NC State Wolfpack

21  Jake Muyco
	Class: Senior Hometown: Richland, Wash. High School: Richland Last College: Columbia Basin (Wash.) CC Height / Weight: 6-0 / 195 Position: C Birthdate: 09/16/1984 B/T: R/R

As a sophomore (2004): The Wolfpack's starting catcher ... One of the top defensive catcher in the conference ... Had just four errors and eight passed balls, and was excellent at blocking balls in the dirt, helping to hold Wolfpack pitchers to just 27 wild pitches, compared to 42, 40 and 48 the three previous seasons ... Had a six-game hitting streak March 6-14, batting .400 (8-for-20) ... Went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI on February 20 vs. Elon ... Had an RBI triple and a three-run double March 3 vs. Le Moyne for a career-high four RBIs ... Went 4-for-8 in the Duke series ... Went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs on March 30 vs. Old Dominion ... Hit a two-run double in five trips to the plate April 3 at Florida State ... Went 2-for-4 with a double in the series opener April 9 at Maryland ... Had a career-high three hits in four at-bats on April 14 vs. Campbell ... Drove in a run with a bunt single and picked a runner off first base April 21 vs. East Carolina ... Went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs on April 28 at UNC Greensboro. Junior college (2003): Batted .305 with six doubles, one triple and 14 RBIs in 33 games as a freshman at Columbia Basin ... Earned second-team all-conference honors in the Northwest Athletic Assocition of Community Colleges (NWAACC), and was first-team All-Eastern Division in the NWAACC ... Considered one of the top defensive junior college catchers on the West Coast, and caught a pitching staff that compiled a microscopic team ERA of 1.36 ... Threw out a remarkable 70 percent of opposing basestealers, and had just one passed ball in 263 innings behind the plate ... Helped lead Columbia Basin to a 23-5 record and a first-place finish in the NWAAC's Eastern Division ... Drafted in the 33rd round by the Baltimore Orioles in Major League Baseball's 2003 First-Year Player Draft. Summer league: Played one game for the Wenatchee AppleSox of the Pacific International League in 2003, collecting a single and a walk in his only two plate appearances ... Played for Chatham of the Cape Cod League in 2004, batting .102 in 20 games. High school: Batted .425 with 12 doubles, three triples and 27 RBIs as a senior at Richland High School in 2002 to earn Big Nine Conference Player of the Year ... Drew 17 walks and struck out just 12 times ... Helped lead Richland to a 23-3 record and a third-place finish in the state tournament ... Drafted by Tampa Bay in the 36th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball first-Year Player Draft ... Batted .312 with 22 RBIs to earn All-Big-Nine Conference honors as a junior in 2001 ... Threw out 17 basestealers that season, including seven in one doubleheader. Personal: Majoring in sociology ... Born September 16, 1984.