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All-American Candidate
General – One of the nation’s premier collegiate outfielders along with teammate Sam Fuld … Named a 2003 First Team (Baseball America) and Second Team (NCBWA) Preseason All-American … One of the Cardinal’s most dangerous hitters … Expected to once again be one of the primary run producers on the club and hit in the middle of the lineup … Has the ability to put up huge numbers … Great athletic ability with strength and excellent speed … His speed has improved this year and he is expected to run even more in 2003 … An excellent base runner … A big-time right-handed power hitter with a great arm defensively to complement his bat … A hard worker who has made many improvements in his game … Excellent professional baseball potential and expected to be a high draft pick in 2003.
Cardinal Career – A two-time All-Pac-10 choice … Stanford’s active career leader in home runs (23), RBI (106), slugging percentage (.535), hit-by-pitches (33, co-leader with Ryan Garko) and total bases (262, co-leader with Sam Fuld) … Has added a career .324 batting average with 16 stolen bases while playing in 131 games with 130 starts … Has 42 career multiple-hit games and 26 multiple-RBI contests … Has four outfield assists … Has homored against every Pac-10 team other than UCLA … Has hit three-run homers in his first at bat of the season in each of his first two years.
As a Junior in 2003 – Season Notes: National Player of the Year/All-American candidate … Leads the team and the Pac-10 with a .434 batting average that currently ranks .004 percentage points ahead of Stanford’s single-season record of .430 set by Tom Williams in 1971 ... Currently in the midst of a career-high 26-game hit streak (.495, 51-103, 18 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 7 SB) that is within 11 games of the school record hit streak of 37 set by Jeffrey Hammonds as a freshman in 1990 ... Attempting to become the first Stanford player to hit .400 in a season since David McCarty batted .420 in 1991 and only the sixth in school history (the first of which was current head coach Mark Marquess, who batted .404 in 1967) ... Also leads the club in hits (63, #4T Pac-10), runs scored (42, co-leader with Sam Fuld, #9T Pac-10), doubles (20, #2 Pac-10, walks (26, #6 Pac-10), hit by pitches (9, #5T Pac-10) and on-base percentage (.538, #2 Pac-10) ... Second on the team in slugging percentage (.690, #7 Pac-10) and stolen bases (9, #10T Pac-10) ... Tied for second on the club with 17 multiple-hit games, including four three-hit games, a team-high-tying three four-hit games and the squad’s only five-hit contest ... Has started all 38 games ... 2003 Individual Game Highlights: Was 3-for-4 with a double, homer and two RBI in his most recent game at Sacramento State (4/22) ... Was 3-for-5 versus Oregon State (4/18) ... Had a career night in a 17-8 win at Santa Clara (4/8), going 4-for-5 with his first grandslam, the second two-homer game of his career, new career-bests and team season-highs with six RBI and six runs scored, as well as a double and a triple ... Was 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI at Washington State (4/5) ... Had a pair of doubles and picked up his 200th career hit versus USF (4/1) ... Hit a walkoff two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to lift Stanford to a 12-11 victory in the rubber game of a series versus Washington (3/30) ... Was 4-for-5 with two RBI versus Washington (3/28) ... Was hit by a pair of pitches for the first time this season at Arizona State (3/23) ... Was 3-for-4 with his first homer of the season, a stolen base and a season-high four RBI versus California (3/9) ... Had his first career two-stolen base game versus California (3/7) ... Had a huge day in a doubleheader sweep at Texas (2/22), going 7-for-10 with four doubles, two RBI and a stolen base ... Was 5-for-6 with three doubles (career-highs and team season-highs for doubles and hits), an RBI and a stolen base in the first game of the doubleheader versus the Longhorns ... Had a season-high three walks versus Florida State (2/7) ... Cardinal Career Update: Ranks 10th on Stanford’s all-time batting average list and second among active players with a .350 lifetime mark ... A two-time All-Pac-10 choice ... Earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-American honors in his rookie 2001 campaign ... Stanford’s active career leader in on-base percentage (.436), total bases (362) and hit-by-pitches (42) ... Also ranks second among all active Stanford players in career home runs (28), RBI (139), hits (222), runs scored (152), slugging percentage (.570), stolen bases (25, tied with Sam Fuld), at bats (635), games started (168), games played (169, tied with Sam Fuld) ... Ranks tied for second among all active Stanford players with six triples ... Ranks third among active players with 44 doubles ... Has played in 169 of 171 possible career games.
As a Sophomore in 2002 – All-Pac-10 selection … Ranked second on the club with 11 stolen bases, as well as a close third in homers (12) and RBI (54, #9 Pac-10) … Tied a single-season school with 19 hit-by-pitches to lead the Pac-10 … Also co-led the team with four triples (#5T Pac-10) and 16 multiple-RBI games … Contributed 18 multiple-hit games, as well as a pair of three-hit and four-hit contests … Ranked fourth on the club in runs scored (55) and tied for eighth in the Pac-10 … Tied for third on the team and seventh in the Pac-10 with six sacrifice flies … Posted a .303 batting average … Had a difficult postseason (5-30, .167, 2 HR, 4 RBI, SB) but contributed two key homers with a CWS solo shot versus Notre Dame (6/18) and a two-run blast to key a 4-2 win over USC (6/7) in the NCAA Super Regional opener … Hit a two-run homer at Nevada (5/14) … Posted a six-game hit streak (5/3 – 5/11), going 10-for-20 (.500) with a triple, homer, eight RBI and three stolen bases … Homered and drove in three runs during the first game of the streak versus California (5/3) … Posted a seven-game hit streak (4/16 – 4/27) in which he was 9-for-25 (.360) with two homers, seven RBI and a stolen base … Had a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to key Stanford’s 6-5 comeback win over Sacramento State (4/24 – 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) … Had a double, homer and three RBI versus USC (4/13) … Posted a season-high eight-game hit streak (2/28 – 3/9) in which he was 14-for-34 (.412) with three doubles, two triples, a homer, eight RBI and three stolen bases … Ended the streak with a three-game stretch (4/6 – 4/9) in which he was 9-for-14 (.643) with two doubles, a triple, homer, stolen base and six RBI … Scored the game-winning run against San Jose State (4/9) in the bottom of the eighth inning after singling with two outs and no runners on base … Was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI at Arizona (4/7) … Tied a career-high with four hits (4-6, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI) at Arizona (4/6) … Hit a key two-run homer in the seventh inning at California (3/8) that gave Stanford its first lead (6-4) in a 15-4 comeback victory … Posted a torrid six-game hit streak (2/9 – 2/22), going 13-for-23 (.565) with three doubles, a homer, five RBI and two stolen bases during the stretch … Scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over Santa Clara (2/22) … Tied a career-best with four hits (4-4, 2B) in the first game of a series at Fresno State (2/15) and had three hits (3-5, HR, 2 RBI) in the series finale at Fresno State (2/18) … Set an NCAA Division I single-game record when he was hit by five pitches at Florida State (2/9) … Had a pair of homers and five RBI in the season-opening Cal State Fullerton series (2/1 – 2/3) … Hit a three-run homer off the scoreboard in his first at bat of the season versus the Titans (2/1), the second year in a row he led off his season with a three-run homer in his first at bat … Earned 2002 First Team (Baseball America, NCBWA) and Second Team (Collegiate Baseball) Preseason All-American honors.
As a Freshman in 2001 – Had a brilliant first year with the Cardinal as he earned Freshman All-American honors from Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and USA Today/Baseball Weekly … Also named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors … Ranked second on the club in both homers (11, #6-T Pac-10) and RBI (52), while posting a .345 batting average … Led the team with 14 hit-by-pitches (#2-T Pac-10), which ranks tied for ninth on Stanford’s single-season hit-by-pitch list … Second on the club in total bases (132, #5 Pac-10), as well as third in runs scored (55, #6-T Pac-10) and tied for third in sacrifice flies (5, #6-T Pac-10) … Hit .320 with seven RBI in postseason action … Had his first two career four-hit games in the postseason in the NCAA Super Regional opener versus South Carolina (6/1 – 4-5, RBI) and in the first championship game of the NCAA Regional against Texas (5/27 – 4-6, 4 RBI) … Had one of the most memorable moments in Stanford history in the first championship game of the NCAA Regional when he connected for a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Cardinal a 10-9 win over the Longhorns and force a second NCAA Regional championship game (which the Cardinal won, 4-3) … Hit .340 with a team-high six homers and 21 RBI in 24 Pac-10 games … The first Stanford player and one of only two to belt a pair of homers in a game during the season when he hit a pair of long balls versus Cal Poly (5/8), going 3-for-4 with four RBI … His eighth inning solo homer against Cal Poly (5/8) began a Stanford comeback before tying the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth in an 11-10 victory … Posted seven multiple-hit games in his last 11 regular season contests, hitting .444 (20-45) with five doubles, four homers, 13 RBI, one stolen base and 15 runs scored during the stretch … Had a career-high five RBI versus Oregon State (4/14 – 2-3, 2B, HR, 5 RBI) … Produced a team-high nine three-hit games, including additional three-hit contests versus Arizona (5/11 – 3-4, 2B, RBI), versus Santa Clara (5/1 – 3-6, 2B, RBI), at California (4/29 – 3-5, 2 2B), at USC (4/21 – 3-4), at Nevada (4/10 – 3-7, 2 RBI), twice versus Washington (3/25 – 3-5, HR, 4 RBI; 3/24 – 3-5, RBI, SB) and versus USC (3/11 – 3-4, 2B, RBI) … Second on the club with 24 multiple-hit games … Added 10 multiple-RBI contests … Had a huge series at USC (4/20 – 4/22), going 6-for-13 (.462) with a double, homer and two RBI as he picked up five of Stanford’s 10 hits in the first two games of the series … Had a career-high 11-game hit streak (3/9 – 4/3) in which he was 19-for-42 (.452) with a double, two homers, 12 RBI and two stolen bases … Hit .500 (7-14, HR, 5 RBI) in the Washington series (3/23 – 3/25) during the streak … Began his collegiate career with a blast, hitting a three-run homer in his first collegiate at bat at Fresno State (1/26) … Hit safely in his first eight collegiate starts (1/26 – 2/10).
High School – A 2000 graduate of University of San Diego High School … A three-sport athlete who played outfield in baseball, running back/outside linebacker in football and small forward in basketball … Named San Diego Male Athlete of the Year in 2000 … Was selected three times to the All-CIF and First Team All-Western League squads in baseball … Named a Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American and earned Western League Player of the Year honors as a senior … Twice named First Team All-County and selected Second Team All-County on two other occasions … Led his team to two Western League baseball championships … Set school career records with 28 home runs and 119 RBI … Was selected First Team All-County, All-CIF, All-Western League and named Western League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in football … Team captured two league and two section titles on the gridiron … Participated on the 1997 state championship team in basketball … Member of high school honor roll … Coached in baseball by Dick Serrano.
Amateur Summer Baseball – Had a productive summer season in his second consecutive campaign with Team USA, hitting .313 with three homers, 20 RBI and three stolen bases for the 2002 FISU World Championship runners-up … One of three Stanford players on the Team USA roster in the summer of 2001, hitting .267 with five doubles, a homer, nine RBI and a stolen base … Participated in 1999 with the nation’s top high school prospects on the USA Junior National Team that won the World Championship in Taiwan … Played five seasons with the San Diego Stars, winning two national AAU championships.
Personal – Political Science major … Born August 28, 1982 … Son of Charles and Queta Quentin … Hobbies include ping-pong, billiards and listening to music … Favorite professional baseball team is the Los Angeles Dodgers … Earliest baseball memory is playing catch with his grandfather in the front yard.
All-American Candidate
General – One of the nation’s premier collegiate outfielders along with teammate Sam Fuld … Named a 2003 First Team (Baseball America) and Second Team (NCBWA) Preseason All-American … One of the Cardinal’s most dangerous hitters … Expected to once again be one of the primary run producers on the club and hit in the middle of the lineup … Has the ability to put up huge numbers … Great athletic ability with strength and excellent speed … His speed has improved this year and he is expected to run even more in 2003 … An excellent base runner … A big-time right-handed power hitter with a great arm defensively to complement his bat … A hard worker who has made many improvements in his game … Excellent professional baseball potential and expected to be a high draft pick in 2003.
Cardinal Career – A two-time All-Pac-10 choice … Stanford’s active career leader in home runs (23), RBI (106), slugging percentage (.535), hit-by-pitches (33, co-leader with Ryan Garko) and total bases (262, co-leader with Sam Fuld) … Has added a career .324 batting average with 16 stolen bases while playing in 131 games with 130 starts … Has 42 career multiple-hit games and 26 multiple-RBI contests … Has four outfield assists … Has homored against every Pac-10 team other than UCLA … Has hit three-run homers in his first at bat of the season in each of his first two years.
As a Junior in 2003 – Season Notes: National Player of the Year/All-American candidate … Leads the team and the Pac-10 with a .434 batting average that currently ranks .004 percentage points ahead of Stanford’s single-season record of .430 set by Tom Williams in 1971 ... Currently in the midst of a career-high 26-game hit streak (.495, 51-103, 18 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 7 SB) that is within 11 games of the school record hit streak of 37 set by Jeffrey Hammonds as a freshman in 1990 ... Attempting to become the first Stanford player to hit .400 in a season since David McCarty batted .420 in 1991 and only the sixth in school history (the first of which was current head coach Mark Marquess, who batted .404 in 1967) ... Also leads the club in hits (63, #4T Pac-10), runs scored (42, co-leader with Sam Fuld, #9T Pac-10), doubles (20, #2 Pac-10, walks (26, #6 Pac-10), hit by pitches (9, #5T Pac-10) and on-base percentage (.538, #2 Pac-10) ... Second on the team in slugging percentage (.690, #7 Pac-10) and stolen bases (9, #10T Pac-10) ... Tied for second on the club with 17 multiple-hit games, including four three-hit games, a team-high-tying three four-hit games and the squad’s only five-hit contest ... Has started all 38 games ... 2003 Individual Game Highlights: Was 3-for-4 with a double, homer and two RBI in his most recent game at Sacramento State (4/22) ... Was 3-for-5 versus Oregon State (4/18) ... Had a career night in a 17-8 win at Santa Clara (4/8), going 4-for-5 with his first grandslam, the second two-homer game of his career, new career-bests and team season-highs with six RBI and six runs scored, as well as a double and a triple ... Was 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI at Washington State (4/5) ... Had a pair of doubles and picked up his 200th career hit versus USF (4/1) ... Hit a walkoff two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to lift Stanford to a 12-11 victory in the rubber game of a series versus Washington (3/30) ... Was 4-for-5 with two RBI versus Washington (3/28) ... Was hit by a pair of pitches for the first time this season at Arizona State (3/23) ... Was 3-for-4 with his first homer of the season, a stolen base and a season-high four RBI versus California (3/9) ... Had his first career two-stolen base game versus California (3/7) ... Had a huge day in a doubleheader sweep at Texas (2/22), going 7-for-10 with four doubles, two RBI and a stolen base ... Was 5-for-6 with three doubles (career-highs and team season-highs for doubles and hits), an RBI and a stolen base in the first game of the doubleheader versus the Longhorns ... Had a season-high three walks versus Florida State (2/7) ... Cardinal Career Update: Ranks 10th on Stanford’s all-time batting average list and second among active players with a .350 lifetime mark ... A two-time All-Pac-10 choice ... Earned Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-American honors in his rookie 2001 campaign ... Stanford’s active career leader in on-base percentage (.436), total bases (362) and hit-by-pitches (42) ... Also ranks second among all active Stanford players in career home runs (28), RBI (139), hits (222), runs scored (152), slugging percentage (.570), stolen bases (25, tied with Sam Fuld), at bats (635), games started (168), games played (169, tied with Sam Fuld) ... Ranks tied for second among all active Stanford players with six triples ... Ranks third among active players with 44 doubles ... Has played in 169 of 171 possible career games.
As a Sophomore in 2002 – All-Pac-10 selection … Ranked second on the club with 11 stolen bases, as well as a close third in homers (12) and RBI (54, #9 Pac-10) … Tied a single-season school with 19 hit-by-pitches to lead the Pac-10 … Also co-led the team with four triples (#5T Pac-10) and 16 multiple-RBI games … Contributed 18 multiple-hit games, as well as a pair of three-hit and four-hit contests … Ranked fourth on the club in runs scored (55) and tied for eighth in the Pac-10 … Tied for third on the team and seventh in the Pac-10 with six sacrifice flies … Posted a .303 batting average … Had a difficult postseason (5-30, .167, 2 HR, 4 RBI, SB) but contributed two key homers with a CWS solo shot versus Notre Dame (6/18) and a two-run blast to key a 4-2 win over USC (6/7) in the NCAA Super Regional opener … Hit a two-run homer at Nevada (5/14) … Posted a six-game hit streak (5/3 – 5/11), going 10-for-20 (.500) with a triple, homer, eight RBI and three stolen bases … Homered and drove in three runs during the first game of the streak versus California (5/3) … Posted a seven-game hit streak (4/16 – 4/27) in which he was 9-for-25 (.360) with two homers, seven RBI and a stolen base … Had a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to key Stanford’s 6-5 comeback win over Sacramento State (4/24 – 2-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) … Had a double, homer and three RBI versus USC (4/13) … Posted a season-high eight-game hit streak (2/28 – 3/9) in which he was 14-for-34 (.412) with three doubles, two triples, a homer, eight RBI and three stolen bases … Ended the streak with a three-game stretch (4/6 – 4/9) in which he was 9-for-14 (.643) with two doubles, a triple, homer, stolen base and six RBI … Scored the game-winning run against San Jose State (4/9) in the bottom of the eighth inning after singling with two outs and no runners on base … Was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBI at Arizona (4/7) … Tied a career-high with four hits (4-6, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI) at Arizona (4/6) … Hit a key two-run homer in the seventh inning at California (3/8) that gave Stanford its first lead (6-4) in a 15-4 comeback victory … Posted a torrid six-game hit streak (2/9 – 2/22), going 13-for-23 (.565) with three doubles, a homer, five RBI and two stolen bases during the stretch … Scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over Santa Clara (2/22) … Tied a career-best with four hits (4-4, 2B) in the first game of a series at Fresno State (2/15) and had three hits (3-5, HR, 2 RBI) in the series finale at Fresno State (2/18) … Set an NCAA Division I single-game record when he was hit by five pitches at Florida State (2/9) … Had a pair of homers and five RBI in the season-opening Cal State Fullerton series (2/1 – 2/3) … Hit a three-run homer off the scoreboard in his first at bat of the season versus the Titans (2/1), the second year in a row he led off his season with a three-run homer in his first at bat … Earned 2002 First Team (Baseball America, NCBWA) and Second Team (Collegiate Baseball) Preseason All-American honors.
As a Freshman in 2001 – Had a brilliant first year with the Cardinal as he earned Freshman All-American honors from Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and USA Today/Baseball Weekly … Also named the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and earned First Team All-Pac-10 honors … Ranked second on the club in both homers (11, #6-T Pac-10) and RBI (52), while posting a .345 batting average … Led the team with 14 hit-by-pitches (#2-T Pac-10), which ranks tied for ninth on Stanford’s single-season hit-by-pitch list … Second on the club in total bases (132, #5 Pac-10), as well as third in runs scored (55, #6-T Pac-10) and tied for third in sacrifice flies (5, #6-T Pac-10) … Hit .320 with seven RBI in postseason action … Had his first two career four-hit games in the postseason in the NCAA Super Regional opener versus South Carolina (6/1 – 4-5, RBI) and in the first championship game of the NCAA Regional against Texas (5/27 – 4-6, 4 RBI) … Had one of the most memorable moments in Stanford history in the first championship game of the NCAA Regional when he connected for a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Cardinal a 10-9 win over the Longhorns and force a second NCAA Regional championship game (which the Cardinal won, 4-3) … Hit .340 with a team-high six homers and 21 RBI in 24 Pac-10 games … The first Stanford player and one of only two to belt a pair of homers in a game during the season when he hit a pair of long balls versus Cal Poly (5/8), going 3-for-4 with four RBI … His eighth inning solo homer against Cal Poly (5/8) began a Stanford comeback before tying the game with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth in an 11-10 victory … Posted seven multiple-hit games in his last 11 regular season contests, hitting .444 (20-45) with five doubles, four homers, 13 RBI, one stolen base and 15 runs scored during the stretch … Had a career-high five RBI versus Oregon State (4/14 – 2-3, 2B, HR, 5 RBI) … Produced a team-high nine three-hit games, including additional three-hit contests versus Arizona (5/11 – 3-4, 2B, RBI), versus Santa Clara (5/1 – 3-6, 2B, RBI), at California (4/29 – 3-5, 2 2B), at USC (4/21 – 3-4), at Nevada (4/10 – 3-7, 2 RBI), twice versus Washington (3/25 – 3-5, HR, 4 RBI; 3/24 – 3-5, RBI, SB) and versus USC (3/11 – 3-4, 2B, RBI) … Second on the club with 24 multiple-hit games … Added 10 multiple-RBI contests … Had a huge series at USC (4/20 – 4/22), going 6-for-13 (.462) with a double, homer and two RBI as he picked up five of Stanford’s 10 hits in the first two games of the series … Had a career-high 11-game hit streak (3/9 – 4/3) in which he was 19-for-42 (.452) with a double, two homers, 12 RBI and two stolen bases … Hit .500 (7-14, HR, 5 RBI) in the Washington series (3/23 – 3/25) during the streak … Began his collegiate career with a blast, hitting a three-run homer in his first collegiate at bat at Fresno State (1/26) … Hit safely in his first eight collegiate starts (1/26 – 2/10).
High School – A 2000 graduate of University of San Diego High School … A three-sport athlete who played outfield in baseball, running back/outside linebacker in football and small forward in basketball … Named San Diego Male Athlete of the Year in 2000 … Was selected three times to the All-CIF and First Team All-Western League squads in baseball … Named a Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American and earned Western League Player of the Year honors as a senior … Twice named First Team All-County and selected Second Team All-County on two other occasions … Led his team to two Western League baseball championships … Set school career records with 28 home runs and 119 RBI … Was selected First Team All-County, All-CIF, All-Western League and named Western League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in football … Team captured two league and two section titles on the gridiron … Participated on the 1997 state championship team in basketball … Member of high school honor roll … Coached in baseball by Dick Serrano.
Amateur Summer Baseball – Had a productive summer season in his second consecutive campaign with Team USA, hitting .313 with three homers, 20 RBI and three stolen bases for the 2002 FISU World Championship runners-up … One of three Stanford players on the Team USA roster in the summer of 2001, hitting .267 with five doubles, a homer, nine RBI and a stolen base … Participated in 1999 with the nation’s top high school prospects on the USA Junior National Team that won the World Championship in Taiwan … Played five seasons with the San Diego Stars, winning two national AAU championships.
Personal – Political Science major … Born August 28, 1982 … Son of Charles and Queta Quentin … Hobbies include ping-pong, billiards and listening to music … Favorite professional baseball team is the Los Angeles Dodgers … Earliest baseball memory is playing catch with his grandfather in the front yard.
