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Spartans Bios25 Michael Winfield1B/OF • R-R • 6-2 • 180 • Fr.Collins Hill HSSuwanee, GA17 Jorda YoungRHP • R-R • 5-10 • 185 • Jr.Lassen CCGonzales, LAFreshman who will primarily see time at first base,but also could see action as an outfielder... has shown solid hitting abilityduring fall workouts... should develop into a solid college player.BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Played for Paul Pierce at Collins Hill.PERSONAL: Born Aug. 29, 1986.MAJOR: Undecided.11 Brad WingoOF • L-L • 5-10 • 165 • Sr.Mauldin HSGreenville, SCSenior who returns as the starting leftfielder... hisgreat speed and intensity makes him an exciting player to watch... hasimproved offensively as well as in the field... has good baseball instincts...a line-drive hitter who can hit to all fields... an excellent bunter who providesspeed at the top of the lineup... ranks seventh on the school’s all-time list inhits with 144... ranks 10th on the school’s all-time at-bats with 455... injurieshave cut his last two seasons short... will be looked upon as a leader on theteam... is primed for a solid senior season.2005: Played and started in 49 games... finished with a .340 battingaverage with 65 hits, nine doubles, two triples, and 30 RBIs... slugged .408and had an on-base percentage of .441... struck out only 24 times in 191 atbats...had a team-high 11 sacrifice bunts... finished the season ranked in14th in the NCAA in sacrifice hits... batted .341 versus right-handers and.339 against left-handers... hit .323 with runners on base... hit .359 with thebases empty... hit .333 with the bases loaded... finished third on the team inmulti-hit games with 21... finished fourth on the team in multi-hit RBI gameswith nine... was 3-for-4 with four runs scored and three RBIs in a victoryagainst Bloomfield on February 5... turned around the next day and went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in a victory against Bloomfield... was 2-for-5 with threeruns scored and an RBI in a victoryagainst Bentley on March 4... went3-for-5 with two RBIs against NorthFlorida on April 16... suffered a brokenjaw diving back into second baseagainst Coker on April 19 and missedthe last three games of the season.2004: Played in 33 games... aseparated shoulder would eventuallycut his season short... batted .243with five doubles and 14 RBIs... hadthree hits and drove in a run againstBelmont Abbey and Coker... had atriple and drove in a run against UNCPembroke... had two hits and scoreda run against Columbus State...drove in two runs against ArmstrongAtlantic State.2003: Had a solid freshman season,batting .342 with six doublesand 32 RBIs in 149 at-bats... struckout only 21 times... was 15-17 onstolen bases... that mark is good forthe 10th highest in a single season...had 14 multi-hit games... had fourhits and drove in five runs againstMars Hill... had three-hit games against Wingate and GC&SUBEFORE USC UPSTATE: Lettered two years in baseball and football...was named to the Region 1 AAAA All-Region team his senior year... won theteam’s hustle award his senior year... was named most valuable receiver infootball... was a principal award winner and a member of the Beta Club...played for Scott Freeman at Mauldin.PERSONAL: Born Oct. 17, 1983.... father Billy played for Coach BillWilhelm at Clemson from 1974-77... he led the Tigers and the Atlantic CoastConference in stolen bases with 22 in 1975.MAJOR: Communications.Senior right-hander who looks to have a better season...will likely be used out of the bullpen this spring... has worked in the fallto gain consistency... figures in to be an important piece of the pitching thisseason.2005: Appeared in 11 games, starting two of them... struck out 15 in 19.0innings pitched... went 4.1 innings in a starting role against Mars Hill... struckout four in relief against GC&SU.BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Played two seasons a Lassen CommunityCollege... was named to the all-conference team... played for Glen Yonan atLassen... lettered three years in baseball at St. Amant... named secondteamall-district... made the academic all-state team... played for Bob Lemonsat St. Amant.PERSONAL: Born Jan. 19, 1983.MAJOR: Business.Young’s Overall StatsYear ERA W-L G-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER SO2005 10.42 0-1 11-2 0 0 0 19.0 43 31 22 15Wingo’s Overall StatsYear AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B H R RBI B B SLG%2005 .340 49-49 191 48 65 9 2 0 30 31 .4082004 .243 33-33 115 17 28 5 1 0 14 5 .3042003 .342 45-41 149 25 51 6 0 0 32 15 .383Totals .317 127-123 455 90 144 20 3 0 76 51 .37417