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2008 CANISIUS COLLEGE BASEBALL STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES 2007: Played in 48 games, making 43 starts in his debut season with the Blue and Gold… Hit .286 with nine doubles, three triples and three home runs to go along with 18 RBIs… Stole eight bases, which ranked third on the team, and posted a .435 slugging percentage… Had 14 multiple-hit outings and six multiple-RBI games 7Ryan Asis Infield/Outfield Senior Mississauga, Ont. St. Francis Xavier/ Delta State Before Canisius: Played two seasons at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith… Redshirted a season at Delta State University… Played four years at St. Francis Secondary School, where he earned second-team All-Province honors Personal: Majoring in physical education… The son of Florida and Renato Asis… Has an older sister, Renea Born: Sept. 24, 1985 Year GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO OBP SB-ATT E 2007 48-43 .286 161 21 46 9 3 3 18 .435 8 27 .337 8-11 8 6Adam Donato Outfield Senior Jamestown, N.Y. Jamestown/ Jamestown CC 2007: Played in 41 games, making 28 starts in the outfield… Hit .276 with four doubles, four homers and 10 RBIs… Posted a .439 slugging percentage, a .377 on-base percentage and swiped three bags… Had eight multiple-hit games and four contests with multiple RBIs… Posted two homers in a 2-for-4 outing against Le Moyne April 9 Before Canisius: Spent two seasons at Jamestown Community College… Hit .398 as a sophomore and was named all-conference and all-region… Named All-Western New York and the Post Journal Player of the Year after hitting .400 with seven homers and the Jamestown High School record for doubles as a senior… Also swam at JCC and owns 11 school records Personal: Majoring in physical education Born: Sept. 2, 1985 Year GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO OBP SB-ATT E 2007 41-28 .276 98 11 27 4 0 4 10 .439 11 28 .377 3-4 1
WWW.GOGRIFFS.COM STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES Before Canisius: Played three seasons at Niagara University, where he was recruited by Mike McRae... Named second-team All-MAAC in 2006 and earned MAAC all-tournament honors in 2005... Voted the league’s Top Newcomer in 2004 by Baseball America... Led the Purple Eagles with a 3.54 ERA in 89 innings and struck out 57 in 2006... Posted a 4.21 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 92 innings in 2005... Registered a 4.48 ERA and struck out 59 in 76.1 innings as a freshman... Named first-team all-conference, all-league and all area as a senior at W.C. Miller High School; drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 36th round Personal: The son of Gord and Val Sawatzky... Has an older brother, Jeremy Born: May 27, 1985 Josh 27 Sawatzky Pitcher Senior Altona, Manitoba Niagara Univ. Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB K 2004 4.48 6-5 13 13 3 1/0 0 76.1 77 54 38 35 59 2005 4.21 6-6 17 13 4 2/0 0 92.0 85 54 43 37 67 2006 3.54 8-5 15 14 1 1/1 0 89.0 88 53 35 42 57 Total 4.06 20-16 45 40 8 4/1 0 257.1 250 161 116 114 183 Aaron 36 Boag Pitcher Junior Burlington, Ont. M.M. Robinson 2007: Led the team for the second-straight season with 20 appearances… Posted a 4-4 record with one save… Struck out 28 batters in 56.2 innings… Posted a 2.60 ERA in his last nine contests… Allowed one hit in three scoreless innings to earn a save against St. Bonaventure in the Big 4 Baseball Classic championship game 2006: Pitched 51 innings, the third most on the team… Led the squad with 21 appearances and posted a 3-1 record on the hill… Compiled a 5.47 ERA and struck out 27… Started two games and had one save… Pitched 4.2 scoreless innings and struck out five at Tennessee Tech (2/24)… Retired all three batters to earn a save at Morehead State (3/5)… Gave up just one earned run in his first career start, a fiveinning outing at Binghamton (4/18)… Earned the win in the Big 4 Classic Championship game after giving up four runs in eight innings Before Canisius: Went 16-2 with a 1.72 ERA and 98 strikeouts in 105 innings for M.M. Robinson… Played in the Ontario rep and elite baseball system for the last 12 years… Was a starting pitcher on the Niagara Rebels and a member of the 2004 Canadian Elite Baseball Conference Championship team… Also a quarterback and team captain on the M.M. Robinson High School varsity football team Personal: The son of Chris and Cathy Boag… Majoring in communications Born: Nov. 20, 1986 Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB K 2006 5.47 3-1 21 2 0 0/0 1 51.0 65 36 31 12 27 2007 6.19 4-4 20 4 0 0/1 1 56.2 72 44 39 17 28 Total 5.85 7-5 41 6 0 0/1 2 107.2 137 80 70 29 55
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2008 CANISIUS COLLEGE BASEBALL<br />
STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES<br />
2007: Played in 48 games, making 43 starts in<br />
his debut season with the Blue and Gold… Hit<br />
.286 with nine doubles, three triples and three<br />
home runs to go along with 18 RBIs… Stole<br />
eight bases, which ranked third on the team,<br />
and posted a .435 slugging percentage… Had 14<br />
multiple-hit outings and six multiple-RBI games<br />
7Ryan<br />
Asis<br />
Infield/Outfield<br />
Senior<br />
Mississauga, Ont.<br />
St. Francis Xavier/<br />
Delta State<br />
Before Canisius: Played two seasons at the University<br />
of Arkansas at Fort Smith… Redshirted<br />
a season at Delta State University… Played four<br />
years at St. Francis Secondary School, where he<br />
earned second-team All-Province honors<br />
Personal: Majoring in physical education… The<br />
son of Florida and Renato Asis… Has an older<br />
sister, Renea<br />
Born: Sept. 24, 1985<br />
Year GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO OBP SB-ATT E<br />
2007 48-43 .286 161 21 46 9 3 3 18 .435 8 27 .337 8-11 8<br />
6Adam<br />
Donato<br />
Outfield<br />
Senior<br />
Jamestown, N.Y.<br />
Jamestown/<br />
Jamestown CC<br />
2007: Played in<br />
41 games, making<br />
28 starts in the<br />
outfield… Hit .276<br />
with four doubles,<br />
four homers and 10<br />
RBIs… Posted a .439<br />
slugging percentage,<br />
a .377 on-base percentage<br />
and swiped<br />
three bags… Had<br />
eight multiple-hit<br />
games and four contests<br />
with multiple<br />
RBIs… Posted two<br />
homers in a 2-for-4<br />
outing against Le<br />
Moyne April 9<br />
Before Canisius: Spent two seasons at Jamestown<br />
Community College… Hit .398 as a<br />
sophomore and was named all-conference and<br />
all-region… Named All-Western New York and<br />
the Post Journal Player of the Year after hitting<br />
.400 with seven homers and the Jamestown High<br />
School record for doubles as a senior… Also<br />
swam at JCC and owns 11 school records<br />
Personal: Majoring in physical education<br />
Born: Sept. 2, 1985<br />
Year GP/GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SLG BB SO OBP SB-ATT E<br />
2007 41-28 .276 98 11 27 4 0 4 10 .439 11 28 .377 3-4 1
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