a Feb. 22 loss to the Spartans.
2004
Season
Had
three multiple-hit games…Recorded four doubles in just 42 at-bats…Had
two hits, including a double, and two RBI in a 9-6 win in a doubleheader
versus Norfolk State…Had two hits and an RBI in a 5-2 win in Game 2 of a
April 17 doubleheader…Batted .444 at the MEAC tournament last season
High
School Accomplishments
Named
all-conference his junior and senior years at Douglas Byrd High
School…Named all-region as a senior…Made Who’s Who in athletics in 2001
and 2002…Was Spanish Club president his junior and senior years.
Personal
Majors
in Sports Science…Is the son of Freddy and Marta’ Santiago…Has one
sibling, Monica Santiago…Chose N.C. A&T because it has a good education
department…His post-graduate ambitions include, teaching physical
education, coaching a dynasty baseball team…Or he could see himself
joining the Air Force and getting married…Favorite sports team is the
N.Y. Mets…Favorite book to read is the Outsiders.