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  Tony Asaro

Tony Asaro

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Torrance, Calif.

Last College:
Pepperdine

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 220

Position:
OF

Bats/Throws:
R/R

2008: Posted a .314 average in 39 games...recorded 32 hits, including nine doubles a triple and four home runs...24 runs scored...hit .333 in the postseason and .324 in Big West contests...hit in seven straight...career-high four RBI against USC and UC Santa Barbara...also had a career-best four hits against the Gauchos.

2007: Hit .255 in 24 games played...recorded 13 hits, including a pair of doubles and a home run...had 11 runs scored and six RBI...also had three stolen bases...batted .259 with 22 hits and 12 4uns scored with the Battle Creek Bombers...totaled two triples and three home runs...drove in 16...stole three bags.

2006: Transfer from Pepperdine University...saw action in six games for the Waves...recorded a hit and two RBI...drew three walks...team won the West Coast Conference title...spent the summer playing for the Waimea Waves of the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League...was selected to the All-Star Team.

West Torrance High School: Tied for first in the league in home runs and was fifth in batting average his senior season...hit .374 with nine doubles, five home runs and 22 RBI...invited to the 2003 USA Junior Olympic Team Trials...four-time All-Bay League selection...named all-area three times...member of the 2003 and 2004 league championship teams...named the El Segundo Tournament Most Valuable Player after helping the team win the title in 2002...four-year letterwinner in baseball...also lettered in basketball

Personal: Was a member of the National Honor Society at West Torrance High... volunteers at the Esperance Center in Malibu for Disabled Adults... parents are Frank and Denise... one brother, Marco... sociology major.

Career Stats

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2007 .255 24-14 51 11 13 2 0 1 6 4 14 3-5
2008 .314 39-32 102 24 32 9 1 4 21 6 5 0-1
Totals .294 63-46 153 35 45 11 1 5 27 10 34 3-6