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HEADING INTO 2007: Expected to start for the Black Bears in left field... played in the Alaskan Baseball League in the summer of 2006 for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots...named to 2007 M Club / Dean Smith Award winner, presented annually to the top male and female scholar-athlete at Maine. 2006: Had a great junior campaign for the Black Bears... named to the America East Second Team... named to the All-New England Second Team... twice named America East Player of the Week... named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team... named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Second Team, becoming just the second player in Maine history to earn Academic All-America Second Team honors... saw action in 54 games for the Black Bears, strarting 53... batted .333 with 55 runs scored and 39 RBI... had 12 doubles, two triples and five home runs... stole 17 bases on the season... led America East in walks (36), ranked fourth in runs scored (55) and sixth in on-base percentage (.437)... went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and five RBI in Maine's 16-5 win over Long Island (3/13)... tied a UMaine record with two triples in the game... was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI in Maine's game against Albany (5/6)... scored a pair of runs and drove in three in Maine's NCAA Regional game against UNC Wilmington (6/3)... belted a home run in the game... named a UMaine Scholar-Athlete Award winner and also named to the America East Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. 2005: Saw action in 45 games for the Black Bears, starting 35... started 16 games for Maine in right field and 14 at catcher... batted .291 with 28 runs scored and 15 RBI... had six doubles and a pair of home runs... went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBI in Maine's 12-2 win over Southern Miss in the NCAA Tournament (6/4)... had a double and a home run in the game... went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI in Maine's 14-2 win over Vermont in the first game of the America East Tournament (5/26)... named a UMaine Scholar-Athlete Award winner and also named to the America East Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll. .. played for the Holoyke Giants in the New England Collegiate Baseball League where he was named to the 2005 All-Star team as a starter. 2004: Selected to play for the Canadian Student National Baseball Team that competed at the 2004 Federation Internationale du Sport Universitaire World Baseball Championships held in Tianan, Chinese Taipei... named to the America East All-Rookie team... named to the America East All-Tournament team... saw action in 48 games, starting 41 at both catcher and designated hitter... batted .344 with 23 runs scored and 17 RBI... ranked fourth on the team in batting average... recorded a 13-game hitting streak early in the season... was 3-for-3 with two runs scored and three RBI in Maine's 13-5 win over Brown (4/20)... was 3-for-5 with two RBI in Maine's 8-4 victory at Binghamton (4/25)... was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI in Maine's 11-5 win over Albany in the America East Tournament (5/28)... named to the America East Academic Honor Roll. BEFORE UMAINE: Named 2003 Toronto Star GTA All-Star First Team Catcher... captain for Marc Messier at Nelson High School... played both catcher and shortstop... hit .565 with two home runs and 12 RBI... earned Nelson High School Senior Athlete of the Year honors... Nelson High School baseball most valuable player honors... born June 24, 1985... son of Karin and Michael McGraw... a business administration major. |
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