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At Charlotte - 2007: Named to Pre-Season Wallace Watch List... Missed 11 games due to mid-season injury... Returned to have a better second half, working a .200 average up to a .346 average with a few games left to go in the season... Played all games at third base and batted lead-off for the majority of the season... Registered a 13-game hit streak near the end of the season, raising his average from .298 to .341 over that span... Logged six hits with four runs scored and four RBI in regional appearance.
2006: Second Niner in history to be named to Louisville Slugger Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team... Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, the second Niner in team history named Freshman of the Year... Named 2nd Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-Rookie Team... Finished second in the A-10 in runs scored, third in hits, tied for fourth in stolen bases, fifth in batting average, sixth in on base percentage, and tied for seventh in triples... Led team in on base percentage... Tied school record with eight at bats vs. Indiana on Feb. 26., Had team season-high and career-best 18-game hitting streak from Feb 18-March 18, going 40-for-81 (.494), with 28 runs scored and 19 RBI... One of four Niners to start and play in all 56 games of the season... Had most hits and highest batting average of any returning player... Tied for team lead with 17 stolen bases, including a team season-best three steals vs. Indiana on Feb. 24... Tied for team season game-high with four runs scored vs. Indiana on Feb. 24... Had a hit in 19 of first 21 games as a collegiate baseball player, running his batting average to .466 by the end of the streak... Had a hit in 44 of 56 games, and was hitless only once in consecutive games (three-game series against Saint Louis from April 28-30)... Scored a run in first 31 of 40 games, including two streaks of nine consecutive games with a run scored... Recorded 24 multi-hit games, including six 3-hit games and a trio of 4-hit contests... Batted .413 (43-for-104) hitting second in the lineup, including three triples, 18 RBI and 29 runs scored... Slugged .500 in the number-two spot in the batting order (43 hits, three doubles and three triples in 104 at bats)... Did not bat below .318 in any of four different spots in batting order... Only one of two regular starters not to ground into a double play...
At Independence - Played middle infield for and batted .452 as a junior in 2004 ... Helped lead the Patriots to the state 4A finals, earning All-Charlotte Observer, All-Mecklenburg County and All MECA 8 Conference honors along the way ... Closed out high school career by being named the designated hitter on the All-Mecklenburg County team ... Played for Pineville Legion team coached by Randy and Ryan Rummage.
Personal - Parents are Debbie and Keith Bray ... Undecided on a major ... Born July 4, 1987.
