CHRIS VALDES #9

OF, BR/TR, 6-0, 190, Senior

Columbia, South Carolina

Wade Hampton High School

Ranks as perhaps Furman¹s most experienced player, having started in right field for three consecutive seasons...joins a cast of six other returning starters...effective clutch hitter who will again be counted on for run production and solid defensive play...will also be looked to for strong leadership...All-Southern Conference candidate. 2000 -- Started 56 games in right field and batted a solid .330 with a team leading nine home runs and 49 RBI...batted .390 with a .707 slugging percentage against Southern Conference competition...led Furman with 72 hits and 50 runs scored...joined teammate Danny Rueckel with a team high 14 doubles and tied a school season record with six triples...paced all Paladin outfielders with nine assists...50 runs scored and 49 RBI represented third highest season totals in school history and 72 hits were second highest single season total ever at Furman...keyed a 17-4 romp over UNC Greensboro with a 4-for-5 performance that included two triples, three RBI, and four runs scored...swatted a pair of home runs and drove in five and four runs, respectively, in a 25-18 win at VMI and 13-9 triumph at Western Carolina...hit only .167 over the first month of the season, but batted .383 over his last 42 games 1999 -- Started all 57 games in right field...batted .283 with 10 doubles and four home runs...went 4-for-5 in a 12-11 loss to Western Carolina. 1998 -- Started 48 games in right field...banged out eight home runs on the season...hit two home runs against Elon in a 6-1 Paladin victory...went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run in an 11-3 win over Wofford...played for Arlington Senators, champions of the 1998 in Clark Griffith Collegiate League...batted .319 in 34 games. High School/Personal -- 1997 graduate of Wade Hampton High School in Taylors, S.C...prepped under coach Randy Phillips...Region 1-AAA Player-of-the-Year...earned all-state honors as a senior after leading the state in home runs (11) and triples...batted .517 with 48 RBI...ended his prep career with 39-game hitting streak...full name is Robert Christopher Valdes...son of Bob and Jaynie Valdes...born June 9, 1979, in Tampa, Florida...political science major.

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