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  Spencer Wiggins

Spencer Wiggins

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Fairfax, Va.

High School:
Robinson

Height / Weight:
5-7 / 155

Position:
CF

B/T:
S/R

Spencer Wiggins enters his third year at Mason and he is expected to start in center field for the Patriots... A solid hitter with excellent speed and a terrific glove... Excellent at getting on base and a threat to steal every time.

2007: Started 40 games for the Patriots despite suffering a hand injury in the season's third game... Was second on the team in on-base percentage as well as steals... Had a .434 on-base percentage and stole 10 bases and also led the club by being hit by 12 pitches... Is sixth all-time at Mason in hit by pitches... Was hitting .160 on March 30 before going on a tear over the next 20 games, hitting .388 with a .484 on-base percentage and 8 steals over that span... Had three hits in a game four times, first against George Washington (April 10) going 3 for 4 with three RBI, then against James Madison (April 13) going 3 for 3, then against Towson (April 28) going 3 for 5 and finally against Temple (May 2) going 3 for 4 with four runs, two RBI and two hit by pitch.... Reached base safely in 14 of final 15 games... Did not make an error on the season.

2006: Appeared in 48 games, all starts for the Patriots... Started 25 games in centerfield and 23 in leftfield... Was tied for second on the team with 17 multi-hit games... Hit .287 with 54 hits and a .373 on-base percentage... Was 12 of 14 in stolen bases and committed just three errors on the year... Was 2 for 3 in first collegiate game against Arkansas... Was 3 for 4 with two RBI against Pittsburgh... Also was 3 for 5 with two runs and an RBI against Georgia State on May 5... Also had career-high two steals in that contest... Had a career-high four hits against Delaware on April 9.

PREP: Earned six letters while playing for the Rams, three in baseball, three in ice hockey... First-team All-Northern Virginia and first-team All-District as a senior as well as a member of the D.C. Examiner's first team... As a sophomore and junior, named first-team All-District... Second-team All-Northern Virginia as a junior... As a junior, set school's single-season record with 29 steals... Finished second at Robinson in career steals (52) and second in career batting average (.458).

PERSONAL: Full name is Spencer Cochran Wiggins... Born February 17, 1987... Parents are Brenda and Dave Wiggins... Has one sibling, Jordan, 24... Father, Dave, was drafted out of high school by the Oakland Athletics and after a collegiate career at San Diego State and Oregon State, was drafted by the New York Mets... A 2005 graduate of Robinson High School... Also recruited by Radford... Major is information technology.

	CAREER GMU BATTING STATISTICS

YEAR GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB/SBA 2006 48/48 .287 188 26 54 5 0 0 18 14 21 12/14 2007 40/40 .303 142 30 43 4 1 0 13 21 25 10/13 TOTALS 48/48 .287 188 26 54 5 0 0 18 14 21 12/14

 

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