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Ryan Soares is entering his third season with the Patriots and he is the incumbent at second base... One of the top defensive players in the CAA and a solid hitter in addition. 2009: Named third-team All-CAA at second base... Started 52 games for the Patriots, missing four games due to injury... Had 11 home runs and 16 doubles to finish the season with a .318 average and a .559 slugging percentage... Had 20 multi-hit games and a 14-game hitting streak, second-longest on the team... Had 10 homers in season's final 37 games hitting .335 in that span... Named CAA Co-Player of the Week on Feb. 24 after hitting .500 (8 for 16 with a homer, two doubles, four RBI and five runs scored... Homered in the season's first game going 4 for 5 with three runs and three RBI against USC Upstate (2/20)... Had two doubles and a triple and three RBI against Old Dominion (3/22)... Had a homer and three RBI at William & Mary (3/29)... Was 2 for 3 with a homer, a steal and two RBI against UNC Wilmington (4/4)... Had a season-high five RBI, including a grand slam, against James Madison on May 15... Is one of five active players with a career batting average better-than .300. 2008: Started all 55 games for the Patriots at second base and made just six errors on the season... Named second-team ABCA All-East Region and second-team All-Virginia... Was second on the team in steals, third in home runs, RBI and doubles, fourth in hits and runs and fifth in batting average... Hit .315 with seven homers, 49 RBI, 44 runs and 76 hits... Had six steals... Was one at-bat shy of tying the school record for at-bats in a season... Was fourth on the team in multi-hit games with 22 and tied for third in multi-RBI games with 13... Patriots were 15-7 with Soares in the leadoff spot... Named CAA Player of the Week on March 11 after going 12 for 16 with seven RBI and six runs scored... Was 4 for 5 with four RBI against George Washington on March 4... Was 4 for 4 with two RBI at Richmond on March 5... Was 4 for 7 with an RBI and two steals in a doubleheader against VCU on March 9... All seven home runs came in April and May... Homered on April 6 at Towson... Had career-high seven RBI on April 8 at George Washington going 5 for 6 with four runs and a homer... Had first multi-homer game on May 2 at nationally-ranked UNC Wilmington going 2 for 5 with two homers, two RBI and two runs scored... Had four hits on May 15 against William & Mary... From March 4 through April 13, a 38-game stretch, hit .365 with 10 doubles, 30 RBI and 24 runs while slugging .530 and compiling a .402 on-base percentage. USF: Played in 28 games with 19 starts for South Florida... Was sixth on the team in batting with a .263 average... committed just one error on the season and had one homer with 13 RBI and 11 runs scored... Had a .378 on-base percentage and had a 1:1 walk to strikeout ratio... Named Big East All-Academic. High School: Earned four letters in baseball, four letters in basketball and four letters in soccer at Harwich High School... Was Massachusetts D-III Player of the Year as a senior while leading squad to state title... First-team All-State in baseball, basketball and soccer as a senior... League MVP as a senior and a three-time league All-Star in baseball, basketball and soccer... Was a three-time MVP in all three sports as well as a two-year captain... Four-year honor roll student... As a senior, hit .480 with eight homers and 32 RBI while pitching 34 innings and not surrendering a run... Scored 1,275 points in basketball career and 111 points in soccer career. Personal: Born July 10, 1987... Parents are Susan and Gary Soares... Has two siblings, Shannon and Jared... A 2006 graduate of Harwich High School... Transferred to Mason from South Florida... Also recruited by Clemson, Florida and UConn.
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