NC State Wolfpack

23  Jonathan Diaz
	Class: Senior Hometown: Miami, Fla. High School: Coral Gables Height / Weight: 5-9 / 158 Position: SS Birthdate: 04/10/1985 B/T: R/R

As a sophomore (2005): Nearly doubled his batting average from his freshman campaign, and finished the year on a rampage, bating .365 (27-for-74) over the final 22 games of the season ... Batted .385 (5-for-13) with a triple and three RBIs in three games at the NCAA Lincoln Regional to cap off a strong season in style ... Also had a standout season defensively, leading all ACC shortstops in fielding percentage, and was one of just three conference shortstops with a fielding percentage higher than .940 ... Committed just 12 errors, which ranked second among conference shortstops, and led all shortstops who played full-time at that position ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and three RBIs in the season opener February 4 vs. Delaware State ... Went 2-for-2 with a double, was hit by a pitch, scored three times and drove in two runs February 5 in the middle game of the Delaware State series ... Went 3-for-5 with a home run and a career-best four RBIs on March 5 at Miami ... Went 3-for-5 with an RBI March 8 at UNC Greensboro ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs April 22 against Clemson ... Went 2-for-3 with an RBI on May 19 vs. 10th-ranked Florida State ... Picked up two more hits against the Seminoles in the middle game of the series ... Tripled in his one official at-bat and was also hit by a pitch in the third game of the FSU series May 21 ... Went 3-for-4 with an RBI on June 4 vs. Illinois-Chicago in the NCAA Lincoln Regional.

As a freshman (2004): Was superb defensively, committing just four errors in 209 total chances for a .981 fielding percentage ... Had an 8-for-19 stretch over six games from March 30 through April 7 to lift his average to a season-high .237 ... Reached base seven consecutive times via hit or walk in the Elon series, February 20-22 ... Went 2-for-2 with three walks, two runs scored and two RBIs in the middle game of the Elon series ... Went 1-for-3 with a two-run single March 2 vs. Le Moyne ... Had two singles in three at-bats March 12 vs. Northeastern, and went 4-for-9 with a double and two RBIs in the three-game series vs. the Huskies ... Returned to his native state of Florida the weekend of April 2-4 at Florida State and had his best three-game span of the season, going 5-for-11 with three doubles and two RBIs.

Summer league: Batted .245 with eight doubles, one triple and eight RBIs in 47 games for Thunder Bay of the Northwoods League. High school: Earned honorable-mention All-Dade County by The Miami Herald after hitting .323 with six doubles and one home run as a senior in 2003 for Coral Gables High School ... Helped lead Coral Gables to a 15-10 record and a berth in the Florida 6-A state playoffs.

Personal: Majoring in computer engineering ... Born April 10, 1985.