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HEADING INTO 2009: Will serve as a captain of the Black Bears... drafted in the 2008 MLB Entry Draft in the 33rd round, 991st overall by the Washington Nationals... will start in center field and is expected to hit in the third spot... named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner. 2008: Saw action in 48 games for the Black Bears, missing just the final game of the season... hit .328 which was second on the team, with 35 runs scored and 25 RBI... his 64 hits were second on the team... had seven doubles and three home runs... led the team in stolen bases with 15... had a team-best seven three-hit games... finished with 12 two-hit games... posted a 10-game hitting streak starting April 22 against Thomas and ending May 10 against Vermont... hit .356 in America East Conference games... had a pair of doubles in the season-opener against Delaware State (2/24)... was 2-for-3 with a run scored and three RBI in Maine's 10-8 victory over Stony Brook (4/25)... has made just two errors in 138 career games and they came in the same game against Vermont... has a career .989 fielding percentage... won back-to-back New England Collegiate Baseball League championships with the Vermont Mountaineers during the summer of 2007 and 2008... named a Maine Scholar-Athlete Award winner. 2007: Had an outstanding sophomore season for the Black Bears... named to the America East Second Team... named to the America East All-Tournament Team... named America East Player of the Week (3/12)... did not commit an error in 100 chances... finished the season with a 16-game hitting streak... saw action in 47 games for the Black Bears, missing six games with an injury... hit .321 with 35 runs scored and 26 RBI... had 12 doubles and four RBI.. his 17 stolen bases were second on the team... hit .667 in the America East Tournament with seven runs scored and two RBI... was 4-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI in Maine's game against Mt. Saint Mary's (3/5)... was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBI in Maine's game against Albany (4/28)... named to the America East Academic Honor Roll. 2006: Had a solid rookie campaign... hampered by an injury midway through the season... did not commit an error in 66 chances for the Black Bears... played in 43 games for the Black Bears, starting 29, mostly in right field... batted .272 with 24 runs scored and 10 RBI... was 12-of-14 in stolen bases... finished 2-for-3 with three runs scored against Columbia (3/17)... was 3-for-4 with two runs scored in Maine's 16-7 win over UMBC (4/9)... named to the America East Academic Honor Roll. BEFORE MAINE: Captain as a senior for Peter Kostacopoulos, brother of former Maine head coach Paul Kostacopoulos, at Worcester Academy... played in the outfield and also saw time on the mound... batted .435 with 20 RBI and 21 runs scored... a four-time league All-Star... earned MVP honors in 2002, 2003 and 2005... born October 4, 1986... son of Gail and John Cather... a business major. |
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