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2005 Senior BiosBEFORE USC UPSTATE: Conference player-of-the-year as a senior...played in the North South game... played for Doug McNairy at Woodruff.PERSONAL: Born August 2, 1983 in Spartanburg, SC.Major: Physical Education.Holmes Career StatsYear ERA W-L G-GS S IP H R ER B B SO2002 10.90 0-1 10-3 0 17.1 22 27 21 12 162003 6.75 3-4 16-0 3 21.1 26 18 16 14 192004 3.71 2-2 19-2 0 26.2 29 18 11 23 302005 2.51 3-1 23-0 5 61.0 42 20 17 29 79Totals 3.45 8-8 68-5 8 126.1 119 83 65 78 144#18 Jim KaisC• R-R • 5-11 • 220Waukesha, WI • Waukesha West HSHad a solid season at the plate for the Spartans in 2005... known morefor his defense behind the plate, he came through with several timely hits forthe Spartans... finished his career with a .247 batting average with 19 doubles,four triples and 68 runs batted in... played in 158 career games, good forseventh all-time.2005: Had a solid season at the plate for USC Upstate... batted .327 in49 games... totaled 12 doubles, three triples, and 31 RBIs for the Spartans...raised his batting average 165 points over his junior and senior seasons...was solid defensivley behind the plate, fielding at a .995 clip... had 14 multihitgames and eight multi-RBI games... had a 10-game hitting streak duringthe season... batted .328 versus righties and .326 against lefties... batted.362 with runners in scoring positon... was 4-for-10 with the bases loaded...had a three-RBI day in a victory over Columbus State on March 26... had abases-clearing triple in a 8-3 victory over Armstrong Atlantic State on April2... threw out 31% of the runners trying to steal in 2005.2004: Drove in two runs against USC Aiken on February 15... had athree hits and drove in a run against UNC Pembroke on February 21... hadtwo hits and drove in a pair of runs against Francis Marion... threw out 35percent of runners trying to steal.2003: Started 21 games... batted .294 during the season with threedoubles and 19 runs batted in... had a four hit game against Francis Marion...drove in four runs against West Virginia Tech... had two hits and drove in tworuns in games against Newberry and Belmont Abbey.2002: Played in 36 games as a freshman... had two hits and drove in arun against Augusta State... had a two hit game against Lenoir-Rhyne...served as a bullpen catcher for the Chatham A’s of the Cape Cod BaseballLeague.BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Lettered in baseball and football... all-state in2001 as a senior... played for Chad Montez at Waukesha West.PERSONAL: Nicknamed “Hibby”... born December 23, 1982 inWaukesha, WI.MAJOR: Marketing.Kais Career StatsYear AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B H R RBI SLG2002 .143 36-26 84 8 12 1 0 0 6 .1552003 .294 31-21 85 18 25 3 1 0 19 .3532004 .162 42-35 105 14 17 3 0 0 12 .1902005 .327 49-46 168 35 55 12 3 0 31 .435Totals .247 158-128 442 75 109 19 4 0 68 .308#12 Ross VigderINF• R-R • 6-0 • 205Milwaukee, WI • Nicolet HSWas a solid contributor off the bench and in a pinch-hitting role for theSpartans in 2005... started 32 of the 37 games he appeared in 2005...finished his career with a .267 batting average with 18 doubles, two triples,and two homeruns in 109 games played...drove in 52 runs during his career.2005: Started 37 games, 10 at first base and 22 as the designatedhitter... batted .275 with six doubles, one triple, one homerun, and 19 RBIs...batted .307 versus righties on the season... had a four-RBI game with abases-clearing triple in a 10-6 victory over Lander on April 9... had a two-runhomerun in USC Upstate’s 9-2 victory at Augusta State on April 23.2004: Played in 19 games... had a double a drove in three in a victoryover Carson Newman on February 24... had two hits and drove in two runsin a victory over Wingate on April 7... had a double and drove in a run in avictory over Presbyterian on April 15... had a double and drove in two in avictory over Erskine on April 20.2003: Played in 37 games... drove in 22 runs... had three hits andscored two runs against Lander... had a double and drove in a run againstWest Virginia State... drove in two runs against Southern Wesleyan... hadtwo hits and drove in two runs against Kennesaw State... had two hits andscored a run against Tusculum... had two hits and drove in three runs againstMars Hill... had two hits and drove in two runs against Augusta State.2002: Played in 16 games as a freshman... hit his first collegiatehomerun and drove in two runs against Mars Hill... had two hits against St.Andrews.BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Batted .423 with seven homeruns and drovein 43 runs as a senior... second team All-Conference selection... first teamAll-Area... his high school won the state championship his freshmen year...played for Dick Sykes at Nicolet.PERSONAL: Born November 20, 1982 in Bayside, WI.MAJOR: Communications.Vidger Career StatsYear AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B H R RBI SLG2002 .200 16-7 30 2 6 0 0 1 3 .3002003 .286 37-34 126 23 36 8 0 0 22 .3492004 .237 19-12 38 6 9 4 1 0 8 .3952005 .275 37-32 109 15 30 6 1 1 19 .376Totals .267 109-85 303 46 81 18 2 2 52 .360#1 Adam WhitesideINF• R-R • 5-11 • 165Campobello, SC • Chapman HSWas a valuable member of the team for his four years... very dependablein the field, playing three different positions during his tenure at USCUpstate... played in 86 career games, starting 60 of those contests...finished with a .294 career batting average with 13 doubles and 37 runsbatted in.2005: Played in 21 games, starting 12... started eight games at secondbase and four games at third base... batted .238 on the season with twodoubles and seven RBIs... had a .353 on-base percentage... had the gamewinninghit with a single up the middle in USC Upstate’s 8-7 victory overMars Hill on February 15.2004: Had a hit and drove in a run in a victory against Georgia College& State on March 13... had a hit against Wingate.2003: Started 40 games... batted .288 with 10 doubles on the season...batted .344 against left-handed pitching... had two hits, drove in two runs,and scored twice in a victory over Belmont Abbey... had two hits and drovein two runs against Lander... drove in three runs against Erskine... had athree hit game against Francis Marion... had a four hit game and drove in tworuns against West Virginia Tech.2002: Played in 13 games as a freshman... had a hit and drove in a runagainst Georgia College & State... had a hit against Wingate.BEFORE USC UPSTATE: Lettered three years in baseball and basketball...lettered once in football... had a career batting average of .392... ledhis team in on base percentage, stolen bases, runs scored, and fieldingpercentage all four years... led the team in batting average, hits and runsbatted in his senior year... named All-County and All-Conference for threeyears... played in the North South game... played for Kevin Carr at Chapman.PERSONAL: Born November 16, 1982 in Campobello, SC.MAJOR: Physical Education.Whiteside Career StatsYear AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B H R RBI SLG2002 .176 13-4 17 2 3 0 0 0 1 .1752003 .288 43-40 139 23 40 10 0 0 27 .3502004 .125 9-4 16 1 2 1 0 0 2 .1882005 .238 21-12 42 8 10 2 0 0 7 .286Totals .294 86-60 214 34 55 13 0 0 37 .36433