NC State Wolfpack

8  Joe Gaetti
	Class: Senior Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. High School: Millbrook Height / Weight: 5-11 / 199 Position: OF Birthdate: 10/16/1981

A fixture in the outfield … Had an excellent sophomore campaign, and followed that with a great summer season … Appears ready to blossom as a junior … Ranked as the No. 91 college prospect in the baseball draft class of 2003 by The Scouting Report … Has played center and right field for the Wolfpack, and will once again hit in the middle of the Pack batting order. As a sophomore (2002): Was the Wolfpack’s starter in center or right field almost the entire season … Played in 51 games and started 48 … Finished the season red hot, batting .536 (15-for-28) with four doubles, two home runs and 13 RBIs over the final seven games of the year … Had a pair of doubles and four RBIs on March 1 vs. George Mason, and went 3-for-5 and scored a career-high four runs the next day against the Patriots … Went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run March 9 against Richmond … Had two hits in consecutive games against Wake Forest on March 23-24 … Went 2-for-5 with two RBIs April 24 vs. Old Dominion … Went 2-for-4 with two RBIs the next game, April 26 at Florida State … Went 3-for-4 with a homer May 3 at Maryland … Went 1-for-3 on May 14 at Charlotte, leading off the game with a homer and finishing with three RBIs … Had a huge series vs. Virginia to conclude the regular season … Went 4-for-5 with a double, a homer and three RBIs in the first game of the series … The four hits in that game marked a career high … Went 1-for-4 with two more RBIs in the middle game of the series, and 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in the UVa series finale … Was outstanding in the ACC Tournament for the second year in a row, going 6-for-12 with two doubles, four walks and four RBIs in three games … Has a career average of .385 (15-for-39) with four home runs and 14 RBIs in 10 tournament games … Played for the St. Clouds Riverbats in the Northwoods League in the summer of 2002 and was among the top players in the league … Batted .275 with 10 doubles, eight home runs, 36 RBIs and eight stolen bases in nine attempts … Led the Northwoods League in homers, was second in slugging percentage (.472), and fourth in RBIs, runs scored (40), and extra-base hits (20). As a freshman (2001): Had a solid freshman campaign for the Wolfpack, batting .256 with five doubles, six home runs and 26 RBIs in 53 games, 47 of which were starts … Batted .292 in 19 Atlantic Coast Conference games … Caught fire in the ACC Tournament, batting .333 (9-for-27) with four home runs and 10 RBIs in seven games to make the all-tournament team … Had two hits or more in four of the seven games in the tournament … Missed tying the tournament record for home runs by one … Was hitting .264 heading into the Pack’s April 13 game vs. Maryland, but fractured a bone in his right wrist crashing into the outfield wall during that game … Missed all or parts of the next 12 games before returning to the starting lineup … Had a home run and three RBIs in NC State’s 9-7 win at Georgia Tech on March 9 … Had his hottest stretch of the regular season over a 10-game span from March 13 at Winthrop through March 30 vs. North Carolina, batting .417 (15-for-36) with two doubles, two triples and five RBIs. High school and personal: An all-state performer as a junior and a four-time all-conference player in the Cap 8 Conference … Batted over .400 with five homers and 16 RBIs as a senior at Millbrook to earn all-conference honors … Batted .514 with three doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 26 RBIs and 13 stolen bases in 25 games to earn all-state honors as a junior in 1999 … Had a slugging percentage of .973 and an on-base percentage of .609 … Was all-conference as a sophomore in 1998 after hitting .352 with two homers and 12 RBIs in 20 games … Was Cap 8 Conference rookie of the year as a freshman in 1997 after hitting .458 with six home runs and 25 RBIs … Ranked as the No. 3 prospect in North Carolina by Baseball America … Is the son of former major league third baseman Gary Gaetti … Enrolled in First-Year College … Born October 16, 1981.